The Alabama Crimson Tide may not strike as much fear in the hearts of their opponents as they did under legendary head coach Nick Saban, but quarterback Ty Simpson still feels that his team deserves respect. It looks and feels a bit different under new head coach Kalen DeBoer. It used to be that even one loss was shocking for the Tide. They lost four in DeBoer’s first season and squeaked into the College Football Playoff with three losses this year. The Tide got into the dance, and that’s half the battle, though. Who says they can’t get hot? Simpson revealed on Tuesday that he and his teammates took recent criticism seriously ahead of their first-round CFP win over Oklahoma. “We just had nothing to lose, you know what I mean. Of course, having the days off, that’s all everybody at ESPN talked about, just how Alabama didn’t look good in the SEC Championship, they’ve fallen off. … Just a whole bunch of talk that we didn’t really appreciate. … Just the narrative that Alabama isn’t who they (used to be), they d
