Kiffin will end DeBoer

Lane Kiffin has already ended Dabo Swinney’s career. Dabo just doesn’t know it yet.

And Kalen DeBoer is next.

People are going to laugh at that, but give it time.

Clemson spent years living off the reputation Dabo built during that incredible run with Watson and Lawrence. But college football changed, the portal changed roster construction, NIL changed recruiting, and Dabo kept acting like Clemson was somehow above all of it. Then Lane Kiffin comes along representing almost the exact opposite philosophy: aggressive in the portal, willing to adapt, willing to rebuild a roster overnight, and completely comfortable with what modern college football has become.

That contrast is going to look worse and worse for Dabo.

But Alabama is where this gets really interesting.

Kalen DeBoer inherited the most unforgiving job in college football. At Alabama, winning 9 or 10 games isn't necessarily success. You're following Nick Saban. You're being judged against championships, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Auburn and whatever other SEC program is hot at the moment.

And now you've got Lane Kiffin lurking.

Kiffin understands the SEC. He understands recruiting in the South. He understands the portal. He understands offense. He understands how to sell a program. And unlike 2010 Lane Kiffin, he's now been through enough failures and rebuilds to know how to run a major program.

That's why I think Lane Kiffin is going to end up being connected to the downfall of TWO major coaching tenures.

Dabo Swinney will eventually be remembered as a great coach who refused to adapt quickly enough to the era that replaced the one he dominated.

And Kalen DeBoer?

Lane Kiffin is going to be the beginning of the end of his tenure at Alabama.

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The funniest part will be when Alabama eventually decides it needs a coach who understands the SEC, embraces the portal, can recruit nationally, can handle the circus, and can produce elite offenses...

...and everybody suddenly realizes the obvious candidate has been standing right there the entire time.