[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S109]
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    CONGRATULATING THE DENVER BRONCOS AND COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

  Mr. ENZI. Madam President, in the last 3 hours there has been some 
pretty heavy lifting and some excellent debate by both sides about what 
is to come of this country. But I am going to take just a moment and 
let everyone relax and reflect a little bit and realize that everything 
in the world isn't happening right here in Washington. I want to bring 
some attention to some things that have happened over the last weekend.
  One of those, of course, was the Super Bowl game. I want to 
congratulate those Broncos and people in Wyoming and Colorado who are 
avid supporters of that team. They did a wonderful job as fans, as 
players. It was a great game. But something that is not as well known 
out of this part of the country is that there is the Western Athletic 
Conference. There are a bunch of basketball players out there that are 
having a great year.
  Some people may have heard about Utah because, frankly, they are No. 
4 in the Nation right now. You may have heard about New Mexico because 
they are also in the top 20 in the Nation. But I want to talk just for 
a moment about another team that is going to be in that top 20 in the 
Nation, and that is Colorado State University, a small university in 
northern Colorado just south of Wyoming. This last weekend we had an 
event called the ``Border Wars.'' That is an event that has been going 
on for 101 games in Laramie, WY, alone. They play the other half of the 
games in Colorado. So the oldest traditional rivalry in basketball, 
probably, in the United States--101 games. This last weekend was the 
event of that 101st game.

  I cannot convey to you enough the rivalry that we have between these 
two schools that have been playing for that long and that are only 
separated by 45 miles, which out in our part of the country is very 
little distance.
  It is my pleasure to say that Colorado State University won that 
game. They beat an outstanding team. That is why you are going to hear 
more about Colorado State University. They won that game 53-46. They 
got out to a 9-0 lead in the game, then a 15-2 lead, which is almost 
what their record is this year, 15-3, a pretty outstanding record, 
particularly in that conference. They are 3-2 in the Western Athletic 
Conference. But they have won nine of their home games, only losing 
one. Their coach, Stew Morrill, has done an outstanding job with the 
team that came back from last year. As most people do not realize, they 
had that entire team back for another season. And they will have a 
great season.
  So keep your eye on the Western Athletic Conference and particularly 
Colorado State University.
  This is such a rivalry that this last weekend I had the pleasure of 
hosting Senator Allard and his wife Joan for the basketball game in 
Wyoming. As part of that competition, part of that rivalry, I agreed 
that if Wyoming lost that game, I would wear this Colorado State tie 
for a week. It was really fun having the folks from Colorado come up 
and to have that competition continue. I want to congratulate Senator 
Allard for the outstanding job that they did.
  I yield the remainder of my time.
  Mr. ALLARD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to be recognized 
for 2 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado is recognized.
  Mr. ALLARD. Madam President, I want to stand up and thank my 
colleague from Wyoming for having both Joan and I join him and his 
lovely wife for a great, great basketball game in Laramie, WY. We look 
forward to a continuation of this rivalry. He is a great sport. I am so 
pleased that he has agreed to go ahead and wear that tie now for the 
rest of the week. It makes all of us feel so proud at Colorado State 
University to see somebody who is such a strong supporter of the 
University of Wyoming willing to share that win with the rest of the 
people in Colorado.
  So we are looking forward to many, many more rivalries in the Western 
Athletic Conference with the University of Wyoming in Laramie. I want 
to wish everybody the very best.
  Madam President, I yield back the remainder of my time.
  Mr. CONRAD addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota is recognized.
  Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I will make one correction, if I can. 
North Dakota.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair apologizes. The Senator from North 
Dakota is recognized.
  Mr. CONRAD. No need to apologize. We often get mixed up with our 
sister State. They sometimes call us the four amigos, the four Senators 
from North and South Dakota. So we are always glad to be put in the 
class of our friends from South Dakota.

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