[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 22816-22817]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              GO BUCKEYES

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise to accept Tuesday's challenge 
from the gentleman from Florida, who suggested that his Florida Gators 
will upset the undefeated number-one ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and our 
soon-to-be-declared Heisman Trophy Winner, quarterback Troy Smith.

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  In his ill-advised wager, the Congressman staked a crate of Florida 
oranges to a corresponding delicacy from the State of Ohio. I offer up 
a crate of peanut butter and chocolate buckeyes. But no such buckeye 
treat will ever reach his palate, for he will never savor the sweet 
taste of victory.
  If the gentleman from Florida remains tragically optimistic about his 
team's chances in Glendale, he should examine the fate of two other 
teams whose schedules placed them helplessly in the path of the mighty 
Buckeyes. The agony that permeates through the cities of Austin, Texas 
and Ann Arbor, Michigan should serve ample notice to the Honorable 
Gator Fan that Florida's berth in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl is not an 
opportunity for football immortality, but a certain footnote in Ohio 
State's storybook 2006 season.

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