Alabama’s loss to Florida State has put the spotlight on a slipping culture in Tuscaloosa. A while back, Alabama’s former tight end CJ Dippre expressed concerns about the changing locker room culture, where coming late to practice was tolerated and DeBoer was taking a more “player-friendly” approach. “Being late for practice and meetings is unacceptable. Saban would not tolerate that. DeBoer’s culture is slipping. This isn’t Alabama football,” said Dippre. DeBoer did implement tougher measures, including team-wide 15 up-downs for a single late player. But overall, the culture is nothing what Saban would have preferred. Could this be a reason for the team’s lack of leaders in the locker room?

Former OSU head coach Urban Meyer appeared on the 4th September podcast episode with Colin Co

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