H. Res. 153 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 5, 2009. 
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; 
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;
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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; 
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’’;
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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 
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 California 
(USC) Trojan football team and USC President Steven 
B. Sample for USC’s victory in the 2009 Rose Bowl;
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(2) applauds Coach Pete Carroll for his leadership 
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 instru-
mental in helping the University of Southern California 
win the Rose Bowl. 
Attest: 
Clerk.