Damien Harris says Kalen DeBoer’s job is on the line heading into Alabama-Oklahoma CFP game
By Jacob Moss
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The first round of the 2025 College Football Playoff is set to feature a couple of rematches from the regular season, including a repeat of the November thriller between Oklahoma and Alabama.
The Sooners handed the Tide their second loss of the season when they last met, and now the 2 squads will meet once again in Norman for a second-round matchup with much higher stakes for both teams.
Former Alabama running back Damien Harris joined CBS Sports HQ on Friday to discuss the matchup, and he said head coach Kalen DeBoer‘s job could be on the line.
“In my opinion, I think his job is on the line in this game,” Harris said. “We’ve seen how hard it is to beat a team twice in college football, and if we look at this Alabama team, and we say ‘You showed no improvement from the first time you played Oklahoma to the second time, and you weren’t able to make adjustments to flip the script of that game,’ that’s going to be a problem.”
Harris also went on to talk about the standards at Alabama and how a first-round playoff exit won’t be enough to meet those lofty expectations, even in year 2.
“This isn’t the history, and this isn’t the tradition that Alabama fans are used to,” Harris continued. “This isn’t the standard of excellence that is used to being had in Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama.”
Harris’s comments come as DeBoer is linked to the Michigan job.
