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Live updates: Kalen DeBoer speaks on ‘Hey Coach’ radio show after Alabama football’s Vanderbilt loss
It’s a different kind of week for Kalen DeBoer and Alabama football. For the first time since 1984, the Crimson Tide lost to Vanderbilt on Saturday in Nashville, dropping 40-35 and falling from its perch as the No. 1 team on the AP media poll.
On Wednesday, DeBoer will have to face Alabama fans in Tuscaloosa. The first-year head coach is scheduled to make his weekly appearance on the “Hey Coach” radio show, on the Crimson Tide Sports Network, for the first time of his tenure after a loss.
DeBoer will also preview Alabama’s first matchup since the loss, a Saturday battle with South Carolina in Tuscaloosa. That game is scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m. CT Saturday, and will be aired on ABC.
DeBoer’s portion of the “Hey Coach” is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. CT from Baumhower’s Victory Grille in Tuscaloosa. Follow along here for live updates once he puts on the headset.
— DeBoer arrives at Baumhower’s and begins the show, alongside host Chris Stewart.
— Says he’s “extremely disappointed and frustrated” by loss to Vanderbilt, but “the sun came up.” Says Alabama looks to film to find answers about what it needs to fix. Says he’s been proud of how players have responded throughout week.
— Stewart mentions the Malachi Moore outburst at the end of the Vanderbilt game. DeBoer says Alabama had leadership step up in locker room after the loss.
— Stewart asks what made it difficult for Alabama to get off the field on third downs. DeBoer says it comes down to execution, not just from players. Said there’s always things to look back at that could have been better, stresses that it’s important not to overreact.
— Stewart asks about difficulty of balancing fixing Vanderbilt issues and preparing for South Carolina. DeBoer says Sunday was a big day for correction. Says Alabama tries to bank corrective reps, to help when issues resurface down the road. Says Alabama fell behind and had to be perfect, and wasn’t able to do that.
— Stewart asks about Vanderbilt crowd, where Alabama fans made up most of the audience. DeBoer says he appreciates the fans that showed up to FirstBank Stadium.
— Peewee from Grand Bay. Says he’s been hearing “naysayers” talking about players and DeBoer’s gameday fashion choices. Says Alabama fan base doesn’t need those people around. Says real Alabama fans have DeBoer’s back, which draws cheer from crowd at Baumhower’s. DeBoer says Alabama and its players are working hard to make fan base proud.
— Peewee asks DeBoer about NCAA eliminating NLIs and how it will impact recruiting. DeBoer says it won’t affect anything today or tomorrow. Says there will still be binding things for prospects to sign, but he’ll learn more as information becomes more complete.
— Caller says real Alabama fans are all behind DeBoer. Says he and his wife went to Georgia game, and it was “electric.” Asked what it will take to keep that intensity in every game. DeBoer says he loves all the fans, and understands expectations are high in Alabama. Says Alabama got off to hot start against Bulldogs. Says Tide was hesitant on certain things early against Vanderbilt, notes pick six Commodores scored on. Says he believes Alabama players gave everything they had.
Adrian Klemm, meet the challenge of a career.
Alabama football’s first-year offensive line coach is one of three new faces at Kalen DeBoer’s conference table. And, next year, history says there might be three more. At the major college level, heavy turnover among assistant coaches is business as usual. But make no mistake; Klemm was DeBoer’s most important hire of the offseason. He might well be the most important hire DeBoer has made in his 26 months on the job.
That’s the magnitude of the mess that Alabama’s 2025 offensive line left behind.
The Crimson Tide’s 2025 rushing attack was an insult to the word attack. It was more like a rushing surrender; ranked 123rd out of 134 FBS teams, and 15th of 16 SEC teams, at 104.1 yards per game. Rock bottom came in the SEC Championship Game, when Georgia sent it backward for minus-3 yards. It’s frankly remarkable that quarterback Ty Simpson assembled a 28-5 TD-INT ratio, as a first-year starter no less, with virtually zero help from a ground game. And while we’re on the subject of the passing game, Simpson wasn’t very well-protected, either. At 2.13 sacks allowed per game, UA ranked 90th in the country.
