House Proceeding on Jan 28th, 2008 :: 0:57:56 to 1:01:28
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Speech By: Jason Altmire

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Jason Altmire: the tigers embodied louisiana's fighting spirit. the entire state deserved to celebrate this title and begin to look forward to the 2008 season. mr. speaker, once again i congratulate the louisiana

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: state university tigers football team and i urge my colleagues to pass this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his

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Speech By: Charles W. Jr.Boustany

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: time. the gentleman from louisiana. mr. boustany: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i ti may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. boustany: mr. speaker, i rise

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: today in support of house resolution 933, commending the louisiana state university fighting tigers football team for winning the bowl championship series national title game. i'd like to first

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: thank my good friend, the dean of our louisiana delegation, richard baker, for sponsoring the resolution, as well as chairman miller and ranking member mckeon of the education and labor committee

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: for bringing it to the floor. on january 7, the l.s.u. tigers overcame an early first half deficit of 10-0 to defeat the ohio state buckeyes by a score of 38-24 in new orleans. this was the second

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: time the tigers have won a b.c.s. title in the louisiana superdome. the tigers were led by the game's offensive m.v.p., senior quarterback matt flynn, who threw four touchdown passes and defensive m.v.p.,

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: soft more defensive end, ricky france with a, who blocked a field goal, had six total tackles and half sack. this is the second year in a row that a southeastern conference team arguably the most

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: dominant conference in college football today has beaten ohio state to win the b.c.s. national title. since the birth of the bowl championship series in 199 , l.s.u. is the first team to

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: win two b.c.s. national championship titles. led by seniors matt flynn, jacob hester, ally highs smith, jonathan zenon, craig stealths, and glenn dorsey, they won 12 games during the 2007 season. seven

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: games were won against nationally ranked opponents, as well as seven games against knch opponents including the volunteers in the southeastern conference championship game by a score of 21-4.

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: since its first season as l.s.u. head coach in 2005,less miles has fearlessly led the tiger football program to 34 overall wins, 20 s.e.c. victories, 14 wins over nationally ranked opponents.

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: . he's brought the tigers to three consecutive bowl wins, two of which were b.c.s. games, and one b.c.s. national championship. coach miles has also had three consecutive double-digit win

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: seasons, a school record, and he's clearly well-known for the fourth and short conversions. he's fearless as a leader. we must not also forget that foremost, these student athletes perform

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: jushlt as hard in the classroom as they do on the football field. coach miles insist that his first goal for hisfi team is a 100% graduation rate. and i'm proud to say that 14 members of this

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: national champion football team were placed in a 2007 s.e.c. fall academic honor roll. the 2007 tigers fought through great adversity, thanks to a grueling schedule, injuries and conference

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Charles W. Jr.Boustany: losses to secure their place in the national championship game against ohio state. this championship is very special to the l.s.u. system and to my great state of louisiana. it's my honor

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Charlie Melancon: to recognize coach s miles and the 2007 l.s.u. tiger football for all the great accomplishments this season and for bringing home the b.c.s. crystal ball. go, tigers. i ask my colleagues

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Speech By: Charlie Melancon