It was not pretty, but Alabama football ended its regular season the right way.
Kalen DeBoer defeated Hugh Freeze of Auburn in his first Iron Bowl as the Crimson Tide’s head coach.
Alabama is 9-3 and now waits on the hand of the College Football Playoff Committee to see if it slips into the 12-team playoff.
The Tide got a little chaos to happen over the weekend as Ohio State, Clemson, and Miami loss. Does Alabama officially have a case to make to the CFP Committee? Coach DeBoer made his during the postgame presser after a 28-14 win over Auburn.
Several Tide players also made theirs.
Germie Bernard, Alabama WR
“100 percent,” Bernard said in answering is Alabama a playoff team.
He wanted to move on to the next question after a media member asked him why, but he feels the committee should have the Crimson Tide in the 12-team dance.
Bernard also said it was a good feeling to hear about the teams that lost to put Alabama in a position to possibly be back in.
“It is a good feeling to know we still have a chance at the goals that we had at the beginning of the season,” he said.
Kalen DeBoer makes case for Alabama football to make College Football Playoff
“We are going to let the committee handle that and continue to work.”
Tim Keenan III, Alabama DL
“We are the team that comes to work every day. We love each other, we play as hard as we can, and it is really a unit and brotherhood,” Keenan said about why Alabama should be in the playoff. “We are sitting on ready and waiting on go for whatever happens.”
Domani Jackson, Alabama CB
“We just have to focus on what is ahead. We don’t know the future. We just had to focus on this game. Hopefully, we will get a shot,” Jackson said on Alabama’s playoff chances.
Bray Hubbard, Alabama DB
“We have won five of the last six games we have played. We have played really well, but it was just a tough one on the road last week against Oklahoma. We are playing hard, but we are just going to take it day by day,” Hubbard said in making his plea for Alabama to the CFP Committee.
Jam Miller, Alabama RB
“We are not worried about that right now,” Miller said in his plea to the CFP Committee for Alabama.
“We are just in the locker room at this time enjoying a win in the Iron Bowl. It is up to all the people that control that. We are just working on ourselves and how we can get better.”
Jalen Milroe, Alabama QB
“I think our team is going to enjoy this win,” Milroe said in answering a question on should Alabama be in the playoff.
“It is not for us to decide what our future looks like, but we are a team that won five of the last six games and has shown tremendous grit and commitment. We just gots to continue our improvement and worry about what we can control.”
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Stephen M. Smith is the senior writer for Touchdown Alabama Magazine. You can “like” him on Facebook or “follow” him on Twitter, via @CoachingMSmith.
