While Alabama prepares for LSU over their bye week, head coach Kalen DeBoer talked on the SEC coaches weekly teleconference and discussed what type of team the Crimson Tide may be facing next Saturday.

BATON ROUGE – In what has become an annual tradition, LSU and Alabama will meet in primetime at 6:30 p.m. on ABC when the teams square off in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 8. Since the 2011 regular-season meeting between the teams in Tuscaloosa when the Tigers won, 9-6, in overtime, LSU and Alabama have played in primetime 13 of the past 14 years.

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban was listed as a longshot this week on various lists identifying coaching candidates for LSU's vacancy before hammering the state of college football's coaching carousel Saturday morning.

Alabama football will be facing an LSU team on Nov. 8 ( 6:30 p.m. CT, ABC) that has undergone a lot of changes in recent days. The Tigers (5-3, 2-3 SEC) have a new head coach after Brian Kelly's dismissal on Sunday, but they will not have a new starting quarterback.

Alabama football could have two major contributors back at wide receiver for the LSU game. According to Kalen DeBoer, Lotzeir Brooks and Isaiah Horton are moving in the right direction after recent injuries. DeBoer was asked about their statuses on the SEC’s weekly media teleconference Wednesday.

Tennessee football failed to meet the moment with a spot in the playoffs on the line. The Vols beat themselves in more ways than one in a 33-24 loss to Oklahoma.

The LSU Tigers remain the talk of the town after parting ways with head coach Brian Kelly on Sunday, but with four regular season games remaining, it's about fi