HR 9003A

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 and the University of Florida
5	for becoming the first school in NCAA Division I history
6	to hold national football and men's basketball titles
7	simultaneously.
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9	WHEREAS, the University of Florida Gators have long been
10	recognized for their winning tradition in all sports, including
11	100 years of Gator football, and
12	WHEREAS, the University of Florida Gators Football Team has
13	continued this tradition of athletic excellence, achieved and
14	maintained through their hard work, determination, unselfish
15	play, and team-first attitude, and
16	WHEREAS, the second-ranked University of Florida Football
17	Team earned a 41-14 victory over top-ranked Ohio State
18	University in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National
19	Championship Game on January 8, 2007, after defeating the
20	University of Arkansas 38-28 in the Southeastern Conference
21	Championship Game on December 2, 2006, and
22	WHEREAS, the University of Florida's 2006 schedule was
23	ranked as the toughest in the nation by the NCAA this season,
24	and
25	WHEREAS, under head coach Urban Meyer and his coaching
26	staff, the Florida Gators finished the 2006 season with a 13-1
27	record to establish a single-season record for wins, and
28	WHEREAS, coach Urban Meyer became just the seventh head
29	coach in NCAA history to guide a team to a national championship
30	in his first or second year at a school, and
31	WHEREAS, with the BCS National Championship win, the
32	University of Florida earned its second national football
33	championship and became the first school in NCAA Division I
34	history to hold national football and men's basketball titles
35	simultaneously, NOW, THEREFORE,
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37	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
38	Florida:
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40	That the Florida House of Representatives congratulates the
41	University of Florida Football Team for winning the 2007 Bowl
42	Championship Series National Championship Game, its second
43	national football title, and the University of Florida for
44	becoming the first school in NCAA Division I history to hold
45	national football and men's basketball titles simultaneously.
46	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
47	presented to the President of the University of Florida, Dr. J.
48	Bernard Machen, as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed
49	herein.

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