This article was written by Gus Wilson and published on <a href="https://sportandstate.com/">Sport &amp; State</a>, a new media company founded by Clay Travis that is built around sports, culture, original voices, and live conversation.
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From the drama caused by leaving Ole Miss in the middle of last year’s College Football Playoffs to enrolling former professional players on their roster, Lane Kiffin’s first year at LSU has had it all leading to the highly anticipated kickoff of the 2026 season in Baton Rouge.
It did not disappoint.
The LSU Tigers dismantled Clemson in their season opener, 51-10, despite all of the noise surrounding the Bayou Bengals all offseason. All of the talking points have painted Kiffin and the Tigers as the villains of college football. According to an alleged leaked video of Kiffin’s halftime speech, they are totally bought into the role.
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Lane Kiffin’s halftime speech from the Clemson game has allegedly leaked. <a href="https://t.co/OzCTQeZpgM">pic.twitter.com/OzCTQeZpgM</a>
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/2097137662297509939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Mind you, LSU was up 31-3 at the end of the first two quarters. They had 20 more FIRST DOWNS and over 280 more total yards than Clemson. Clearly, he did not care about anything that had been done so far.
“Who gives a f*ck what happened? That’s what’s supposed to happen! Ain’t no celebrations for that,” he yelled in the alleged leak.
This mindset is part of the reason many fans and the media despise Kiffin. But again, he could care less how he and his team are portrayed.
“The whole f*cking world hates you. You get a chance to go show the world, ‘Go f*ck yourselves!’”
Love him or hate him, the alleged intensity from Kiffin is a testament to his coaching ability. Watching this video back, I’m ready to run through a wall and my heart rate is through the roof as I am typing this.
The speech supposedly happened just minutes after Kiffin joked about how much better the team would be playing if they decided to roster the ex-NFL players.
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Lane Kiffin running off the field up 31-3 on Clemson. “Imagine if we had pro players.” This is well played. <a href="https://t.co/0ZYaVF9PgB">pic.twitter.com/0ZYaVF9PgB</a>
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/2096442121053954221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Kiffin’s supposed intensity carried into his press conference as well, as he called out his backup defensive players for allowing a late touchdown to cut the lead to a nail-biting 41 points. Serious shades of Nick Saban, who he worked alongside from 2014 to 2016.
The intensity post-game – and allegedly during the game – shows a side of Lane Kiffin that people rarely see. This type of mindset is expected to be carried over for the next two weeks when he makes his return to Oxford, Miss., in one of the biggest games of the season.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: SEP 05 Clemson at LSU

Lane Kiffin’s Alleged Halftime Speech Leaked: ‘The Whole F*cking World Hates You’

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This article was written by Mark J. Burns and published on <a href="https://sportandstate.com/">Sport &amp; State</a>, a new media company founded by Clay Travis that is built around sports, culture, original voices, and live conversation.
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I spent the holiday weekend doing what any responsible Floridian would do during Week 1 of the college football season — one eye on the beaches and one eye on the games. Had my Michigan Wolverines lost, though, I might be singing a different tune.
Hey, as an undergrad student, I had to endure the Appalachian State stunner and the worst three-year stretch in Michigan football history, so forgive me if I’m not exactly level-headed at times. We’re onto Oklahoma…
And as we head into the Week 1 finale of FSU–SMU from Tallahassee on Monday night, here are my five sports business and media takeaways from the first weekend of college football.
<h3>1. Yes, College Football Is Professional</h3>
Both of Sunday’s neutral site games epitomized the commercialization of college football in 2026. If the adoption of NIL in 2021 put the amateur status of college sports into serious jeopardy — if there was really even a debate left to be had — these two games officially quashed that notion entirely.
I flipped on the Notre Dame-Wisconsin game from Lambeau Field and got a glimpse of Marcus Freeman’s zip-up sleeve. Did you catch that Big, Bad Corporate Logo from SoFi Technologies? The digital finance firm reportedly has the richest jersey patch agreement with the Fighting Irish in all of Div. I college football, worth $18 to $20 million per year.
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Rate these Notre Dame-Wisconsin uniforms ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/JUxHHpS3CB">pic.twitter.com/JUxHHpS3CB</a>
— The Irish Tribune (@theirishtribune) <a href="https://x.com/theirishtribune/status/2096779674395255158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Dozens of schools have signed deals, while others are open for business as they try to secure millions for the biggest billboard in college sports. On-field corporate logos dot the football fields of several major programs across America.
Kudos to ESPN Events and the sales reps behind the Liberty Mutual Music City Kickoff in Nashville between Louisville-Ole Miss, too. The sidelines, in addition to a lot of the field-level, looked like a combined version of international soccer and European men’s ice hockey.
I had to Google &#8220;FrogTape&#8221; to see what the heck I’d be starting at for three hours. We’ve officially reached the point of no return.
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We are about to spend hours staring at this abomination of a football field. <a href="https://t.co/kU3M2jIQEC">pic.twitter.com/kU3M2jIQEC</a>
— Brewer (@realwickedbrew) <a href="https://x.com/realwickedbrew/status/2096578100133773785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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<h3>2. Baton Rouge Is Center Of Football Universe</h3>
When Lane Kiffin speaks, the college football world listens. And not necessarily because the LSU football coach has the most enlightening of remarks — he’s currently just shooting from the hip and letting it rip. In other words, Lane being Lane. Maybe someone on the Tigers’ staff can reign in the resident heel of the SEC?
