BamaCentral's coverage continues from Los Angeles as Alabama prepares to face Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.

Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti and Alabama football head coach Kalen DeBoer spoke with the media Wednesday ahead of Indiana and Alabama’s College Football Playoff clash. Below is their full Q&A,

LOS ANGELES — When asked about Alabama football, and what is fueling the Crimson Tide a day before it faces in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the 2026 Rose Bowl, Kalen DeBoer first talked about Indiana.

Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson has been criticized all season. He sees the Tide's Rose Bowl game against No. 1 Indiana as a chance to silence critics.

According to College Football 26, Indiana will defeat Alabama 28-24 and advance to the Chik-fil-A Peach Bowl.

The Hoosiers are making their second Rose Bowl appearance in program history as the top seed in this year's College Football Playoff.

Cignetti's boring-by-design, top-ranked and unbeaten Hoosiers are on the verge of battling blueblood Alabama for the first time in program history Thursday at The Rose Bowl. His players do not concern themselves with the Crimson Tide "mystique" coming in, he said.

Kalen DeBoer's priority was clear days before Alabama football takes on Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal.

From paid players to the playoff structure, the changes in college football mean big shifts for the Tournament of Roses, which has long enjoyed a measure of control over the revenue that bowl