ESPN star warns Alabama fans amid team's upset loss to Florida State

ESPN pundit Stephen A Smith warned Alabama Crimson Tide fans that the days of Nick Saban are long gone following the unit s crushing upset loss to Florida State on Saturday night Seminoles quarterback Thomas Castellanos ran for yards and a touchdown and recorded passing yards in the - win Alabama s -game season-opener winning streak was snapped CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMSmith offered his analysis amid their loss I m sorry folks I really am But it just seems to be as if the days of AlabamaFTBL - Nick Saban s AlabamaFTBL is looooonnngggg gone Sacks surrendered Dropped passes A QB who s not a real scrambler runner and doesn t appear to have a strong enough arm to throw on the run he wrote on X Maybe this turnover by Lucas of FloridaState but I doubt it Saban retired from college football before the start of the season Alabama hired Kalen DeBoer from Washington to replace him OREGON'S MASCOT LOSES HEAD AFTER TRIPPING ON THE FIELDSmith disclosed earlier this month that Alabama should consider hiring Deion Sanders to replace DeBoer and that he missed Saban Alabama one of college football s biggest powerhouses over the last decade or so failed to make the College Football Playoff last year in its first season since Saban retired In the group lost to the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl Michigan went on to win the national championship The Crimson Tide s schedule is only going to get tougher The group will take on Georgia next month and later in the season have Tennessee South Carolina LSU and Oklahoma in consecutive weeks Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter