College football and superstitions have an unbreakable connection, and even the most serious coach in the SEC can’t really escape it. This week’s SEC teleconference focused on a particular sideline custom followed by Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer, his black hoodie. Eli Drinkwitz, the head coach of Missouri, who picked up the call before DeBoer, wasted no time on questioning him. “Are you gonna wear the black hoodie of death on the sideline this game with us wearing black jerseys?” he asked.

DeBoer responded with a laugh, “Oh, coach Drink. I got to fit in somehow. More than likely. We’ll see what the forecast is. I kind of know, but yeah, I’m executing that, so it’s kind of got its own life of its own right now.” But it’s not just the rival coaches who are keeping an eye on this ritual. Some

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