For the first time since 2006, someone not named Nick Saban was the man leading the University of Alabama onto the field. As Thunderstruck blared across the speakers in Bryant-Denny Stadium, Kalen DeBoer, wearing all black to the Hilltoppers' funeral, took the field for the first time as the head coach of the Crimson Tide. The Crimson Tide toppled the Hilltoppers 63-0 in the first game of the Kalen DeBoer era.