U.S. President Donald Trump took a break from his busy presidential duties and a hectic campaigning schedule to watch an NCAA Division I college football game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday. The U.S. president was accompanied by first lady Melania Trump as he attended a game between Louisiana State University and University of Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Apart from the first lady, a few lawmakers from Alabama and Louisiana accompanied Trump. Trump, who has been facing an impeachment investigation in Washington, traveled to the deep South for the hotly anticipated game and received a rousing welcome. Trump arrived at the stadium with the crowd of more than 100,000 chanting "USA!" and standing to greet the first couple. He waved back to the crowd while entering his luxury box at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Later in the game, Trump received another loud ovation as he was shown on the stadium screens. But he did receive some boos from the stands as he waved. Incidentally, Trump's entourage included Congressman Bradley Byrne, who is running against Trump's former attorney general Jeff Sessions in next year's Alabama Senate race.

The football match in Tuscaloosa that saw No. 2 LSU beating No. 3 Alabama 46-41 in a matchup that had been hyped as the "Game of the Century" was the third sporting event that Trump has attended in the past two weeks and this time, the reception he received was far warmer than the one he got on October 28 while attending a World Series game in Washington between the Nationals and the Houston Astros. The liberal Washington crowd made loud and sustained booing when Trump was shown on the giant video screen inside the stadium. Trump's second visit to a sports arena was on November 3, when he returned to his hometown of New York to take in a UFC fight. He was greeted with both cheers and jeers as he walked into the iconic Madison Square Garden for the bouts.

(With input from agencies)