[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 697-698]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TEXAS LONGHORNS--NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 1, 2006

  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, I was personally on hand January 4, 2006 to see 
one of the greatest college football games ever played: Texas vs. USC 
in the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl. Today I rise to 
congratulate the victors, College Football's National Champion, the 
University of Texas Longhorns.
  In front of over 100,000 fans, an impressive portion of which were 
wearing burnt orange, the Longhorns triumphed with a stunning come from 
behind win that will be talked about for years to come. The State of 
Texas is immensely proud of the Longhorn's Head Coach Mack Brown, his 
entire staff, and the fine players that represent them.
  Those fine young men and the thousands of screaming Texas faithful 
taught the entire country the lesson that Sam Houston taught Santa Anna 
at the Battle of San Jacinto. You don't ever want to share the same 
field as a bunch of fired up Texans.

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  That's just the way it is.

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