[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22262]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACON FOOTBALL TEAM

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Wake Forest 
Demon Deacon football team on winning the 2006 ACC championship, the 
team's first since 1970. Formerly known as a basketball school and 
picked to finish last in their division in August, Wake Forest finished 
the season with its best record since 1940, 11-2, after beating Georgia 
Tech in the ACC championship game on Saturday.
  Despite suffering injuries to several key players early in the 
season, the Demon Deacons bounced back and shocked the Nation with 
their determination and will to win. Jim Grobe, who has been named ACC 
Coach of the Year, and heads the ballot for National Coach of the Year, 
led the team to victory after victory with good old-fashioned coaching, 
a smart offense and a tenacious defense.
  With just 36,000 living undergraduate alumni, Wake Forest has 
developed an athletic program that rivals the biggest and most storied 
programs in the country. Long known as an academic powerhouse, the 
Demon Deacons have proven their dominance on the football field and 
will travel to Miami on January 2 to face the Louisville Cardinals in 
the BCS Orange Bowl.
  I stand alongside all Wake fans when I say congratulations and wish 
the Deacons the best of luck in Miami. Go Deacs.

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