7. Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer expressed excitement for tonight’s CFP first-round matchup against Oklahoma in Norman, praising his team’s focus and pride; while ESPN’s Michael Wilbon speculated DeBoer might head to Michigan after a loss.
6. President Donald Trump announced the “Patriot Games,” featuring two high school athletes from each state in events celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary, but emphasizing “no men playing in women’s sports” and leading to social media mockery comparing it to “The Hunger Games,” which might be better.
5. Samford University closed its DEI office to “comply” with legal changes on diversity initiatives. However, the games continue as the school retain its Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice minor, saying the courses must focus on “Race, ethnicity, and culture and had to be throughout the curriculum and the courses.”
4. The University of Alabama System campuses will require standardized test scores for admissions starting in 2028-29, ending the test-optional policy from 2020, which was meant to lower the bar to entry to combat racism or something.
3. Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) stated Maduro’s abdication is inevitable as Trump is “bound and determined” to address Venezuela’s narco-terrorism.
2. President Donald Trump signed an executive order expediting marijuana’s reclassification to Schedule III drug for medical research, providing free CBD to Medicare seniors, following cannabis industry lobbying. He faces opposition from some on health risks and Governor-elect National Championship-winning Coach U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is against Trump moving forward on this.
1. Brown University shooting suspect Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former student, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in a New Hampshire storage facility after a six-day manhunt; he was also linked to an MIT professor’s murder (he was a former classmate).
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