He successfully battled the SEC for weeks in court to allow two former NFL rookies to play for the Tigers, only to hold off on adding tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris to the team’s roster for now. I don’t imagine this topic fading into the sunset.
Meanwhile, this weekend, he got in a few one-liners during the blowout home-opener, which featured unprecedented noise levels in Death Valley.
At the end of Kiffin’s halftime interview on Saturday night, he said to ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe, “Imagine if we had pro players,” as LSU led Clemson 31-3.
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&#8220;Imagine if we had pro players.&#8221; 😅
Lane Kiffin is not holding back. <a href="https://t.co/OzHEZqw1UW">pic.twitter.com/OzHEZqw1UW</a>
— ESPN (@espn) <a href="https://x.com/espn/status/2096439096017121699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Naturally, the media got a quick response to the off-handed remark, with Kiffin saying, “What’s the difference? Everybody hates you. They can’t hate you that much more.”
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Lane Kiffin, when asked about his halftime comments of “imagine if we had pro players”
Says someone asked him if he really said that..
Kiffin: “What’s the difference? Everybody hates you. They can’t hate you much more” <a href="https://t.co/m4OwIOaxHI">pic.twitter.com/m4OwIOaxHI</a>
— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace) <a href="https://x.com/TreyWallace/status/2096470965408378913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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All eyes will be on Kiffin going forward this season, especially when he returns to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on September 19 for a date with Ole Miss. How Kiffin talks, acts, and moves — like which celebrities are going to be in his entourage when he enters a stadium — will be closely scrutinized. Comedian Theo Von and former LSU gymnast and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Olivia Dunne strolled into Baton Rouge with Kiffin on Saturday.
I just hope we don’t see a red carpet at some point.
<h3>3. Fans Deserve Marquee Matchups In Week 1</h3>
After nearly an eight-month offseason, college football fans don’t need much of an incentive to tune into Week 1 to get their long-overdue fix.
I stayed up to watch the Colorado-Georgia Tech pillow fight on Thursday night and caught Miami boat race Stanford on Friday — if I’m being honest, I only watched the latter to see how much the Hurricanes’ standout wide receiver Malachi Toney would torch the Cardinal. Spoiler: a record-setting lot.
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Every Malachi Toney catch vs Stanford.
May quickly work himself into the number one overall pick conversation in 2028. <a href="https://t.co/9ctW7E2FBS">pic.twitter.com/9ctW7E2FBS</a>
— Ryan Paganetti (@RyanPaganetti) <a href="https://x.com/RyanPaganetti/status/2096276117019676889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2026</a></blockquote>
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There were still a lot of blowouts and lopsided affairs this weekend.
But we had to wait until Sunday night in primetime to get a top-25 matchup between Ole Miss and Louisville. While the first half proved to be a dud, the second half became a track meet, which ended on a walk-off field goal as the Tigers beat the Cardinals 41-38 in Nashville.
As I write this, two of top three trending topics on <s>X </s>Twitter in the U.S. were tied to the Sunday primetime contests.
This all begs the questions — can we get more marquee top 25 games in Week 1 spread across three or four days? Is that too much to ask for? I enjoyed seeing Washington-Washington State in the Apple Cup to open the season, even if it was a bit of a snoozefest. The two Sunday night affairs capped a fun weekend.
Some blue bloods scheduling more home-and-home non-conference series with one another would be nice. You know, for the sake of college football pageantry? Think if we got the likes of LSU-Oregon, Michigan-Georgia, Texas-USC, Miami-Ohio State, Penn State-Utah, and Ole Miss-Notre Dame across a four-day slate.
I know, I know. It all goes back to money and TV, but man, we can all dream for now.
<h3>4. Deion Sanders Is MIA</h3>
The former SI Sportsperson of the Year had the college football world in the palm of his hand in 2023. After a 1-11 record, Colorado hired Deion Sanders to restore some semblance of pride in Boulder, Colo., only to catapult the football program into the national spotlight with an unprecedented level of news coverage before Game 1.
Sanders told the Buffaloes he was “bringing his own baggage with me” before he arrived in Colorado. “And it’s Louis,” he added.
As in Louis Vuitton.
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A 3-0 record, including a 45-42 upset against TCU as 21-point underdogs, to start Sanders’ inaugural campaign only put the media frenzy into overdrive. TV ratings spiked as the Buffaloes became the talk of college football.
Still, after a 4-8 record in year one and a 17-21 mark overall, Sanders and the Buffaloes have become an afterthought in college football — Colorado’s comeback win against Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday was barely a blip on the college football radar in Week 1.
It’s a far cry from the early honeymoon phase of 2023 where Sanders, who signed a contract extension in 2025 to become the Big 12’s highest-paid coach, had every talking-head pontificating about his arrival out West. The coverage felt Tim Tebow-esque in some way. Now, he’s without his Louis as he tries to pull the Buffaloes out of the Big 12 basement.
