Western Kentucky head coach Tyson Helton explained how the Hilltoppers are preparing for Nick Saban-less Alabama team.
. Helton’s father, Kim Helton, had worked with Saban, coaching for the NFL’s Houston Oilers from 1988 through 1989, so Saban was a family friend of the Hilltoppers’ leader, despite the two having not seen each other in several years.
Now, the Hilltoppers are faced with a new challenge. Kalen DeBoer is now running the show in Tuscaloosa, and WKU will be the first game of a different era for Alabama. “Based on how we play defense, you’ve got to try and anticipate how he will attack that,” Helton said. “And you’ve got to examine, who are his players and who are his best players? Obviously there is a premier player, so you’ve got to kind of guess based on, ‘OK, this is how he utilized Penix, this is how he could utilize the current guy, and just try to go from there.”
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