With just a day and a half until the No. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide and the No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners kicked off the first game of this season's College Football Playoff, a lot of people were talking about the coaching carousel and not the game itself.
The job opening at Michigan was still looming overhead, and Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer was still the main focus for the Wolverines' replacement.
While it's always infuriating to hear your head coach tied to other programs, especially as your team prepares for a massive postseason matchup, one college football analyst believes the Crimson Tide crowd might treat this one a little differently.