A resolution congratulating the Florida State University football team for winning the 2014 Bowl Championship Series national championship.

Bill: 113-sres-331
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2014-01-13
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes

Congressional tributes

Florida

Higher education

School athletics
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-13
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S297-298; text as passed Senate: CR S292)

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Congratulates the Florida State University football team for winning the 2014 Bowl Championship Series national championship. </p>

action_date: 2014-01-13
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Congratulates the Florida State University football team for winning the 2014 Bowl Championship Series national championship. </p>

tv_txt: III 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 331 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; 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 79 th 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 Whereas the Florida State University students, faculty, alumni, and all Seminole fans have brought pride to their institution and the entire State of Florida: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) congratulates the Florida State University football team for winning the 2014 Bowl Championship Series national championship; (2) recognizes the players, coaches, students, staff, and fans whose dedication helped Florida State University win the championship; and (3) respectfully requests that Secretary of the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to— (A) the president of Florida State University, Eric J. Barron; (B) the athletics director of Florida State University, Stan Wilcox; and (C) the head coach of the Florida State University football team, Jimbo Fisher.