TAMPA, Fla. — No one expected Michigan football to come into Raymond James Stadium and upset the vaunted Alabama Crimson Tide. However, the Wolverines took the Jan. 1 game against Alabama and did so again on Dec. 31 to close the calendar year.

Kalen DeBoer's first season as Alabama's football coach just ended in awful fashion, losing the ReliaQuest Bowl to Michigan despite being a double-digit favorite. Michigan started this Tuesday's game with its hair on fire,

Alabama football ends its season for the second consecutive year with a loss to Michigan. The Wolverines turned Alabama’s disaster-filled first quarter into a 19-13 victory over the Crimson Tide on Tuesday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa in the ReliaQuest Bowl.

Alabama's Kalen DeBoer is familiar with Michigan's Sherrone Moore, as the two faced against each other in the national championship last season:

Here’s what Kalen DeBoer’s career has looked like in his second seasons as a head coach ahead of heading into year two at Alabama.

Although DeBoer’s season wasn’t the worst first year for a Crimson Tide coach, it snapped a streak of 10-win seasons. Alabama had won at least 10 games for 16 straight seasons. The last time the Crimson Tide didn’t win 10 games was in 2007, Saban’s first year.

One Tuscaloosa-based publication celebrated Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer's knowledge of championship-level football.

The Kalen DeBoer era at Alabama football rolls into Year 2. Here are the five questions that could define the 2025 season.