[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S219-S220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING SENATOR BAUCUS AND THE MONTANA GRIZZLIES

  Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I congratulate the Senator from Montana 
for his victory on a very important amendment.
  I also congratulate him on an even more important victory of the 
Montana team and its engagement in the 1 AA college finals last month 
with my Purple Paladins at Furman University, an outstanding 
university. In fact, the temptation is for me to challenge him to an 
academic final.
  As far as the football final, I can tell my colleagues, I watched the 
game and that is a monster team if I have ever seen one. It is well 
coached and had an outstanding performance.
  I lost the bet. The bet was if I lost, I would sing ``Up With 
Montana,'' their song. Fortunately, the rules of the Senate say no 
singing.

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  In congratulating Senator Baucus, I will recite this song publicly in 
the Chamber of the Senate. I want everybody to listen to this:

       Up with Montana, boys, down with the foe,
       Good ol' Grizzlies out for a victory;
       We'll shoot our backs 'round the foeman's line;
       Hot time is coming now, oh, brother mine.
       Up with Montana, boys, down with the foe,
       Good old Grizzlies triumph today;
       And the squeal of the pig will float on the air;
       From the tummy of the Grizzly Bear.

  Isn't that something? The Senator says they are reciting this after 
every game?
  Mr. BAUCUS. That is right.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. No wonder they play so hard.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, may I say how gracious my good friend from 
South Carolina has been today. Before we knew the Furman Purple 
Paladins and the Montana Grizzlies were going to be playing in the 1 AA 
playoff for the championship of the country, we made a little wager. 
The wager was whoever loses reads the other team's fight song on the 
floor of the Senate.
  I say to my good friend, I have no idea what the Purple Paladins' 
fight song is. Had the Grizzlies not won, I certainly would know their 
fight song.
  For many days, the Senator from South Carolina has been talking about 
this song. He said: Egads, is this your fight song? Is this what I have 
to read on the floor?
  I cannot thank him enough. It was a great game. I watched it on 
television as well.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. It was an outstanding game. I think this was the second 
year in a row they won the championship.
  Mr. BAUCUS. That is right.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. It is an outstanding college and outstanding team.
  Mr. BAUCUS. I thank the Senator.

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