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The crimson tide of Alabama was surprised on Saturday afternoon, since team No. 8 fell to the state of Florida without qualifying, 31-17, to begin the 2025 university football season.
The huge alteration was an important story in university football, especially taking into account the fear factor that Crimson Tide has had for years.
But the winner of the Heisman trophy, Johnny Manziel, said that the general fear of Alabama no longer exists the other programs they face in the schedule.
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Florida’s state marshal of Florida, Tommy Castellanos (1), obtains a 9 -yard touchdown for Alabama Deontae Lawson (0) supporter during the first half of a university football match on August 30, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo AP/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
“In the past, you walk facing an Alabama team, you probably have a little fear,” said Manziel, who knows everything about Alabama, after having played his university ball in Texas A&M, in the “night show” with Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson. “This is’ Bama. The team has been a dynasty, you are a little fear. That aspect of fear of what Alabama is, completely.
“They have been cleaned in recent years. You say the purchase is deep, but they will not sit here and let this safely.
Manziel is not the only one to call Crimson Tide.
ESPN Star warns Alabama fans amid the loss of team’s discomfort against Florida State
Stephen A. Smith from ESPN sent a warning to ‘Bama fans after the defeat against the seminols, saying that the days of Nick Saban have disappeared.
“I’m sorry friends. I’m really. But it seems to be as if the days of @alabamAftbl, @alabamAftbl by Nick Saban, they have gone. He.”

The chief coach of Alabama, Kalen Debeer, observes during the first half of a University Soccer match of the NCAA against Florida State, on Saturday, August 30, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo AP/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
The field marshal of the Seminols, Thomas Castellanos, ran for 78 yards with a touchdown and launched for 152 air yards in the victory over the crimson tide, ending its impressive streak of victories victories of 23 games.
Saban is the legendary chief coach who won six national championships with Alabama, including those of 2015, 2017 and 2020. But he retired in 2024, with the crimson tide that turned to Kalen owed to fill some consummated shoes in Tuscaloosa.
But Debeoer’s debut season was a failure in the eyes of Crimson Tide’s faithful, since the university American football playoff was lost. In 2023, the last year of Saban, the Crimson Tide lost to the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl, losing an opportunity to compete again in the national title game.

The former field marshal of the Texas A&M and the Cleveland Browns, Johnny Manziel, observes before the game against the Texas Longes on November 30, 2024. (Maria Lysaker/Imagn images)
With this loss against the seminols, Alabama schedule only becomes more difficult in the future in 2025. They will face Georgia next month, while other powers such as Tennessee, LSU, South Carolina and Oklahoma in consecutive weeks have to do.