If Klemm even bothered to watch film of last year’s offensive line, he had to do it with one eye closed.
UA tried all sorts of combinations up front, looking for a solution to what was plainly its biggest problem. In 45 years paying attention to college football, I never saw so many substitutions on an offensive line as Alabama made in 2025. Backups got every chance that could have asked for. On one hand, it was understandable that now-fired offensive line coach Chris Kapilovic refused to stay with a failing five all season.
But it also smacked of desperation.
In the end, it was clear that no combination was effective; the first-team unit Kapilovic finally settled on late in the season was the one that got manhandled by Georgia in Atlanta.
It was a shock to the system for Alabama fans, who know what a dominant run game looks like whether they’re young or old. Jam Miller led Alabama with 504 rushing yards on the season; former UA star Derrick Henry once ran for 557 in a three-game stretch against Tennessee, LSU and Mississippi State.
Miller, of course, is no Henry. But the gap between those two is no bigger than the gap between Henry’s 2015 offensive line and the disastrous line that took the field a decade later.
Klemm is tasked with turning that mess around in a single offseason, with only one returning part-time starter in sophomore Michael Carroll, a promising cornerstone to be sure. But an offensive line is only as strong as its weakest link, and Klemm must find four links to line up beside Carroll. A collection of returning backups, transfers and incoming freshmen have a lot of improvements to make, along with a strong impression on a new position coach.
With spring practice underway, that process has begun in earnest.
And Klemm faces a taller task than any assistant on the practice field.
Tuscaloosa News columnist Chase Goodbread is also the weekly co-host of Crimson Cover TV on WVUA-23. Reach him at cgoodbread@gannett.com. Follow on X.com @chasegoodbread.
The mother of an Enterprise toddler, reported missing Feb. 16, has been charged with capital murder, said Police Chief Michael Moore.
Adrienne Reid, mother of Genesis Nova Reid, reported her daughter as missing to authorities and said the two-year-old was not in the home and the door was open. On March 9, she was charged with capital murder of a child under the age of 14 and abuse of a corpse, Moore said. March 9 would have been Genesis’ birthday, he said. Adrienne Reid had previously been charged with filing a false report about her daughter’s disappearance.
She is being held without bond, Moore said. Adrienne Reid could not be reached for comment and court records do not show if she has an attorney.
The case shocked Enterprise and southeast Alabama. Hundreds of volunteers searched for her, and people were asked to wear pink to honor her.
Early on in the investigation neighbors told law enforcement that they hadn’t seen the child for several weeks.
Moore said evidence points to the capital murder charge even though Genesis’ body has not been found. The last time she was seen was Christmas night while visiting family in Dothan, Moore said. Video footage at the apartment complex where they lived showed Adrienne Reid about 11:30 p.m. Christmas night pulling a rolling duffle bag to a dumpster at the complex, and throwing the duffle bag inside, he said.
Coffee County Sheriff Scott Byrd said his office began the process of planning to search the landfill early in the investigation. The landfill covers 100 acres. He said the area where the contents of the dumpster that allegedly contained Genesis’ body was likely dumped has been narrowed down to an area covering a few hundred feet.
Active searches will begin soon, he said. District Attorney James Tarbox said the state will be seeking the death penalty.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Marty Roney at mroney@gannett.com. To support his work, please subscribe to the Montgomery Advertiser.
BREWTON, Ala. — A 46-year-old woman is charged with the murder of a 27-year-old woman in Brewton, Alabama.
Deputies arrested Renotta Seltzer on Friday. She was booked into the Escambia County Jail in Alabama around 4:15 p.m. She’s being held without bond.
The shooting happened Friday on McGougin Road.
The victim is 27-year-old Anna Brown.
Sheriff Heath Jackson tells WEAR News that the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
The sheriff’s office is expected to release more details on Monday.
Stick with WEAR News on-air and online for more updates on this story.
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