Alabama football has its traditional non-conference game before closing out the SEC schedule this week. The Crimson Tide faces Mercer Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium, in a game it will be expected to win handily.

After Jaeden Roberts left last week’s game against LSU with an injury, ABC’s Holly Rowe reported he likely could’ve gone back in the game. Kalen DeBoer confirmed that Wednesday night, saying Roberts sat out as a precaution.

After a pair of road losses in October, many fans began calling for first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer's job after his replacement of legendary coach Nick Saban seemed to be going sideways. Two victories followed that latest loss,