After Penn State fired longtime head coach James Franklin, a surprise candidate started to emerge: Alabama 's Kalen DeBoer. Jon Sauber of The Centre Daily Times reported DeBoer is a leading candidate for the Nittany Lions.

“He’s been one of Penn State’s top targets from the beginning,” Sauber said via Tide 100.9. “I think it was, early on, a little bit pie in the sky, of course, Alabama’s close game with South Carolina, there was a chance it could have picked up there. It didn’t, and then the loss to Oklahoma nudged the door open a little bit."

The caveat, though, was that Alabama needed to lose to Auburn and Miss the College Football Playoff . “I still think Alabama would have to miss the Playoffs to make this a real possibility, which, obviously, would include a loss to Auburn

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