<h3>5. College Football Is Still Wonderfully Weird</h3>
The year is 2026, and college football remains bizarre and chaotic in all its fine glory. Yes, I realize it’s Week 1 and you might be thinking, &#8220;Mark is just coming off a long offseason without one of the greatest sports on earth and is a little romantic about it all.&#8221; Yes, you might be partially correct.
Let me explain the weirdness for you.
A year after going 0-12, UMass upset Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey, last week before the Scarlet Knights decided to blast off fireworks into the New Jersey sky following the humiliating defeat. UMass, which snapped the nation’s longest active losing streak at 16 games, was a 29.5-point underdog.
A disgruntled 20-year Rutgers season ticket holder then called into WFAN and asked for “a firing squad” of the football staff. Yikes.
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Rutgers fans are done with the program.
Never thought Rutgers Football would light up the phone lines tonight on <a href="https://x.com/WFAN660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WFAN660</a>.
Feel for fans like Gus. <a href="https://t.co/ak1aGw0YeH">pic.twitter.com/ak1aGw0YeH</a>
— Zach Gelb (@ZachGelb) <a href="https://x.com/ZachGelb/status/2095724343963628009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Did we mention the stolen thrilling Michigan victory against Western Michigan on a last-second Hail Mary attempt? I’m not going to discuss the storming of the field. When you’re a 20-something college student, sometimes you do things you’re going to regret.
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MICHIGAN SURVIVES THE UPSET ON A HAIL MARY 🤯 
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— Sport &amp; State (@SportNState) <a href="https://x.com/SportNState/status/2096433490514350521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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In Week 1, three FCS teams beat FBS programs, including Tarelton State narrowly getting by Bowling Green and The Citadel winning a 3OT thriller against Charlotte.
Michigan State offensive lineman Robert Wright Jr. projectile vomited on a defender mid-snap during a successful two-point conversion. Whatever works, I guess.
LSU’s Kiffin even got a practice jump shot in during the Tigers’ Week 1 victory. I can’t believe that’s actually a real sentence.
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Here&#8217;s Lane Kiffin&#8217;s attempt at a jump shot after a Tiger touchdown&#8230; maybe he should&#8217;ve gone for a dunk? Drive the lane? 😉 <a href="https://t.co/BRo45brQOr">pic.twitter.com/BRo45brQOr</a>
— WBRZ News (@WBRZ) <a href="https://x.com/WBRZ/status/2096437531038400849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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There isn’t a normal college football weekend in the fall. And for all the commercial changes, transfer portal chaos, seemingly never-ending legal disputes, and incompetence in Washington, D.C., the weirdness and absurdity remains — and that’s why we all keep returning every Saturday.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: SEP 06 Louisville at Ole Miss

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Lane Kiffin’s messy departure from the University of Mississippi apparently sparked enough paranoia inside the Rebels’ football program that an FBI agent was brought in to check the team’s facility for potential listening devices.
“We actually had the FBI come through and walk the building for bugs and for everything,” Walker Jones, a senior figure in Ole Miss&#8217; name, image, and likeness operation, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dY29qzginI&amp;t=511s">revealed</a> last week. “We knew kind of what was in Baton Rouge, and we knew how they operated.&#8221;
“I remember getting on my knees and looking underneath the desk, like checking for, is there some sort of bug in my office? Somebody was like, ‘What are you doing?’ I’m like, ‘You just trust me, you don’t know this guy like I do,'&#8221; Jones said, referring to Kiffin.
Kiffin left Ole Miss abruptly in November 2025, just days after he led the team to an 11-1 regular season and its first-ever College Football Playoff spot. When he accepted the LSU job, he wanted to remain in Oxford to coach Ole Miss through the playoffs, but Athletic Director Keith Carter rejected Kiffin&#8217;s request, and the school promoted defensive coordinator Pete Golding to replace him. Golding then led the Rebels to two playoff wins before they were knocked out by Miami in the semifinals.
Kiffin took members of his Ole Miss staff with him to LSU, including offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. and tight end coach Joe Cox.
Kiffin has since said that he loved Ole Miss and had a “wonderful experience” there but viewed the opportunity at LSU as a challenge he needed to take on.
“You needed Oxford and Ole Miss more than they needed you, and that can totally be true,” he said in May 2026.
Golding, the new Ole Miss coach, confirmed to reporters Monday that a federal officer was involved, but indicated that Jones’ account may have exaggerated events.
“In any bowl game or playoff situation, you’re obviously going to increase security,&#8221; Golding said. “I’m not sure that there was a hiring process of, ‘Here we go with the FBI,’” Golding said.
“I do think we probably have a current player whose dad happens to work for the FBI and lives in town,&#8221; he continued. “It wasn’t some situation where we said, ‘Oh my gosh, get in here.’”
“Any time you get into the playoff system and you have guys from this building go to other places, you want to make sure things are secure for your players,&#8221; Golding added.

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Lane Kiffin’s Messy Ole Miss Exit Sparked FBI Sweep

Kiffin’s Messy Ole Miss Exit Sparked FBI Sweep for Bugs

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Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal returned to his alma mater over the weekend, delivering a colorful, energetic commencement address to Louisiana State University’s graduating class of 2026.
