[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATING SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY COUGARS ON WINNING THE NAIA 
                     NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

  (Mr. LIPINSKI asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Saint 
Xavier University Cougars on winning the NAIA National Football 
Championship on Saturday.
  It was another thrilling game and a fitting way for Saint Xavier to 
bring home its first national championship in any sport to the school. 
From the freshmen to the seniors, from the top-ranked offense to the 
defense and the special teams, everyone played a part in the victory 
and the Cougars' amazing season.
  This is the first time since 1913 that a college football team from 
Chicago has won a national championship, and the Cougars did it with a 
lot of homegrown talent. Chicago, Lemont, Joliet, Tinley Park, Oak 
Lawn, Palos Heights, Park Ridge, Rockford, Frankfort--these and many 
other towns are well represented on this historic team.
  The players, Coach Mike Feminis and his staff, Saint Xavier, the city 
of Chicago, and the State of Illinois should all be proud. 
Congratulations to the Cougars, the NAIA national football champions.

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