What Alabama football head coach Kalen DeBoer said about Georgia

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer will coach in his first ever SEC game on Saturday. Oh, and his first career SEC game will be against a Georgia Bulldogs team that is ranked No. 1 and has won 42 straight regular season games and 28 straight SEC regular season games.

DeBoer and the Crimson Tide do have several advantages against Georgia. Alabama will be playing at home in a 7:30 p.m. ET game in primetime. There’s no doubt that Tuscaloosa will be amped up for the Georgia game.

Additionally, Alabama has a mental edge. The Crimson Tide are 5-1 against Georgia during the Kirby Smart era. The Crimson Tide also get the added motivation that comes from being a home underdog for the first time in over 15 years.

The Georgia game represents Kalen DeBoer’s biggest test to date in his first year at Alabama. DeBoer has done well with all the pressure of replacing Alabama legend Nick Saban, but there’s no doubt that Crimson Tide fans want the same results against Georgia that Nick Saban produced.

Here’s everything Kalen DeBoer said about the Georgia Bulldogs

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer returns quarterback Jalen Milroe, who beat Georgia in the 2023 SEC championship. Will McLelland-USA TODAY Sports

DeBoer on the Georgia defense

“You’re going to have a lot of physicality, you’re going to have speed, but they have a system in place where guys are understanding and trusting who’s going to be where,” said DeBoer on the Georgia defense. Georgia is the only team in the country to not allow a touchdown through Week 4.

“What you have to do is create opportunities with matchups, create opportunities to get a step or have that defense freeze or flinch,” continued DeBoer. “That’s offensive football. You try to do that every week. But it becomes a bigger test when you have a program like this that has so much continuity.”

Georgia’s defense will face its biggest challenge of the year. The Bulldogs will try to contain Alabama star