Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide look to bounce back after devastating loss

Alabama’s Head Coach Kalen DeBoer spoke to the media this week about that difficult loss to Vanderbilt and looking past it to play South Carolina on Saturday.

Opening Statement

“Looking forward to South Carolina here this next week. Coach Beamer continues to build on his program there, doing some really nice things, physical football team. And they're coming off of a tough game as well, with Ole Miss and things not going their way. So we know it's going to be another fight here in the world of the SEC."

On his message after the loss and if he’s calling for the team not to panic and stay the course

Kalen: That's exactly the words I was going to say, was you stay the course. That's what the message is to the team. Now, stay the course, right, but everything is always just digesting what happened, having some perspective, and having the answers for the guys. That's what we have to make sure we do as coaches, so we can walk away understanding what we can control, how we need to fix it, and just knowing that the next game, there's going to be different match-ups that are strengths for us. There's also going to be different match-ups and ways that an opponent attacks us. I'm not just talking offensively, but defensively.

We got to be ready. This position group can't get — one position group that had success can't get all comfortable. I don't think we have. Because you're the one that might have the tough match-up the next week. As a team, that's what it's all about. You have to continue to work on your area, keep it within the team concept, stay the course and just keep fighting, keep playing and stick together. That's, to me, the biggest thing and I've seen nothing but that here in the last 24, 48 hours.

Watch the full press conference here: