[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S25]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               OKLAHOMA SOONERS--2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I rise to congratulate the Oklahoma 
Sooners, the football team which defeated the Florida State Seminoles 
last night by a score of 13-2, the seventh national championship for 
the Sooners.
  This was also the Sooners' 17th appearance in the Orange Bowl. In 
1980 and 1981, our friend and colleague from the House, J.C. Watts, was 
quarterback and did a great job. I remember those Orange Bowls in 1980 
and 1981. J.C. Watts was not only an outstanding quarterback but also 
is an outstanding Congressman. I was with him last night to watch the 
Sooners win their seventh, well-deserved national championship.
  The Sooners went to the Orange Bowl with a perfect 12-0 record. They 
defeated several outstanding teams including the once number one ranked 
Nebraska, the University of Texas, and Kansas State. Although we did 
not play them before last night, Bobby Bowden, head coach for Florida 
State has an outstanding football team and an outstanding program.
  I congratulate the Sooners.
  I congratulate Coach Bob Stoops, who only in his second year at the 
University of Oklahoma was named the ``AP Coach of the Year''--a well-
deserved honor, and it is certainly a well-deserved honor for the 
entire Oklahoma Sooner football team.
  In addition, I wish to congratulate my friend and our former 
colleague in the Senate, David Boren, who is the President of the 
University of Oklahoma. All people in Oklahoma can say he is doing a 
fantastic job not only scholastically but athletically as well.
  My congratulations to the team and to their leader.
  From the entire State, we are all very proud of the University of 
Oklahoma for once again becoming the national champions.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Murray). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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