Speaking from the perspective of an elder statesman offering sage advice to the next generation, O’Neal — who dominated the collegiate ranks at LSU before embarking on one of the most physically imposing careers in NBA history — implored the &#8220;youngsters&#8221; to embrace resilience and integrity as they step into the world.
O&#8217;Neal, who famously earned his bachelor&#8217;s degree from LSU in 2000 after leaving early for the NBA, opened with his trademark humor, saying:
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I&#8217;m not going to be long because I know you guys are hungry, because I&#8217;m hungry as hell. I was tricked. I was bamboozled this morning. They told me to arrive at 7:30. And three hours later, I received something that had nothing in it. Last time I sat this long, I was sitting on the toilet after I had some bad chimichanga from TJ Ribs.
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Turning serious, he expressed immense pride in the graduates and laid out five core pillars for their future success: never stop learning, use failure as motivation, prioritize character over resumes, stay curious in a &#8220;weird world,&#8221; and celebrate milestones while continuously striving ahead.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a small percentage of people that accomplish things on the first try,&#8221; he declared. &#8220;Most of us regular people have to go again, again, again, and again. So again, before you succeed, you must first learn to fail. &#8230; Your character will take you further than your resume. Continue to be kind; continue to be humble. Continue to help those in need.&#8221;
In a classic lighter moment, he also urged graduates to buy his &#8220;Shaq-A-Licious&#8221; gummies at 7-Eleven.
The massive center’s perspective is backed by a resume legendary in American sports. Long before he was a four-time NBA champion, O&#8217;Neal entirely transformed the LSU basketball program under coach Dale Brown from 1989 to 1992. Over 90 collegiate games, the powerhouse center averaged an astonishing 21.6 points, 13.5 rebounds, and 4.6 blocks per game, shooting 61% from the field. A two-time consensus First-Team All-American and two-time SEC Player of the Year, O&#8217;Neal set an NCAA Tournament record by blocking 11 shots in a single game against BYU in 1992.
After the Orlando Magic selected him as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft, Shaq won Rookie of the Year and famously shattered multiple backboard supports. O&#8217;Neal soon ascended to absolute league dominance.
He signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996 and eventually formed a legendary dynasty with Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson. O&#8217;Neal led the Lakers to a historic &#8220;three-peat&#8221; of NBA championships from 2000 to 2002, capturing Finals MVP honors in all three instances. His 1999–2000 campaign stands as one of the greatest individual seasons in sports history, missing out on a unanimous regular-season MVP by just a single vote.
O&#8217;Neal later secured a fourth championship ring with Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat in 2006 before concluding his 19-year journey with veteran stints in Phoenix, Cleveland, and Boston. He retired in 2011 with 28,596 points and 13,099 rebounds, earning a spot on the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team.
Concluding his commencement address in Baton Rouge, the legendary big man led the arena in a roaring chant of &#8220;We did it,&#8221; reminding the graduates of their shared achievement. &#8220;I do not want you going home and saying I graduated with Shaq,&#8221; O’Neal told the crowd. &#8220;I want you to say Shaq graduated with me.&#8221;
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On Friday, the latest iteration of patriotic students standing up for America and confronting the pro-Hamas, anti-American activists on college campuses occurred at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana-state-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana State University</a>.
The counter-protesters chanted “USA” to drown out the anti-American, pro-Hamas activists.
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Counter protesters outnumber the commies at LSU <a href="https://twitter.com/OldRowLSU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OldRowLSU</a> <a href="https://t.co/vK7jUgdR9A">pic.twitter.com/vK7jUgdR9A</a>
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The trend of patriotic students confronting the activists has burgeoned at universities in Southern states.
On Thursday, a group of students at the University of Mississippi belted out “The Star-Spangled Banner,” drowning out the chanting and shouting of pro-Hamas protesters on their campus.
In a video posted to X on Tuesday, a number of students could be heard singing the national anthem at the top of their lungs while the shouts of nearby protesters — several of whom carried large Palestinian flags — were completely overpowered.
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On Wednesday, students chanted “USA” at the University of Alabama to drown out the pro-Hamas, anti-American activists.
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On North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus, a group of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gofundme-set-up-to-fund-rager-for-frat-boys-who-defended-american-flag-on-unc-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fraternity boys</a> fought back when anti-Israel protesters attempted to replace an American flag with a Palestinian flag. They stepped in and kept the American flag from touching the ground, even as the protesters surrounded them and hurled insults, water, and other objects their way.
A GoFundMe was set up to fund a “<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/pi-kappa-phi-men-defended-their-flag-throw-em-a-rager?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rager</a>” for the UNC fraternity brothers who helped defend the American flag on the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus.
Pi Kappa Phi member Guillermo Estrada explained, “My fraternity brother and others ran over to hold it up, in order for it not to touch the ground. People began throwing water bottles at us, rocks, sticks, calling us profane names. We stood for an hour defending the flag so many fight to protect.”
Virginia Kruta contributed to this article.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ole-miss-students-drown-out-anti-israel-protesters-by-belting-out-star-spangled-banner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ole Miss Students Drown Out Anti-Israel Protesters By Belting Out ‘Star-Spangled Banner’</a>

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It’s Trending: Patriotic Students Drown Out Pro-Hamas, Anti-American Activists At LSU

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> Governor Jeff Landry urged state officials this week to create a new policy that requires student-athletes to be present for the national anthem at sporting events after Louisiana State University&#8217;s (LSU) women&#8217;s basketball team missed the national anthem during its regional final game this week.
