Can Alabama Snap Losing Streak to Oklahoma? Kalen DeBoer Staying? Nick Kelly Interview!

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Oklahoma Sooners College Football Playoff preview with Nick Kelly of AL.com with That SEC Football Podcast! Can the Tide finally snap its losing streak to the Sooners this weekend in Norman? Michigan coaching rumors (0:45), why can’t Kalen DeBoer shake coaching speculation? (2:30), future of Bama’s coordinators? (4:30), Ty Simpson’s regression (6:45), why can’t Bama run the ball? (10:00), Oklahoma’s sign stealing (11:30), surprised Alabama is favored? (13:30), prediction for the game (14:25), Ahmad Hardy for Heisman? (15:30), Mizzou’s offense in 2026 (16:30), Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join PRIZEPICKS: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/ivHR/SEC promo code SEC play $5 get $50 instantly! We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug

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0:00.0	All right. Hey, well, it's a pleasure to reconnect with Nick Kelly, who covers Alabama,
0:15.0	of course, for AL.com. We last touched base there at SEC Media days. How's the season between you?
0:22.1	Oh, man, it's been something.
0:24.6	It started with that Florida State game.
0:26.1	It's been wild and interesting ever since.
0:28.2	So it definitely has never let up in terms of intrigue and been some highs, some lows,
0:34.7	but excited to go to Norman.
0:36.6	Well, I have an important question for you, though, before we even get to that game,
0:41.1	will you be the head coach of Michigan next year?
0:45.3	I will not.
0:47.0	I can say that confidently.
0:48.3	I'll give you a direct answer.
0:49.8	I will not be the head coach of Michigan.
0:52.0	Although my third grade football team, we were the Wolverines.
0:55.3	I don't know if that counts for anything.
0:57.6	Well, A, I do appreciate the direct response because there's a reason I call
1:03.7	Kaelin DeBoring because I think he's an elite football coach.
1:07.7	I think he's a right man for the job.
1:10.5	But man, the guy can't
1:12.2	seem to answer a question to save his life in an entertaining fashion. What did you make of that?
1:17.2	When you asked Kaila D'Boring if he's going to be back next year, I mean, and his answer was
1:23.8	so wishy-washy that he had to be asked again during the press conference here recently.
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