Alabama had won 23 straight opening-season games until Saturday, getting upset by Florida State 31-17.
The Crimson Tide ran into a buzzsaw at Florida State, and quarterback Tommy Castellanos backed up his offseason talk with a dominating performance.
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The opening-season loss comes on the heels of a 9-4, first-year campaign for coach Kalen DeBoer. As you might imagine, Crimson Tide fans aren’t happy and college football fans weren’t impressed.
Here are just some of the reaction on social media:
“Looked like a Mike Shula team.” – Tim Ferrell
“Bench Simpson.” – Tyshawn Phillips
“Here’s the breakdown:
“Ty Simpson – average at best. Kalen Deboer – Nope. Bye. Fired. (4 losses to unranked teams in less than 1.5 seasons). Wommack – leave him in Florida. Williams – that was targeting but he had an awful game. Defense – laughable. Offense – laughable minus Bernard.
“Saban – please come back.” – Ryan Milner
“Simpson looked terrified the entire game.” – Nick Gerkin
“I said it when they hired this couch. They would be average.” – Elton Sullivan Jr.
“Take out that dang QB.” – Shelia Lowry
“Bama will get an invite to theToilet Bowl for sure.” – Alvin Day
“Like I said, lucky Alabama wins maybe six at the most.” – Michael Petro
“Bama’s D couldn’t stop a cold.” – Richard Grüber
“2 words. DE. FENSE. Helloooooo??? Anyone home??!!!!” – Min Dee
“Alabama is Oklahoma all over again.” – Randy Cagle
“Someone needs to remind the defense there’s a game today the offense just needs to straighten some things out with protection and get a little rhythm going the defense might need to start swapping some guys out who actually want to try to make stops cause they’re proving the Florida state qb right about not being able to stop him lol” – Carson Coker
“DeBoer has got to go…(hot) seat…” – Gary Allan
“Fire the coach immediately!” – Tommy Genna
“That coach is a joke.” – Winnie Landsverk
“Gus is still a Thorne in Bama’s side! Coach looks like a deer in headlights first half. But, bama is a second half team. They will come back.” – Edwina Glass Williams
“Been a fan all my life have bled crimson and white. No more as of today life is too short to sit around and watch a bunch of spoiled rich kids that have no heart or backbone represent a legacy like Alabama. Thank you Bear and Saban for the memories.” – Bo Sessions
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.
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