[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 29693]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           HONORING RON DAYNE

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I am on the floor today principally to 
continue to battle for our Wisconsin dairy industry and Wisconsin dairy 
farmers. As I was here today, I had a chance to reflect on something 
else about Wisconsin that we will be bragging about today. I come here 
as a proud alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Of course, I 
am talking about the new career rushing record in college football just 
set by one of the greatest Badgers of all time, Ron Dayne.
  Ron Dayne rushed his way into football glory on Saturday. After 
rushing for an incredible 6,181 yards in his career, he needed only 99 
yards to break the record set last year by Texas's Ricky Williams.
  Short runs throughout the first half brought him within yards of the 
record and helped his team build an early lead. Then, with 5 minutes 
left in the second quarter, he broke the record on a 31-yard sprint and 
went on to rush a total of 216 yards to help catapult the Badgers--with 
my apologies to my colleagues from the Hawkeye State--to a crushing 41-
3 victory against Iowa.
  I quote from Matt Bowen, a leading tackler for the University of 
Iowa, on the difficulty of stopping University of Wisconsin running 
back Ron Dayne. Matt said: ``It's like trying to catch a couch as it 
tumbles down a few flights of stairs.''
  With this achievement, Ron Dayne has rushed his way into the front of 
a pack of Heisman hopefuls, and he has helped guarantee his team 
another trip to Pasadena on New Year's day as the undisputed champions 
of the Big 10. Through it all, Ron Dayne has been a model person as 
well as a model team player, exhibiting a modesty and dedication that 
make him a Badger hero for the ages.
  On Saturday, as jubilant Badger football fans waved their souvenir 
Dayne towels in the air at Camp Randall Stadium and chanted Ron Dayne's 
name, they celebrated a great victory for Wisconsin, and above all they 
celebrated a player who does honor to his school, to himself, and to 
the game he has taken to a new level of excellence.
  The Great Dayne, as we all him in Wisconsin, finishes his regular 
season career with a phenomenal record of 6,397 rushing yards. He has 
secured himself a lofty place in the history of college football, and a 
permanent place in the hearts of every Wisconsin Badger fan. As Ron 
Dayne said about his incredible run into the record books, ``It's kind 
of sinking in now. This is the best.''
  As a Wisconsinite and a dedicated Badger fan, I can tell you that it 
truly is the best, and that Ron Dayne, the best all-time rusher in 
college football, is a true Badger hero.
  Mr. President, On Wisconsin!
  I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative assistant proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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