Unexpected development at former foe could help Sooners clinch first College Football Playoff victory in a way many didn’t see coming
The Sherrone Moore news could lead to a potential significant opportunity for the Oklahoma Sooners to capitalize on.
On Wednesday, news broke that the Michigan Wolverines fired head coach Sherrone Moore for cause. Immediately following that, steam began to build that Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer was the top target for the Wolverines, adding more fuel to the fire surrounding DeBoer’s murky status as head coach of the Tide.
Meanwhile, the Oklahoma Sooners are gearing up for their first College Football Playoff appearance under Brent Venables, getting ready for a rematch against the Crimson Tide, this time in Norman. DeBoer has already been heavily involved with other jobs at the end of the season, and the Tide’s offense has delivered several clunky performances around the same time those rumors began.
Could the Sooners take advantage of a similar situation here?
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Now before anyone gets overly excited here, there’s little chance DeBoer would take the job before the Playoff game. He’s just as much of a competitor as the next guy, so it feels very unlikely that he would simply phone in a playoff game. However, his discontent with the Tide is an open secret, and the Michigan job is one that will no doubt appeal to him as a Midwest man with a very cheap buyout if he leaves this offseason.
It’s without a doubt an unnecessary distraction for the Alabama team, especially as the rumors are fairly substantiated, and DeBoer’s discontent with the Tide is well-documented. This is going to hang over and around the team throughout the weeks leading up to the playoff game. IF DeBoer does have one foot out the door, it’s undoubtedly a situation Venables and this staff can capitalize on.
We’ll see how this saga unfolds, but the smoke is incredibly thick surrounding this situation, and it’s one that the entire college football world is paying attention to.
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