LSU faced intense criticism for not being on the court when the national anthem was played shortly before their game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa won 94-87.
“Honestly, I don’t even know when the anthem was played,” <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2024/04/lsu-basketball-teams-national-anthem-absence-comes-under-fire-on-social-media.html">said</a> LSU coach Kim Mulkey. “We kind of (have) a routine where we’re on the floor and then they come off at the 12-minute mark. I don’t know … we come in and we do our pregame stuff. I’m sorry … Listen, that’s nothing intentionally done.”
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The Republican governor responded to the backlash that the team faced by saying that officials need to enact a policy requiring athletes to show up for face serious consequences.
&#8220;My mother coached women’s high school basketball during the height of desegregation, no one has a greater respect for the sport and for Coach Mulkey,&#8221; he said. &#8220;However, above respect for that game is a deeper respect for those that serve to protect us and unite us under one flag! It is time that all college boards, including Regent, put a policy in place that student athletes be present for the national anthem or risk their athletic scholarship! This is a matter of respect that all collegiate coaches should instill.&#8221;
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My mother coached women’s high school basketball during the height of desegregation, no one has a greater respect for the sport and for Coach Mulkey. However, above respect for that game is a deeper respect for those that serve to protect us and unite us under one flag !
It is…
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Mulkey has recently been in the news after The Washington Post ran a hit <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/30/kim-mulkey-lsu-griner-reese/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">piece</a> on her that accused her of exploding at officials, treating reporters poorly, holding grudges, and clashing with players.
She reportedly has had an intense feud with Brittney Griner and the report claimed that she was harsh toward gay players — an accusation that she and her legal team have strongly pushed back against, including providing an affidavit that undercut one of the claims made against her.

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Adapted from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/why-brian-kelly-won-t-leave-lsu-for-michigan-ron-slay">“Crain &amp; Co.,”</a> January 24, 2024. 
Jake Crain: Brian Kelly would be clinically insane to leave LSU for Michigan. Why? Not because Michigan isn&#8217;t a fantastic job or that there&#8217;s anything wrong with Ann Arbor, but because he&#8217;s already at a place where, believe it or not (at least in my opinion), it&#8217;s easier to establish dominance than at Michigan.
Brian Kelly left Notre Dame, which is an established brand in college football, to go down to Baton Rouge. He saw what Bama looked like in the tunnel before they got run over in the National Championship when he was the head coach of the Fighting Irish. He wanted to be able to recruit and sign the best of the best, a true even playing field. Louisiana is a state filled with talent every year to the brim from the top to the bottom, from the east to the west. And LSU is the only power in that state. There is no Sparty and nobody’s spurning LSU to go to Louisiana Tech. (Sorry guys.) But Kelly has already found success there, and he&#8217;s building a monster in a place where the biggest monsters roam. He’s compiled an elite staff around him, and he just had the Heisman winner. Why would you leave Baton Rouge where you have all of this momentum to go follow the greatest season ever in Michigan history? There&#8217;s nowhere to go but down.
Michigan&#8217;s going to remain relevant regardless of what Harbaugh does, but the best chance to win bigger for longer is at LSU. Some will say the SEC is the toughest conference in the country. That is true, but the Big Ten just added Oregon, Washington, USC, and UCLA. It&#8217;s not getting any easier, and there’s no division, which will create more division. Ryan Day is trying to put the new Justice League together at Ohio State through the transfer portal, and Brian Kelly has already shown that he can succeed in the SEC. He won the West in year one and the emperor Nick Saban just left Tuscaloosa. 
The fact of the matter is you can&#8217;t make work-place decisions based purely on emotion and fandom. And though Kelly&#8217;s accent may be fake, his chance to dominate is not. While some may believe the smoke if Harbaugh does leave to go to the Chargers or the Falcons, it smells like a Jimmy Sexton special to me, which is always a good play.
Harbaugh hasn&#8217;t gone anywhere yet, but we keep hearing that for Brian Kelly, it&#8217;s a dream job. Michigan is an incredible place. They just won the National Championship. Nobody&#8217;s saying that Michigan is a bad job. But when LSU gets hot, they can get hotter than just about anyone. For Brian Kelly, he’s already there. He’s already established. He’s gotten the hard part out of the way. He won early, he won the West. Yes, he lost to Georgia in the SEC Championship game, but he beat Alabama’s Nick Saban. Then in year two, his defense got run through like a finish line, but he had the Heisman winner. He has an elite staff, he’s recruited really well, and it seems like a pretty good fit.
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David Cone: Brian Kelly is not leaving LSU. No way. I agree that this feels like a Jimmy Sexton special to try and get a bigger contract or a new extension. It’s not because I view LSU as that much better of a job than Michigan. I see them both as the top six or seven jobs in the country.
