The game snapped Alabama’s streak of 10-win seasons that dated back to the 2008 season. Kalen DeBoer’s first season in charge after Nick Saban’s retirement ended 9-4. After the game, Crimson Tide players said they continued to have full faith in the coaching staff.

No one expected Michigan football to come into Raymond James Stadium and upset the vaunted Alabama Crimson Tide. However, the Wolverines

Kalen DeBoer had faced a locker room like the one he saw at the ReliaQuest Bowl Tuesday before. He saw it after Alabama football's road loss to Vanderbilt, its road loss to Tennessee and its road loss to Oklahoma.