WASHINGTON — Bellowing out “Roll Tide,” President Barack Obama on Wednesday welcomed the University of Alabama football team to the White House for the fourth time since he became president and said he must have brought it some good luck.
Obama, sounding confident in his apparent positive influence as well as in the Crimson Tide's athletic prowess, said he'd like to welcome the team back in 2017 — “but we've got this thing called term limits.” He'll be out of office at this time next year after serving two terms.
Winning four national titles in seven years is historic, said Obama, who compared the feat to “winning a best-of-seven series, except you're playing 127 teams around the country.