Alabama’s Saturday night showdown with Georgia is drawing some weather-related uncertainty, but Kalen DeBoer says the Crimson Tide are simply waiting on the latest updates while continuing to prepare.
Speaking Wednesday on the SEC coaches teleconference, DeBoer said he’s not directly handling the logistics around the storm threat.
“I’m not really involved in too much,” DeBoer said. “Just updated on where things stand, if there’s anything that would need to be adjusted. But I haven’t heard anything recently.”
The concern centers on Tropical storm Isaias, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it moves toward landfall. Some models show the storm passing through Alabama before Saturday afternoon and evening, creating the possibility that the game could be affected by weather.
Alabama athletics said Tuesday night it is tracking the forecast closely and does not plan any changes yet.
“Alabama athletics is closely monitoring the weather forecast ahead of Saturday’s football game vs. Georgia,” Alabama athletics said in a statement Tuesday night.
“At this time, there are no plans to alter the contest. We will continue to observe conditions throughout the week and remain in communication with the Southeastern Conference office, as needed.”
DeBoer also addressed how much the potential weather is influencing the Tide’s preparation. For now, the answer is: not much.
“Depends on the level of weather you get, it would affect what happens,” DeBoer said.It’s just, that’s not my area of expertise. I’m just getting our football team ready. It hasn’t affected us much, other than we’re doing wet ball drills and get wet ball involved in some of our team reps, just like we did last week at times, preparing for the rain a week ago.”
The matchup itself still has all the ingredients of a big one. Alabama and Georgia are both undefeated after the Crimson Tide beat Mississippi State on the road and Georgia handled Vanderbilt in Athens last week.
As of now, the game remains set for a 6:30 p.m. CT kickoff on ABC.
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