Few things on a football field can draw a coach’s ire like a penalty that results from a mental mistake.

It’s no wonder Kalen DeBoer seemed to be in a good mood after the scrimmage on Saturday then. Alabama football didn’t sound like it had many of those penalties to frustrate the head coach.

“The offense maybe drew the defense off one time,” DeBoer said. “So just procedure-wise, I don’t know if there was any false starts offensively, no illegal formations, no movements. If there was, maybe it was one that I can’t remember, but that’s where I think we were pretty clean. So the mental mistakes, or what I would call a foolish penalty where we’re just not sharp, really kind of honed in on that here.”

DeBoer felt Alabama took the next step with other penalties, too. Ones that result from playing the game. He couldn’t recall any holding penalties.

Alabama will hold Fan Day on Sunday before another scrimmage next Saturday. The Crimson Tide will open the season against Western Kentucky on Aug. 31.