IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 153 
Commending the University of Southern California Trojan football team for 
its victory in the 2009 Rose Bowl. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2009 
Ms. WATSON (for herself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, 
Ms. 
EDDIE
BERNICE
JOHNSON
of 
Texas, 
Ms. 
FUDGE, 
Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. RICHARD-
SON, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 
Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. BOREN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. WATERS, 
Mr. ISSA, Ms. SOLIS of California, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. FARR, Mr. HINCHEY, and Mr. WATT) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the University of Southern California Trojan 
football team for its victory in the 2009 Rose Bowl. 
Whereas the University of Southern California (USC) Trojan 
football team achieved many historic accomplishments 
during the 2008 regular season; 
Whereas the USC Trojan football team has now won more 
Rose Bowls than any other team in the Nation; 
Whereas USC has achieved its seventh straight top 5 finish; 
Whereas USC achieved an unprecedented seventh consecutive 
season of at least 11 or more victories; 
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Whereas USC was invited to make an unprecedented seventh 
consecutive Bowl Championship Series appearance; 
Whereas USC won an unprecedented seventh consecutive Pa-
cific–10 (Pac–10) Conference championship; 
Whereas USC has become the first school to win 3 consecu-
tive Rose Bowls; 
Whereas USC has appeared in a record-tying fourth consecu-
tive Rose Bowl; 
Whereas USC is now tied with the record for most bowl vic-
tories of all time; 
Whereas USC has won 86 of its last 96 games; 
Whereas with USC’s 2009 Rose Bowl victory, the Pac–10 
Conference finished a perfect 5 and 0 in post-season bowl 
appearances; 
Whereas, during the 2008 season, USC’s defense was ranked 
number one in the Nation, holding opponents to just over 
221 yards per game; 
Whereas, during the 2008 season, USC featured 3 All-Amer-
ican first team players (linebackers Rey Maualuga, Brian 
Cushing, and safety Taylor Mays); 
Whereas USC will feature 5 players in the Under Armour 
Senior Bowl game held in Mobile, Alabama (linebackers 
Rey Maualuga, Brian Cushing, and Clay Matthews, and 
defensive linemen Fili Moala and Kyle Moore); 
Whereas USC head football coach Pete Carroll is 88 and 15 
(85.4 percent) in 8 years (2001 to 2008) as a college 
head coach at USC, his record is the best winning per-
centage of any current NCAA Division I coach with at 
least 5 years of experience; 
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Whereas Coach Pete Carroll was featured on CBS’s ‘‘60 Min-
utes’’, not only for his football accomplishments but for 
his work with ‘‘A Better L.A.’’, a nonprofit group con-
sisting of a consortium of local agencies and organiza-
tions working to reduce gang violence by empowering 
change in individuals and communities; 
Whereas, in the fall of 2008, Coach Pete Carroll helped orga-
nize ‘‘LA Live Peace 08’’, a march and rally at the Coli-
seum to promote gang intervention and non-violence in 
Los Angeles; 
Whereas the annual Rose Bowl is the oldest of all college 
bowl games, and its history and prestige have earned it 
the title ‘‘The Granddaddy of Them All’’; 
Whereas USC has played in the Rose Bowl on 33 occasions 
and won 24 times, both records exceeding any other colle-
giate football program; 
Whereas, during the 2009 Rose Bowl game, quarterback 
Mark Sanchez passed for a game second-best 413 yards, 
a game record-tying 4 touchdown passes, and ran for a 
touchdown; 
Whereas Sanchez’s efforts resulted in him being named the 
Offensive Most Valuable Player of the game; 
Whereas, during the 2009 Rose Bowl game, linebacker 
Kaluka Maiava made 4 tackles and 2 pass breakups, and 
he was named the Defensive Most Valuable Player of the 
game; 
Whereas with linebacker Kaluka Maiava taking home Defen-
sive MVP honors, each linebacker in USC’s starting line-
up has now been named defensive MVP of the Rose Bowl 
(Kaluka Maiava in 2009, Rey Maualuga in 2008, and 
Brian Cushing in 2007); and 
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Whereas, under the leadership of USC’s 10th president, Ste-
ven B. Sample, USC has established itself as a world- 
class research university, known for its leadership in the 
fields of communication, media, public diplomacy, the 
sciences, and the arts: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the University of Southern Cali-
fornia (USC) Trojan football team and USC Presi-
dent Steven B. Sample for USC’s victory in the 
2009 Rose Bowl; 
(2) applauds Coach Pete Carroll for his leader-
ship not only on the football field, but also in the 
community; and 
(3) recognizes the achievements of the players, 
coaches, students, alumni, and staff who were in-
strumental in helping the University of Southern 
California win the Rose Bowl. 
Æ 
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