With Saturday's upset defeat at the hands of Florida State , No. 8 Alabama lost a season opener for the first time since 2001. Second-year Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer slipped to a relatively pedestrian 9-5 to begin his tenure. The program's once-untouchable status against unranked teams is a thing of the past after some of the losses DeBoer has suffered as the heir to Nick Saban .

Former Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel said Alabama's fearsome edge is gone. The frightfulness and stature of the Alabama program that helped to make his "Heisman moment" against the Crimson Tide in 2012 so legendary was a hallmark of college football for nearly two decades. But after Saban's retirement, the gap between Alabama and the average Power Four team seems

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