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Obama welcomes Tigers to White House Tuesday

The Auburn Tigers national championship team met with President Barack Obama at the White House June 8. (Blakely Sisk / PHOTO STAFF)
The Auburn Tigers national championship team met with President Barack Obama at the White House June 8. (Blakely Sisk / PHOTO STAFF)

The Auburn family invaded the White House Wednesday, many hoisting the signature orange and blue shakers.

President Barack Obama invited the 2010 Auburn Tigers football team to the White House for a ceremony honoring the team's national championship season.

The ceremony was a light-hearted event, with Obama even receiving a chest bump from wide-receivers coach Trooper Taylor.

The president congratulated the team on its first championship since before he was born.

"And I'm getting quite a bit of gray hair," Obama said. "So that was a long wait for Tiger fans."


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