Alabama’s loss ‘falls on everyone,’ coach Kalen DeBoer says

Tallahasse, Florida – Alabama coach Kalen Deboer, said after a disappointing defeat of 31-17 against Florida’s state that there was “no excuse” for what happened.

The Crimson Tide entered the game as a favorite of almost two touchdown. But after a first opening trip, they could not run the ball regularly, and they could not slow down the Florida State and its new precipitation game.

With two minutes in the match, Florida State began to celebrate on the field, while the Alabama was looking for answers – especially in a season that started with the hopes of the series of university football in the 2nd year under Deboer.

“I choose to believe that we have a good football team,” said Deboer. “But we cannot play on our heels. We are not going to be what we think we can be, what we want to be, if this is the case. And that falls on everyone. I do not point my finger on the players.”

Alabama started the match with a 16 game game and 75 yards in which it set the tone at the front, converted to the third and fourth stockings and may not hurt. Even without starting to run Jam Miller, the Alabama used an effective rotation and a new quarter-rear leaving Ty Simpson made clutch throws.

But it was an SLOG after that, when the state of Florida adapted defensively and began to put pressure on Simpson. According to ESPN Research, the Siminoles put pressure on Simpson out of 16 of its 51 drops. It was 1 by 10 for 30 meters with three bags when it is under pressure.

Without Miller, the Alabama used four different runners, but they were ineffective. The longest race of the day was 13 meters.

“I think we became a little complacent and we thought we won during the first training, and that’s not like that,” said Simpson. “Credit to these guys. They played hard for four quarters. We have somehow taken for granted. We were able to sit here and finish training. The first journey, no negative games – and we just have to continue.

“We must understand that we cannot play well for a single trip. We have to make the rope together, continue playing, continue playing, don’t look at the dashboard.”

Meanwhile, Simpson was not on the same wavelength with the entirely American first -year receiver Ryan Williams, who left the game late with a concussion. Simpson was only 5 out of 11 targeting it, including 0 on 3 on the passes launched more than 5 meters below.

Florida’s state coach Mike Norvell congratulated his team to be the most physically dominant team in the match – a big cry of the place where the seminoles were a year ago – a 2-10 team that could not run the ball. Norvell hired Gus Malzahn as his attacking coordinator, a coach who had his own share against Alabama when he was head coach in Auburn.

The seeds rushed over 230 yards, against 87 for Alabama.

Subsequently, Malzahn said on X: “I felt like an old time tonight.”

A factor was perhaps the Crimson Tide played without starting the defensive tackle Tim Keenan III. But even without him, the Alabama did not make a lot of games behind the melee line, with a single bag and three plated for the loss.

“There is no excuse about what happened,” said Deboer. “We are going on the football field. They climb on the football field, and we were able to play ball. We have to play our ball style. Last year is not this year, and it will be a climb for us, but you cannot think about it in the great scope of things.

Alabama lost two affected in an opening match of the season for the first time since 1970 (a defeat of 21 points against USC n ° 3). Now, the crimson tide must find a way to come together with a difficult season to come and a montage on the pressure on Deboer.

“We have always talked about the chemistry of this team and have talked about our proximity and the difficulty we worked by doing a lot of good things,” said Deboer. “We will know if it sticks.