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Alabama Fans Turn On Kalen DeBoer After Second Consecutive Ugly Loss To Oklahoma

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A year ago, the Alabama Crimson Tide‘s College Football Playoff hopes came crashing down when they went into Norman and got blown out by the Oklahoma Sooners, 24-3.

This year, the Sooners are a far better team. But for the second year running, the Tide fell to Oklahoma, this time in the friendly confines of Bryant-Denny Stadium.

And after the latest loss, Bama fans are beginning to have real doubts about second-year head coach Kalen DeBoer.

Alabama Fans Call For Kalen DeBoer’s Head After Oklahoma Loss

DeBoer was always going to have a tall task replacing legendary head coach Nick Saban. But he didn’t do himself any favors by missing the inaugural 12-team playoff.

This year started out about as poorly as possible, with a blowout loss at the hands of a Florida State team that we now know is not very good.

But DeBoer and company steadied the ship, ripping off eight consecutive wins, including big ones over rivals Georgia and Tennessee, to move all the way back up to No. 4 in the polls.

Had Alabama won out against Oklahoma, Eastern Illinois, and flailing rival Auburn, it would’ve made the SEC Championship Game and been, more or less, a lock for the playoffs.

Instead, the Tide fell to the Sooners, 23-21, and Bama fans let DeBoer hear it.

“Send DeBoer and all of his belongings and all of his family on the next flight to Happy Valley,” one fan wrote, referring to the vacant Penn State job, which he had been linked to.

“Can we all stop glazing (offensive coordinator Ryan) Grubb and (quarterback) Ty (Simpson) now? DeBoer’s offense is **** in a real conference and we need to fire our OL and RB coach. Simple as that,” read another.

Ultimately, the Tide are still in a decent position to make the playoffs. That is, so long as they beat Auburn on the road in the Iron Bowl…