I do find a couple of things interesting though. First, Brian Kelly is the winningest coach in Notre Dame history. He left and gave that up to go to LSU for a lot of the reasons we always talk about; you can put a fence around that state and the high school recruiting is better there in that state. Also, from a historical and traditional perspective, Notre Dame and Michigan are very similar. So I think it&#8217;s interesting Brian Kelly had to watch Michigan go undefeated and win the National Championship. That is what Jim Harbaugh was able to do at a very similar Midwestern school that Kelly was not able to accomplish while he was at Notre Dame. Then, two of the last three coaches at LSU have been rumored to be leaving LSU. The Les Miles thing was a caveat, and I think it&#8217;s a completely different situation.
Ultimately, we still don&#8217;t even know if Jim Harbaugh is going to leave. Harbaugh may remain at Michigan — even though the news could break any minute that he&#8217;s going to be the next coach of the Chargers. So we&#8217;ll have to see. But from my perspective, Kelly has gotten the hard part out of the way. He already built the foundation at his new place, he took the risk which paid off early, he won the SEC West, and he just landed the number one quarterback in the 2025 class. I don&#8217;t see Brian Kelly going anywhere.
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Jake Crain is co-host of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/%22https://www.dailywire.com/show/crain-and-company/%22">“Crain &amp; Company”</a> the Daily Wire’s sports show hosted by former athletes and coaches Jake Crain, Blain Crain, and David Cone. Follow him: @JakeCrain_
David Cone is a co-host and producer of the Daily Wire’s sports show Crain &amp; Company, as well as a contributor to Morning Wire. David is also a former quarterback for the University of Michigan. You can follow him on Twitter/X and Instagram at @davidadamcone

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Louisiana State University head <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/college-football/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">football</a> coach Brian Kelly fielded jabs from a reporter after his debut game resulted in a loss to the Florida State Seminoles.
Kelly threw the first punch, however, ribbing The Advocate&#8217;s LSU football and baseball beat reporter Leah Vann for arriving late to his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
After he opened the press conference with his own comments, Kelly turned to the reporters to take questions and immediately rebuked Vann for her late arrival, suggesting that she ought to pay a $10 fine.
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Brian Kelly was not happy with a reporter for being late to todays press conference. 
The reporter responded “maybe if you win, I’ll be on time”
Absolutely brutal 48 hours for Brian Kelly. <a href="https://t.co/PzgHcQQHJ9">pic.twitter.com/PzgHcQQHJ9</a>
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&#8220;With that, we’ll open it up to this late arriving media crowd that must have enjoyed the weekend. That’s usually $10 that we put in the kitty. We’ll have a big bash at the end of the year at my place,&#8221; Kelly said.
&#8220;Maybe if you win, I’ll be on time,&#8221; Vann shot back.
&#8220;I don’t think it has anything to do with winning. I think it has to do with being on time,&#8221; Kelly replied.
Vann later outed herself on Twitter, detailing the exchange as well as her conversation with Kelly afterward — and after several accused her of being rude or unprofessional, she defended herself and explained that both of them had been joking: &#8220;All in good fun, fam.&#8221;
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Press conference was at noon, I was running from a doctor’s appointment. Got there at 11:57. Brian Kelly called me out, said jokingly I owed him $10, I said if he won maybe I’d be on time. Not my finest hour. I apologized afterward, he was super chill and said I still owe him $10 <a href="https://t.co/6zsp6k9PuL">https://t.co/6zsp6k9PuL</a>
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&#8220;Press conference was at noon, I was running from a doctor’s appointment. Got there at 11:57. Brian Kelly called me out, said jokingly I owed him $10, I said if he won maybe I’d be on time. Not my finest hour. I apologized afterward, he was super chill and said I still owe him $10,&#8221; Vann explained.
&#8220;I know Brian Kelly likes to joke,&#8221; Vann continued, adding, &#8220;He clearly took it as one from our conversation afterward. All in good fun, fam.&#8221;
&#8220;He said he needs $10 so he can afford his new jackets and I said he has $90 mil for that and he said that&#8217;s a smoke screen and I said that&#8217;s fair and I liked his new jacket and he thanked me. If y&#8217;all want all the details.&#8221;
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He said he needs $10 so he can afford his new jackets and I said he has $90 mil for that and he said that’s a smoke screen and I said that’s fair and I liked his new jacket and he thanked me. If y’all want all the details.
&mdash; Leah Vann (@LVann_Sports) <a href="https://twitter.com/LVann_Sports/status/1567208033859559424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Longtime Democratic Party strategist and top Bill Clinton ally James Carville unloaded on the Democratic Party during an interview published on Friday, saying that when it comes to the party&#8217;s ideas, the American people &#8220;don&#8217;t want to hear this s**t&#8221; and that Democrats are losing their minds over the upcoming election.
When asked by left-wing <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/7/21123518/trump-2020-election-democratic-party-james-carville">Vox</a> why he was &#8220;scared to death&#8221; of the upcoming election, Carville responded, &#8220;Look, the turnout in the Iowa caucus was below what we expected, what we wanted. Trump’s approval rating is probably as high as it’s been. This is very bad. And now it appears the party can’t even count votes. What the hell am I supposed to think?&#8221;
&#8220;I’ll just say it this way: The fate of the world depends on the Democrats getting their s**t together and winning in November,&#8221; Carville continued. &#8220;We have to beat Trump. And so far, I don’t like what I see. And a lot of people I talk to feel the same way.&#8221;
Carville said he does not know where the party went wrong, considering that it did well in House races in 2018: &#8220;Now it’s like we’re losing our damn minds.&#8221;
It&#8217;s fair to note that after the 2018 races, radical far-left Democrats like socialist Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Ilhan Omar (MN), and Rashida Tlaib (MI) have driven the party increasingly to the far-left.
