Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2528
       
       
       
       By Senator Oelrich
       
       
       
       
       14-02228-09                                           20092528__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution congratulating the University of Florida
    3         football team for winning the 2009 Bowl Championship
    4         Series National Championship Game.
    5  
    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 its hard work, determination, unselfish play,
   11  and team-first attitude, and
   12         WHEREAS, the University of Florida football team defeated
   13  the then top-ranked University of Alabama 31-20 in the
   14  Southeastern Conference Championship Game on December 6, 2008,
   15  giving the Gators their eighth conference championship, and
   16         WHEREAS, under Athletic Director Jeremy Foley and head
   17  coach Urban Meyer and his coaching staff, the second-ranked
   18  Florida Gator players came together to form a championship team,
   19  earning a 24-14 victory over top-ranked University of Oklahoma
   20  in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game on
   21  January 8, 2009, and
   22         WHEREAS, the Florida Gators previously won BCS Football
   23  Championships on January 2, 1997, and January 8, 2007, and
   24         WHEREAS, with the 2009 Bowl Championship Series National
   25  Championship win, the University of Florida earned its third
   26  national football title, and its second in the past three
   27  seasons, NOW, THEREFORE,
   28  
   29  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   30  
   31         That the Florida Senate congratulates the University of
   32  Florida football team for winning the 2009 Bowl Championship
   33  Series National Championship Game, earning the university's
   34  third national football title.
   35         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   36  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the President of
   37  the University of Florida, Dr. J. Bernard Machen, to Athletic
   38  Director Jeremy Foley, to Coach Urban Meyer, and to each
   39  assistant coach and member of the Florida Gators football team
   40  as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.