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The title on the prime could have modified, however expectations stay as excessive as ever in Tuscaloosa this 12 months.Â
For the primary time since 2006, the Alabama Crimson Tide soccer program can be coached by somebody aside from Nick Saban.
Former Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer is taking on after a stellar season at Washington, and he is trying to choose up the place Saban left off.
The Tide misplaced some vital gamers to the NFL Draft and within the switch portal, however they nonetheless can be one of the vital gifted groups within the nation.Â
With that in thoughts, one faculty soccer analyst has provided his prediction for the Tide’s report in 2024.
247Sports’ Brad Crawford is predicting that Alabama will go 10-2, with a 6-2 report i the SEC.Â
A ten-win season for DeBoer in his first 12 months would encourage a variety of confidence from the fanbase, however the context of these two potential losses could possibly be vital.
If these losses knock Alabama out of rivalry for the Faculty Soccer Playoff, they’re going to be seen far much less favorably than if they arrive early within the season.Â
A loss is not as disastrous for groups in faculty soccer this season, because the playoff will increase from 4 to 12 groups.
Crawford has Alabama in a three-way tie for fourth place within the SEC with each Texas A&M and LSU, with Georgia, Ole Miss and Texas simply forward of them.
2024 is shaping as much as be one of the vital aggressive SEC seasons of all time, and Alabama expects to be proper in the course of the combo.Â
If DeBoer could make it to the Playoff in back-to-back years with two totally different groups, it can vastly assist his notion amongst a rightfully nervous Alabama fanbase.
