Non-conference scheduling was a hotly debated topic of conversation during the first season of the 12-team College Football ...

Alabama standards are different. Head coach Kalen DeBoer appears to have gotten the taste of this notion in his first year. Leaving Washington for Tuscaloosa was seen as a massive upgrade — rightly so ...

And none finished with a national title or a conference championship. Kalen DeBoer’s history of second seasons is another thing entirely. DeBoer has two seasons of 10 wins or more.