LSU’s head football coach Brian Kelly feels Alabama football remains one of the most physical teams in college football.
The Crimson Tide dominated the Tigers in 2024 in Baton Rouge. Alabama defeated LSU 42-13 with a dominant showing on the ground on offense and with a stifling performance on defense. Kelly feels the Tide has kept its physical identity intact through the transition from the Nick Saban era to the Kalen DeBoer era.
“I’ve played him (Saban) five times because I played him twice at Notre Dame and the one characteristic is physicality in the trenches,” Kelly said at SEC Media Days when comparing Alabama under Saban to Alabama under DeBoer.