Thursday night is "date night" for Alabama coaches during the season, the one in-season evening coaches can get home relatively early and spend time with their families.
Last year, Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin often spent those nights at home with Eric Kiesau.
Kiffin's family was in California. Kiesau's was in Washington. So the two spent many of those Thursday nights relaxing and watching football at their home a short walk from the Tide's team headquarters.
Prior to taking over as Fresno State's offensive coordinator in January, Kiesau spent last year as an offensive analyst with Alabama, living with Kiffin while helping the Tide transition to more of a no-huddle, up-tempo offense.