There was immediately doubt in the Alabama Crimson Tide after starting the 2025 college football season with a loss to a then-unranked Florida State, and while many especially started to count out head coach Kalen DoBoer, ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit was apparently never one of those skeptics.
Herbstreit praised DoBoer's ability as a head coach as the time winded down during the No. 17 Crimson Tide's 24-21 win against No. 5 Georgia on the road in Athens. Herbstreit has had the privilege of covering DoBoer since long before he was leading the Crimson Tide, and even though the upset shocked college football fans everywhere, Herbstreit didn't seem surprised at all that DoBoer led his team to such a massive victory because of his track record.