Title: A resolution commending the Clemson University Tigers football team for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
Commends the Clemson University Tigers for winning the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 14 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 14

Commending the Clemson University Tigers football team for winning the 
          2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 12, 2017

    Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Scott) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Commending the Clemson University Tigers football team for winning the 
          2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.

Whereas, on Monday, January 9, 2017, the Clemson University Tigers football team 
        won the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship (in this 
        preamble referred to as the ``championship game'') by defeating the 
        University of Alabama by a score of 35 to 31 at Raymond James Stadium in 
        Tampa, Florida;
Whereas the Tigers finished the championship game with 511 yards of total 
        offense;
Whereas the victory by the Tigers in the championship game--

    (1) earned Clemson its first national title since the 1981 season; and

    (2) marked the first time that Clemson had beaten a top-ranked team;

Whereas the head coach of Clemson, Dabo Swinney, has been an outstanding role 
        model to the Clemson players and the Clemson community;
Whereas Deshaun Watson gave the best performance by a quarterback in a 
        championship game;
Whereas Ben Boulware, from Anderson, South Carolina, was named the defensive 
        Most Valuable Player of the championship game;
Whereas Hunter Renfrow, a graduate of Socastee High School, went from being a 
        walk-on player to catching the winning touchdown in the championship 
        game;
Whereas the Clemson University football team displayed outstanding dedication, 
        teamwork, and sportsmanship throughout the 2016 collegiate football 
        season in achieving the highest honor in college football; and
Whereas the Tigers have brought pride and honor to the State of South Carolina: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commends the Clemson University Tigers for winning the 
        2017 College Football Playoff National Championship;
            (2) recognizes the on-field and off-field achievements of 
        the players, coaches, and staff of the Clemson football team; 
        and
            (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) the President of Clemson University, James P. 
                Clements; and
                    (B) the head coach of the Clemson University 
                football team, Dabo Swinney.
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