Senate Resolution 50 - Introduced PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY DVORSKY and BOLKCOM 1 3 A Resolution honoring the University of Iowa football 1 4 team and Coach Kirk Ferentz. 1 5 WHEREAS, an unbelievable season for the University 1 6 of Iowa Hawkeyes football team culminated in a 1 7 stunning victory over Louisiana State University in 1 8 the Capital One Bowl; and 1 9 WHEREAS, Drew Tate's 56=yard touchdown pass to 1 10 Warren Holloway on the last play of the last game of 1 11 the season ranks as one of the most dramatic moments 1 12 in Hawkeye football history; and 1 13 WHEREAS, the Capital One Bowl appearance marked the 1 14 third straight year that the Hawkeyes have advanced to 1 15 a New Year's Day bowl game; and 1 16 WHEREAS, the Iowa Hawkeyes have won 18 straight 1 17 home games and finished their regular season with a 1 18 record of nine wins and two losses, and seven wins and 1 19 one loss in the Big Ten Conference; and 1 20 WHEREAS, six different members of Iowa's Big Ten 1 21 Conference cochampionship team have been named first 1 22 or second team All=Big Ten, including quarterback Drew 1 23 Tate, defensive linemen Matt Roth and Jonathan 1 24 Babineaux, linebackers Chad Greenway and Abdul Hodge, 1 25 and wide receiver Clinton Solomon, who was a second 1 26 team selection; and 1 27 WHEREAS, the Iowa Hawkeyes finished the season 1 28 ranked eleventh nationally; and 1 29 WHEREAS, Coach Kirk Ferentz was selected the Dave 1 30 McClain Coach of the Year and the 2004 Big Ten Coach 2 1 of the Year, after leading two teams in three years to 2 2 a share of the Big Ten cochampionship and finishing 2 3 with a 30=7 record in the past three years; and 2 4 WHEREAS, the University of Iowa's football team 2 5 deserves recognition for all of its accomplishments 2 6 during the 2004=2005 season; NOW THEREFORE, 2 7 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 2 8 congratulates the University of Iowa football team, 2 9 Coach Kirk Ferentz, and the coaching staff on their 2 10 successful season and thanks them for the honor and 2 11 recognition they have brought to the University of 2 12 Iowa and to the State of Iowa; and 2 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, the 2 14 Secretary of the Senate shall prepare an official copy 2 15 of this Resolution for presentation to Coach Kirk 2 16 Ferentz and the University of Iowa football team. 2 17 LSB 2297SS 81 2 18 jr:rj/sh/8 1