&#8220;We have candidates on the debate stage talking about open borders and decriminalizing illegal immigration,&#8221; Carville said. &#8220;They’re talking about doing away with nuclear energy and fracking. You’ve got Bernie Sanders talking about letting criminals and terrorists vote from jail cells. It doesn’t matter what you think about any of that, or if there are good arguments — talking about that is not how you win a national election.&#8221;
Carville said that if Sanders gets elected, &#8220;there’s no chance in hell we’ll ever win the Senate with Sanders at the top of the party defining it for the public.&#8221;
Carville then continued to repeat the lie that &#8220;18% of the country elects more than half of our senators,&#8221; a false statement that he also made on <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/-wake-up-dem-vet-calls-for-party-to-be-more-relevant-diverse-after-iowa-chaos-78129221946">MSNBC</a>.
Newsweek <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/senators-who-voted-convict-trump-represent-18-million-more-americans-those-who-voted-acquit-1485972">reported</a> that the Republican-controlled Senate seats represent 44% of the U.S. population, not 18% — although the actual number may be as high as 47.19%.
When asked if the party has gone too far left, Carville responded, &#8220;They’ve tacked off the damn radar screen. And look, I don’t consider myself a moderate or a centrist. I’m a liberal. &#8230; Here’s another stupid thing: Democrats talking about free college tuition or debt forgiveness. I’m not here to debate the idea. What I can tell you is that people all over this country worked their way through school, sent their kids to school, paid off student loans. They don’t want to hear this s**t. And you saw Warren confronted by an angry voter over this. It’s just not a winning message.&#8221;
Carville then claimed, without evidence, that Trump was a &#8220;career criminal who’s stealing everything that isn’t nailed down out of the White House.&#8221;
Carville then went off on the leftist mainstream media over a New York Times editorial board member&#8217;s mocking comments about Louisiana State University (LSU) canceling classes for the NCAA football national championship game, saying: &#8220;You know how f***ing patronizing that is to people in the South or in the middle of the country? First, LSU has an unusually high graduation rate, but that’s not the point. It’s the g*****n smugness. This is from a guy who lives in New York and serves on the Times editorial board and there’s not a single person he knows that doesn’t pat him on the back for that kind of tweet. He’s so fucking smart. &#8230; The Democratic Party has to drive a narrative that doesn’t give off vapors that we’re smarter than everyone or culturally arrogant.&#8221;

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An arrest warrant was issued for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Thursday for apparently slapping the back side of a security officer during a post-game celebration in the Louisiana State University (LSU) locker room earlier in the week.
Following the Clemson University/LSU NCAA football national championship game on Monday, Beckham hit the locker room to celebrate. The receiver is captured own video slapping the buttocks of a security guard officer during the rowdy partying.
The warrant was issued for simple battery by the New Orleans Police Department after the security officer issued a complaint.
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According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28496532/new-orleans-police-issue-arrest-warrant-browns-odell-beckham-jr">ESPN</a>, the public affairs office for the New Orleans Police Department &#8220;confirmed that the security guard filed the complaint.&#8221;
&#8220;Louisiana statute defines simple battery as battery committed without the consent of the victim. Punishment in Louisiana can include a fine of no more than $1,000 and imprisonment for no more than six months, or both,&#8221; the sports outlet noted.
&#8220;We are aware of the incident and have been in touch with Odell and his representatives on the matter,&#8221; the Cleveland Browns said in a statement Thursday. &#8220;They are cooperating with the proper authorities to appropriately address the situation.&#8221;
Beckham caught heat earlier in the week for video footage showing the NFL star handing out cash to players during the locker room celebration.
&#8220;We are aware of the situation regarding Odell Beckham Jr. interacting with LSU student-athletes and others unaffiliated with the team following the championship game Monday night,&#8221; LSU said in a statement, ESPN reported. &#8220;Initial information suggested bills that were exchanged were novelty bills. Information and footage reviewed since shows apparent cash may have also been given to LSU student-athletes.&#8221;
&#8220;We were in contact with the NCAA and the SEC immediately upon learning of this situation in which some of our student-athletes may have been placed in a compromising position. We are working with our student-athletes, the NCAA and the SEC in order to rectify the situation,&#8221; the university continued.
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lsu-players-threatened-with-arrest-for-smoking-cigars-after-victory-espn-reporter-suffocating">The Daily Wire</a> on Tuesday, celebrating LSU players were threatened with arrest for smoking cigars in the locker room.
“A smoke-filled LSU locker room got a surprise warning early Tuesday morning,” <a href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2020/01/cop-threatens-arrest-for-lsu-players-smoking-cigars-in-championship-locker-room.html?utm_campaign=aldotcom_sf&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">AL.com</a> reported. “A police officer threw water on the party when telling the national champions they could not smoke the cigars that burned for easily 15 minutes after beating Clemson. In fact, the officer announced to the players any smoking cigars in the locker room would be subject to arrest.”
