A resolution congratulating the North Dakota State University football team for winning the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision title.

Bill: 113-sres-332
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2014-01-13
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes

Congressional tributes

Higher education

North Dakota

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 S298; text as passed Senate: CR S292-293)

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Congratulates the North Dakota State University football team for winning the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision title. </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 North Dakota State University football team as the champion of for winning the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision title.</p>

tv_txt: III 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 332 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 13, 2014 Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Ms. Heitkamp ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Congratulating the North Dakota State University football team for winning the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision title.

Whereas the North Dakota State University (referred to in this preamble as NDSU ) Bison won the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association (referred to in this preamble as the NCAA ) Division I Football Championship Subdivision title game in Frisco, Texas, on January 4, 2014, in a hard fought victory over the Towson University Tigers of Maryland by a score of 35 to 7; Whereas the NDSU Bison and coach Craig Bohl had an incredible 2013 season and finished unbeaten for the first time since 1990; Whereas NDSU has won 11 NCAA Football Championships and has now won 3 consecutive NCAA Football Championships since 2011; Whereas during the championship game, the NDSU Bison offense scored 35 points against the Towson University Tigers; Whereas Coach Bohl and his staff have instilled character and confidence in the NDSU players and have done an outstanding job with the Bison football program; Whereas the leadership of President Dean Bresciani and Athletic Director Gene Taylor has helped bring both academic and athletic excellence to NDSU; Whereas an estimated 17,000 Bison fans attended the Championship game, reflecting the tremendous spirit and dedication of Bison Nation that has helped propel the success of the team; and Whereas the 2013 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision title was a victory not only for the NDSU football team, but also for the entire State of North Dakota: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate— (1) congratulates the North Dakota State University football team as the champion of the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision title; (2) commends the North Dakota State University players, coaches, and staff for their hard work and dedication; and (3) recognizes the students, alumni, and loyal fans for supporting the Bison on the successful quest of the team to capture another Division I trophy for North Dakota State University.