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| 1 | House Resolution | ||
| 2 | A resolution commending the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. | ||
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| 4 | WHEREAS, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made their debut in the | ||
| 5 | City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, and the entire Tampa Bay | ||
| 6 | area 27 years ago, and | ||
| 7 | WHEREAS, the Buccaneers' first draft pick ever was Lee Roy | ||
| 8 | Selmon, now Athletic Director at the University of South Florida | ||
| 9 | and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, serving as a | ||
| 10 | harbinger of things to come for the Buccaneers, and | ||
| 11 | WHEREAS, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have subsequently | ||
| 12 | recruited a substantial number of outstanding players and | ||
| 13 | coaches, reaching the conference championships in 1979 against | ||
| 14 | the Los Angeles Rams and again in 1999 against the St. Louis | ||
| 15 | Rams, and | ||
| 16 | WHEREAS, the 2002 Buccaneers, having won the National | ||
| 17 | Football Conference Division playoff against the San Francisco | ||
| 18 | 49ers in Tampa on January 12, 2003, by a score of 31-6 and the | ||
| 19 | NFC Championship in the last game ever played at Veterans' | ||
| 20 | Stadium in Philadelphia on January 19 by a score of 27-10, have | ||
| 21 | transformed the region into fervent "Bucs Believers" and have | ||
| 22 | united the entire area, and | ||
| 23 | WHEREAS, the Buccaneers boast the number-one overall | ||
| 24 | defense in the National Football League and scored more points | ||
| 25 | than the Oakland team's number-one overall offense on the | ||
| 26 | fateful evening of January 26, and | ||
| 27 | WHEREAS, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers went on to a decisive win | ||
| 28 | in Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego against the Oakland Raiders on | ||
| 29 | January 26, 2003, by a score of 48-21, showing total domination | ||
| 30 | throughout the game and becoming the World Champions, NOW, | ||
| 31 | THEREFORE, | ||
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| 33 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
| 34 | Florida: | ||
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| 36 | That the House of Representatives salutes the Tampa Bay | ||
| 37 | Buccaneers for acquiring the best record in the National | ||
| 38 | Football League this season, for winning Super Bowl XXXVII and | ||
| 39 | the world championship in such a magnificent manner, for | ||
| 40 | galvanizing, igniting, and uniting the region, and for focusing | ||
| 41 | the eyes of the world on the Tampa Bay area. | ||
| 42 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be | ||
| 43 | presented to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a tangible token of the | ||
| 44 | sentiments expressed herein. | ||
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