Name dropping on one of the biggest jobs in America is the dumbest thing. Nobody has any idea who they're interested in and it for sure isn't James Franklin.

Bama will most likely hire someone with a lot of coaching experience.

Vrabel would be one hell of a college coach, but I think they hire someone with a lot of experience. Even Bill OB. College has changed so much, the idea anyone can just coach and recruit in the offseason is long gone. Always recruiting. Always being the GM.

My guess… Dabo. He’s sick of Clemson. Clemson might be sick of him.
My second guess… Lane Kiffin. He’s made for the job.
My third guess… Lanning. Oregon has deep pockets, but Bama is Bama.

Wild Card: Major Applewhite

How do you follow this? Bama's finish in the polls in the Saban era:

Unranked
#6
#1
#11
#1
#1
#8
#4
#1
#2
#1
#2
#8
#1
#2
#5
#5

6 National Championships
11-4 in bowl games
Only two seasons with 3+ losses, one being his first season there.

Kind of why Saban got out.

"In the meeting, Saban thanked his players for the way they bought in and told them that he'd thought out his decision carefully. But with the way college football has changed in terms of the transfer portal and tampering, NIL being used as a guise for bidding for high school players and transfers, and the recruiting calendar being extended, he told his players that the time was right for him to retire."… Sources told Low that Saban had grown increasingly frustrated with "what college football had turned into. He's all about team and building a team and developing players, and now the only thing that seems to matter is who can get what in the NIL and who can get the biggest deal."

The big thing I will be watching here is what programs have coaching changes due to this domino, and who ultimately hits the transfer portal.....a lot of movement could happen that could ricochet into the G5 level and create some chaos.

Washington's Kalen DeBoer will be the next head coach at Alabama. Pete Thamel was the first to report.