House Resolution 25 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2        BY  WESSEL=KROESCHELL, HEDDENS, D. OLSON,
  1  3                     and KURTENBACH
  1  4 A Resolution honoring the Iowa State University
  1  5    football team and Coach Dan McCarney for their
  1  6    successful season and victory at the Independence
  1  7    Bowl.
  1  8    WHEREAS, the Iowa State University Cyclones
  1  9 football team finished its 2004=2005 season with seven
  1 10 wins and five losses and played in the Independence
  1 11 Bowl of the Bowl Championship Series; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the Cyclones this year shared the Big
  1 13 Twelve North title and played in a postseason bowl
  1 14 game for the fourth time in five years; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, the Iowa State University football team
  1 16 placed a school=record 11 different players on the two
  1 17 First Team All Big Twelve Conference squads, placed
  1 18 five players on the Associated Press All=American
  1 19 Team, was the highest scoring team in the Big Twelve
  1 20 Conference, and finished the season ranked eighth
  1 21 nationally; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, sophomore running back Stevie Hicks and
  1 23 quarterback Bret Meyer each ran for more than 100
  1 24 yards in the Independence Bowl game, contributing to a
  1 25 total of 295 yards on the ground; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, this feat marked the first time in the 29=
  1 27 year history of the Independence Bowl that two players
  1 28 on the same team rushed for more than 100 yards; and
  1 29    WHEREAS, the Iowa State University Cyclones
  1 30 football team deserves recognition for all of its
  2  1 accomplishments during the 2004=2005 season; NOW
  2  2 THEREFORE,
  2  3    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  4 That the House of Representatives congratulates the
  2  5 Iowa State University football team, Coach Dan
  2  6 McCarney, and the coaching staff on their successful
  2  7 season and thanks them for the honor and recognition
  2  8 they have brought to Iowa State University and to the
  2  9 State of Iowa; and
  2 10    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the
  2 11 Chief Clerk of the House shall prepare an official
  2 12 copy of this Resolution for presentation to Coach
  2 13 McCarney and the Iowa State University football team.
  2 14 LSB 2045HH 81
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