But Grubb was sticking with the head coach with whom he’d through the ranks from the back roads of Sioux Falls to the pinnacle of the college game. He was a Kalen DeBoer guy, enough so to follow him to Tuscaloosa last January to accept the gig he rebuffed a year earlier.

DeBoer and Grubb built high-powered offenses together at previous stops, including Washington and Fresno State.

The Alabama offense is officially back in familiar hands.