DeBoer Previews Alabama's First Scrimmage

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer spoke with the media on Sunday, but it's the last time DeBoer will speak until after Alabama's first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday, August 9.

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The first scrimmage is a notable one, with the Tide less than four weeks away from the first game of the season on August 30 against Florida State. On Sunday, Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer previewed and explained what he wants to see from his team on Sunday.

"The first scrimmage is always very similar, probably to where you left off," DeBoer said. "You are going to get more involved as the week goes on, but just a lot of base stuff. We did some situational work, work, again, further along, critical moments. We're working clutch already, two-minute today. Something it would have been another practice or two later. Third down, I feel like we're a bit more dialed in on third-down, fourth-down situations even already today.

"The first scrimmage, though, is a little bit more basic. Feel the need to get some backed up or some goal line in there already, which, a year ago, we probably didn't push the issue on the goal line stuff in that first scrimmage as much. I think that could be a possibility to run a few more reps. So a lot of the situational work, those critical moments that we know we got to be better at. I think getting a scrimmage in, you got two scrimmages really here that we really put emphasis on that are big ones in the fall that we want to make sure we maximize any opportunity that we have to get in those moments."

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.