Kalen DeBoer has been the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide for two seasons. Yes, he’s got massive shoes to fill as the heir apparent to seven-time national champion Nick Saban, but DeBoer has done an admirable job in Tuscaloosa. In season one, his Crimson Tide went 9-4 and missed the College Football Playoff, but he has them at 10-2 this season and playing for the SEC championship this weekend against the Georgia Bulldogs. He’s got Alabama back in the CFP picture, and he’s recruiting at a high pace, so it was intriguing to see rumors linking him to the vacant head-coaching position with the Penn State Nittany Lions. “We’re extremely happy at Alabama. … We’re extremely happy here, love the challenge, love the grind, love this place, and there’s never been any link, there’s never been any conversation, there’s never been any interest either way (with Penn State),” DeBoer said during Thursday’s SEC Championship head coach news conference (h/t On3). “So I’m glad we can put that to bed right now.” That doe
