How has Nick Saban-Kalen DeBoer transition gone, what’s a successful 2024? Take the Alabama survey

Mar 6, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer watches his quarterbacks go through drills during practice of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team Wednesday.
By Kennington Smith III
Jul 4, 2024

SEC media days are on the horizon, preseason camp preparation is underway, and we’re only seven Saturdays away from Alabama’s first regular-season game against Western Kentucky.

It’s a transformative time at Alabama, and this season might be the most intriguing of the modern era. There’s a new coaching staff, an expanded College Football Playoff and a growing conversation regarding the SEC’s power dynamic with Texas and Oklahoma’s arrival.

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Alabama isn’t the preseason favorite in the SEC for the second year in a row, but expectations remain high as the Tide project as a top-eight preseason team. And before long, it will be basketball season, and the program has arguably the highest preseason expectations in program history.

How do you feel about the Crimson Tide heading into the preseason, and the programs at-large? Presenting our Alabama fan survey, inviting readers to share their thoughts, predictions, concerns and more.

Submit your responses in the form below, and I’ll provide analysis soon after all of the votes are in (if the form doesn’t work, you can use it here).

(Photo of Kalen DeBoer / USA Today)

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Kennington Smith III

Kennington Lloyd Smith III is a Staff Writer for The Athletic covering Alabama football. Kennington most recently covered University of Iowa football and men's basketball for the Des Moines Register. He is a three-time state press association award winner in feature writing, enterprise writing and podcasting. Kennington attended The University of Georgia and originates from Atlanta, GA. Follow Kennington on Twitter @SkinnyKenny_