Alabama HC Kalen DeBoer: WR Germie Bernard apologized to team after 'Jump Around' comment

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer has been, as they say, ‘humble in victory’ after the Crimson Tide defeated Wisconsin 42-10 on Saturday.

He has been nothing but complimentary of Wisconsin’s gameday atmosphere and overall program after notching the first signature win of his Alabama tenure.

That continued on Monday, when DeBoer made an effort to clarify that wide receiver Germie Bernard spoke with the Alabama team and apologized for his controversial postgame remarks on Wisconsin’s ‘Jump Around’ tradition.

Bernard, when meeting with the media postgame, said that the Crimson Tide were ‘ready to just shut that weak-a** jump song down.’ Those comments did not land well, which led to the apology that DeBoer described on Monday:

“Yeah I didn’t actually realize until yesterday, and actually [Germie Bernard] did come in and he owned it. I didn’t bring it up to him, I didn’t even know it happened until yesterday,” DeBoer said. “We want to be first-class. We slipped up a little bit there. And he addressed the team yesterday in our team meeting. And everyone knows who [Germie] is and respect the heck out of him…It was a great atmosphere. Wisconsin, the environment there, was great. I think our guys enjoyed that transition there inbetween the third and fourth quarter just as much as anyone. So nothing but respect for what the environment was and who they are as a program.”

Alabama now moves into its bye week before a marquee matchup against No. 1 Georgia on Sept. 28. Wisconsin does the same, with the next game being a road trip to No. 11 USC to open its Big Ten schedule.

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