As Alabama preps for a playoff game next Friday night against Oklahoma, the Kalen DeBoer-Michigan rumors are providing an unnecessary distraction right now.
Credit the Alabama players who were made available to the media after Friday's practice for their ability to deflect and the clearly rehearsed responses. Alabama players say they are only focused on what is going on inside the building - external factors don't matter.
But the fact that they are even having to be asked - one week before the College Football Playoff - about the rumors connecting their head coach and the open Michigan job is a problem.