When Nate Oats stepped up to the SEC Media Days podium, his team was ranked higher in their respective poll than the football program. Alabama is the preseason No. 2 overall team, while Kalen DeBoer‘s squad currently sits at No. 7. A weird sight for the football-dominant school, even if fans cheer for both. Oats has always shown respect for football since being hired at Alabama, working with Nick Saban for a few years, and now DeBoer. He knows there is quite the standard of winning to live up to. Not just in a one-off season but finding success throughout a long period of time. CLICK HERE to g…