If a person time traveled to the day after Alabama lost to Florida State in the season opener and said that Mike Norvell would be on the hot seat after eight weeks and Kalen DeBoer would turn the 2025 Alabama team into one of the best in the nation, that statement would be met with a lot of doubt and flat out rejection.
The current reality in the college football world is that Alabama and Florida State have soared in different directions after the Seminoles defeated Alabama 31-17.
The Crimson Tide picked themselves up off the grass, dusted themselves off and got back in the fight for a championship.