| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution commending the University of Florida Football |
| 3 | Team for winning the 2007 Bowl Championship Series |
| 4 | National Championship Game. |
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| 6 | WHEREAS, the University of Florida Gators have long been |
| 7 | recognized for their winning tradition in all sports, and |
| 8 | WHEREAS, the University of Florida Gators Football Team has |
| 9 | continued this tradition of athletic excellence, achieved and |
| 10 | maintained through their hard work, determination, unselfish |
| 11 | play, and team-first attitude, and |
| 12 | WHEREAS, the second-ranked University of Florida Football |
| 13 | Team earned a 41-14 victory over top-ranked Ohio State |
| 14 | University in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National |
| 15 | Championship Game on January 8, 2007, after defeating the |
| 16 | University of Arkansas 38-28 in the Southeastern Conference |
| 17 | Championship Game on December 2, 2006, and |
| 18 | WHEREAS, the University of Florida's 2006 schedule was |
| 19 | ranked as the toughest in the nation by the NCAA this season, |
| 20 | and |
| 21 | WHEREAS, under head coach Urban Meyer and his coaching |
| 22 | staff, the Florida Gators finished the 2006 season with a 13-1 |
| 23 | record to establish a single-season record for wins, and |
| 24 | WHEREAS, coach Urban Meyer became just the seventh head |
| 25 | coach in NCAA history to guide a team to a national championship |
| 26 | in his first or second year at a school, and |
| 27 | WHEREAS, with the BCS National Championship win, the |
| 28 | University of Florida earned its second national football |
| 29 | championship and became the first school in NCAA Division I |
| 30 | history to hold national football and men's basketball titles |
| 31 | simultaneously, NOW, 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 Florida House of Representatives congratulates the |
| 37 | University of Florida Football Team for winning the 2007 Bowl |
| 38 | Championship Series National Championship Game, its second |
| 39 | national football title, and for becoming the first school in |
| 40 | NCAA Division I history to hold national football and basketball |
| 41 | titles simultaneously. |
| 42 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 43 | presented to the President of the University of Florida, Dr. |
| 44 | Bernie Machen, to Coach Urban Meyer, and to each assistant coach |
| 45 | and member of the Florida Gators Football Team as a tangible |
| 46 | token of the sentiments expressed herein. |