Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer admitted Monday that not much changed from Saturday night in terms of how he felt about the 37-20 triumph over Tennessee inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Which for DeBoer is a very good thing.
“It was a resilient effort by our guys,” he said during his weekly news conference. “We stuck together and just played all-around good team football. We weren’t perfect, but it’s hard to be when you’re playing a good team like we had with Tennessee. We made plays at the right time, especially in the red zone, where we were four-for-four with touchdowns on our end and held them to two out of five.
“In the critical moments, I thought our guys did a nice job of stepping up, but now we’ve got to sustain the focus.”
The Crimson Tide improved to 6-1 overall and to 4-0 in Southeastern Conference play with their 11th consecutive home win over the Volunteers, and they are tied for the league lead with Texas A&M. They also moved up to No. 4 in the latest Associated Press poll after having begun the season at No. 8 before plummeting to No. 21 following an opening 31-17 loss at Florida State.