[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 22 (Thursday, March 2, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1130-S1131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 265--COMMENDING THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 
  TEAM FOR WINNING THE 1999 DIVISION 1-A COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL NATIONAL 
                              CHAMPIONSHIP

  Mr. MACK (for himself and Mr. Graham) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 265

       Whereas Florida State University is a proud member of the 
     Atlantic Coast Conference;
       Whereas Florida State University has previously won the 
     Division 1-A collegiate football national championship in 
     1993;
       Whereas the students, alumni, and supporters of Florida 
     State University are to be commended for the dedication, 
     enthusiasm, and admiration they share for their favorite 
     football team;
       Whereas Florida State University has one of the most 
     exciting, prolific, and successful college football programs 
     in the country;
       Whereas Florida State University's football team won the 
     1999 Atlantic Coast Conference championship in football and 
     finished the season undefeated and untied with a record of 
     12-0;
       Whereas Florida State University is to be commended for 
     being the first Division 1-A collegiate football team to be 
     ranked number one the entire season by the Associated Press 
     since the preseason rankings began in 1950;
       Whereas Florida State University has won 108 football games 
     between 1990 and 1999, more than any other Division 1-A 
     college football team in the Nation during this period;
       Whereas Florida State University should be commended for 
     extending their NCAA record streak of top-four finishes in 
     the final Associated Press poll to 13 years in a row, the 
     only Division 1-A college football team to have accomplished 
     this feat;
       Whereas Bobby Bowden, Florida State University's legendary 
     head football coach, is to be commended for surpassing the 
     300-victory plateau this year and for obtaining his first 
     perfect season in 40 years as a head coach;
       Whereas Florida State University is to be commended for 
     having 20 of its football players selected to the 1999 All 
     Atlantic Coast Conference football team;
       Whereas Florida State University is to be commended for 
     having 4 of its football players honored as 1999 Consensus 
     All-Americans;
       Whereas the 1999 Florida State University football team 
     played and beat Louisiana Tech University, 41 to 7; Georgia 
     Tech University, 41 to 35; North Carolina State University, 
     42 to 11; University of North Carolina, 42 to 10; Duke 
     University, 51 to 23; University of Miami, 31 to 21; Wake 
     Forest University, 33 to 10; Clemson University, 17 to 14; 
     University of Virginia, 35 to 10; University of Maryland, 49 
     to 10; and University of Florida, 30 to 23;
       Whereas Florida State University played Virginia Tech 
     University in the Bowl Championship Series' Nokia Sugar Bowl 
     on January 4, 2000, for the 1999 Division 1-A collegiate 
     football national championship;
       Whereas the Virginia Tech University football team and Head 
     Coach Frank Beamer and his staff are to be commended for an 
     outstanding football season, winning the 1999 Big East 
     Conference football championship and for playing in the 1999 
     Division 1-A collegiate football national championship game;
       Whereas Florida State University beat Virginia Tech by the 
     score of 46 to 29 before a sold-out and electrified crowd of 
     79,280 in the Louisiana Superdome to win the 1999 Division 1-
     A college football championship; and
       Whereas Florida State University now joins an elite group 
     of only 14 Division 1-A collegiate football teams out of 114 
     Division 1-A universities which have won at least 2 or more 
     Division 1-A collegiate football national championships: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends Florida State University for winning the 1999 
     Division 1-A collegiate football national championship;

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       (2) recognizes the achievements of all the players, 
     coaches, and support staff who were instrumental in helping 
     Florida State University win the 1999 Division 1-A collegiate 
     football national championship and invites them to the United 
     States Capitol Building to be honored;
       (3) requests that the President recognize the 
     accomplishments and achievements of the 1999 Florida State 
     University football team and invite them to Washington, D.C. 
     for the traditional White House ceremony held for national 
     championship teams; and
       (4) directs the Secretary of the Senate to make available 
     enrolled copies of this resolution to Florida State 
     University for appropriate display and to transmit an 
     enrolled copy of the resolution to each coach and member of 
     the 1999 Division 1-A collegiate national championship 
     football team.

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