Indiana's 38-3 demolition of Alabama at the Rose Bowl might force Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide to face uncomfortable truths.
When you lose by five touchdowns on the grandest stage in college football, there's nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Kalen DeBoer and Alabama have been forced to face the humiliation firsthand. All the vitriol from the media and fans, they earned every single bit of it with the embarrassing performance at the Rose Bowl.
And despite DeBoer's public comments about there being a fine line separating Alabama and the upper echelon teams in college football now, like Indiana, the hope is that, privately, he understands that it's more akin to a chasm.