HR 9009

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution congratulating the University of Florida
3	Football Team for winning the 2009 Bowl Championship
4	Series 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 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 head coach Urban Meyer and his coaching
17	staff, and Athletic Director Jeremy Foley, 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 had previously won Bowl
23	Championship Series National Championships on January 2, 1997,
24	and January 8, 2007, and
25	WHEREAS, with the 2009 Bowl Championship Series National
26	Championship win, the University of Florida earned its third
27	national football title, and its second in the past three
28	seasons, NOW, THEREFORE,
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30	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
31	Florida:
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33	That the Florida House of Representatives congratulates the
34	University of Florida Football Team for winning the 2009 Bowl
35	Championship Series National Championship Game, the university's
36	third national football title.
37	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
38	presented to the President of the University of Florida, Dr. J.
39	Bernard Machen, to Athletic Director Jeremy Foley, to Coach
40	Urban Meyer, and to each assistant coach and member of the
41	Florida Gators Football Team as a tangible token of the
42	sentiments expressed herein.

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