SPAN's coverage was devoted to the inauguration of Donald Trump as President, one college football fan couldn't let go of his hatred of the selection committee leaving Alabama out.

A Starbucks employee was attacked by a customer’s pet monkey, Alabama police say. The incident happened Jan. 10, the Mobile Police Department said in an email Sunday. The animal and its owner were gone by the time officers arrived, but investigators pieced together what happened.

FRANKLIN, Ind. — An Alabama man who previously called Johnson County home was convicted Thursday for child sex crimes. Mark LaPlante, 51, of Grant, Alabama, was convicted by a Johnson County jury on Jan. 16 for two felony counts of child molestation.

A college football fan turned to C-SPAN on Monday to voice his displeasure with the College Football Playoff committee’s selections. Inauguration coverage on Monday was interrupted by some college football talk as the caller complained about Alabama being left out of the CFP.

The criticism lobbed at Indiana after its CFP loss was ridiculous, so if Hoosiers fans want a laugh at the expense of their critics, have at it.

An Alabama man was convicted of high-level child molestation charges by a Johnson County jury on Wednesday. Mark LaPlante, 51, was found guilty of child molesting, both as a Level 1 and Level 4 felony, by a jury in Johnson Superior Court 3. LaPlante, of Grant, Alabama and formerly of Franklin, was charged in October 2022.

Jason Jones is a former player for Alabama football and has since made coaching stops at UNC, Indiana and more.

Alabama basketball picked up a resume-building win at Texas A&M over the weekend, so what did that mean for the Crimson Tide in the rankings?

Boise St. at Colorado St., 8:30 p.m. Duquesne at La Salle, 11 a.m. Holy Cross at Army, 11 a.m. Marquette at Providence, 11 a.m. Navy at Boston U., 11:30 a.m.

That’s one advantage of the new 12-team playoff era. Teams can learn from their mistakes. But it takes a special coaching staff and special group of players to capitalize on lessons learned. They believe they can beat anyone, even if they appear outmatched.

Here are five teams that didn’t make the College Football Playoff this season that should be strong contenders for qualification next season.

Notre Dame defensive end Tom Freistroffer, right middle, hits the quarterback during a game against Northwestern. Freistroffer, now a Fort Wayne city councilman, played for the Irish from 1969 to 1972. ATLANTA – Fort Wayne City Councilman Tom Freistroffer believes Notre Dame can beat Ohio State.