“Several players holding stogies laughed at the warning like it was a joke but the cop wasn’t smiling,” the outlet added.
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&#8220;In the end, no one was arrested, and the players — and their many diehard fans in Louisiana — continued celebrating long into the night,&#8221; The Daily Wire noted.
The sports game also made headlines due to President Donald Trump&#8217;s attendance. The president and First Lady Melania Trump were met with thunderous applause and &#8220;USA&#8221; chants when they walked onto the field, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-america-deafening-cheers-break-out-for-trump-at-national-championship-game">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time.
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Per multiple outlets, an arrest warrant has been issued for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Browns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Browns</a> WR Odell Beckham. He is being charged with simple battery.
He slapped the ass of a cop during <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LSU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LSU</a>&#39;s post-game locker room celebration.
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A week after making headlines for the explosive crowd response to his appearance at Game 5 of the World Series in Nationals Park, Sports Illustrated&#8217;s <a href="https://www.si.com/college/alabama/bamacentral/alabama-football-lsu-president-trump">BamaCentral</a> is reporting that President Trump will be attending the most anticipated game of the college football season: No. 1 LSU versus No. 2 Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday.
The game, which starts at 3:30 p.m. Eastern and features the undefeated LSU Tigers (8-0) playing against their biggest rival, the undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0), will now draw even more attention, if Sports Illustrated&#8217;s sources are correct.
&#8220;BamaCentral has learned that the University of Alabama is making preparations for President Donald Trump to attend the LSU game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday,&#8221; the outlet reported Monday. &#8220;Alabama officials could not be reached to confirm or deny, but sources have confirmed his expected visit.&#8221;
LSU edged out Alabama in the most recent <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings">AP poll</a> (1479-1472), though Alabama returned the favor in the <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings">Coaches Poll</a> (1591-1531). ESPN&#8217;s <a href="http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings">Football Power Index</a> lists Alabama at 2nd and LSU at 4th overall, giving Alabama a 31.6% chance of winning out the rest of the way and LSU an 11.7% chance. The index gives Alabama a 50% chance of winning the conference and LSU a 16.4% chance, in large part because of the daunting task of taking out Alabama. The line for the game currently gives Alabama a -6.5 point advantage.
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&#8220;The high-profile game was already attracting a lot of attention, including ESPN&#8217;s pregame show &#8216;College Gameday,'&#8221; BamaCentral reports, noting that due to security concerns, the stage for the show had to be moved from the Walk of Champions outside the stadium to the Quad. SEC Nation and the Marty &amp; McGee show will also be filming on location on the campus.
This isn&#8217;t the first college football game starring Alabama that Trump has attended. He also made it to the National Championship game in 2017, when Alabama managed to come back in the second half to beat another SEC team, the Georgia Bulldogs.
Though Trump left at halftime when Alabama was still trailing 13-0, the president made sure to celebrate their 17th championship (their 5th under Nick Saban) with them at the White House, calling it &#8220;a win for the ages.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-alabamas-football-team-prays-trump-white-ryan-saavedra">The Daily Wire</a> reported, when the Crimson Tide team visited the White House to meet the president in April 2018, WBRC News sports reporter Christina Chambers posted a moment on video that went viral:  A member of the team asked if they could pray for the president.
“What a cool moment! [Alabama Football&#8217;s punter JK Scott] asked [President Trump] if he could pray for him and his staff,&#8221; wrote Chambers in a tweet. &#8220;Video below shows President Trump and Bama players praying after the Tide’s [at] WhiteHouse visit!&#8221;
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What a cool moment! .<a href="https://twitter.com/AlabamaFTBL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlabamaFTBL</a> JK Scott asked <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> if he could pray for him and his staff. Video below shows President Trump and Bama players praying after the Tide&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> visit! <a href="https://twitter.com/WBRCnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WBRCnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BarrettSallee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarrettSallee</a> <a href="https://t.co/tE4hj4k38l">pic.twitter.com/tE4hj4k38l</a>
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White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham posted a tweet celebrating the moment. &#8220;As a proud Arkansan, I’m not an Alabama football fan, but I was a big fan of this prayer for [President Trump,&#8221; Grisham wrote.
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As a proud Arkansan, I’m not an Alabama football fan, but I was a big fan of this prayer for <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SEC</a> Always <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WPS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WPS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ArkRazorbacks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArkRazorbacks</a> <a href="https://t.co/P65jAN29zS">pic.twitter.com/P65jAN29zS</a>
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Trump also issued a tweet in response to the team&#8217;s visit. &#8220;Today, it was my great honor to welcome the 2017 NCAA Football National Champion, Alabama Crimson Tide – to the White House. Congratulations!&#8221; he tweeted. adding, &#8220;#RollTide.&#8221;
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Today, it was my great honor to welcome the 2017 NCAA Football National Champion, Alabama Crimson Tide &#8211; to the White House. Congratulations! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollTide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RollTide</a><a href="https://t.co/hF5EZHlSVS">https://t.co/hF5EZHlSVS</a> <a href="https://t.co/JfGue4IIs1">pic.twitter.com/JfGue4IIs1</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/983824424532144128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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