[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2290]
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          NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM

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                        HON. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 5, 1995

  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the resolution 
congratulating Northwestern University's championship football team, 
the Wildcats, for its 1995 Big Ten Conference Championship and for its 
invitation to the 1996 Rose Bowl.
  For the second time in its 122-year history, Northwestern is going to 
a bowl game. The 1995 winning season represents an unprecedented 
turnaround for Northwestern football.
  Northwestern University has won the Big Ten Conference Championship 
with a perfect record in conference play. It recently received its 
invitation to the Rose Bowl. We will all be watching New Year's Day as 
the Wildcats play our friends at USC. We will all be cheering with 
Coach Gary Barnett, just as we cheered 4 years ago, when he first came 
to Northwestern and promised to take ``the Purple to Pasadena.''
  We celebrate with University's President Henry Bienen, Coach Barnett 
and his dedicated and hard working team of coaches and athletes. We 
commend Northwestern University for its Big Ten Championship and for 
its invitation to the Rose Bowl. Northwestern's academic excellence has 
never been doubted; now let no one doubt its athletic excellence. 
Everyone wondered how this miracle occurred, but for Northwestern fans, 
it wasn't a question of how, but a question of when.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage all my colleagues to join us in celebrating 
Northwestern football.

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