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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 331 

Congratulating the Florida State University football team for winning the 

2014 Bowl Championship Series national championship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 13, 2014 

Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Florida State University football team 

for winning the 2014 Bowl Championship Series national 

championship. 

Whereas on January 6, 2014, before a crowd of more than 

94,000 fans in Pasadena, California, the Florida State 

University Seminoles won the 2014 Bowl Championship 

Series (BCS) national championship with a 34-31 victory 

over the Auburn University Tigers; 

Whereas Florida State University completed the largest 

comeback ever in a BCS national title game, giving the 

university its third national championship; 

Whereas the Seminoles finished the 2013 season with a 

record of 14 wins and 0 losses; 


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Whereas Florida State University football head coach Jimbo 

Fisher won his first national title as a head coach, bringing his total record at Florida State University to 45 

wins and 10 losses; 

Whereas Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston was awarded the 79th Heisman Memorial Trophy; 

Whereas Jameis Winston is the only freshman quarterback to 

ever lead a Football Bowl Subdivision team to 13 wins 

and a BCS national title game; 

Whereas the Seminoles finished 2013 ranked first in the 

Harris Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Associated 

Press Top 25, and the BCS Standings; 

Whereas the Florida State University Seminoles triumphed 

over the Duke University Blue Devils 45 to 7 to win the 

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship title on 

December 7, 2013; 

Whereas Florida State University football had 17 players 

named to the 2013 All-ACC team, the most of any school 

in the conference; 

Whereas Florida State University fans worldwide supported 

and encouraged the Seminoles throughout the 2013 football season; 

Whereas Florida State University president Eric J. Barron 

and athletics director Stan Wilcox have led the Florida 

State University to excellence in both academics and athletics; 

Whereas Florida State University is one of the preeminent 

research universities in the State of Florida; and 

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stitution and the entire State of Florida: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the Florida State University 

3 football team for winning the 2014 Bowl Champion4 ship Series national championship; 

5 (2) recognizes the players, coaches, students, 

6 staff, and fans whose dedication helped Florida 

7 State University win the championship; and 

8 (3) respectfully requests that Secretary of the 

9 Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution 

10 to— 

11 (A) the president of Florida State Univer12 sity, Eric J. Barron; 

13 (B) the athletics director of Florida State 

14 University, Stan Wilcox; and 

15 (C) the head coach of the Florida State 

16 University football team, Jimbo Fisher. 

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