PRINTER'S NO. 3300
No. 536 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, BENNINGHOFF, GEORGE, ARGALL, BALDWIN, BEBKO-JONES, BEYER, COHEN, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, FAIRCHILD, FLICK, FORCIER, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOOD, GRELL, GRUCELA, HICKERNELL, JAMES, M. KELLER, LEDERER, MANN, MARKOSEK, McGILL, McILHATTAN, MUSTIO, PALLONE, PAYNE, PERZEL, PYLE, READSHAW, REED, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STAIRS, T. STEVENSON, TIGUE, WATSON AND WOJNAROSKI, DECEMBER 13, 2005
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, DECEMBER 13, 2005
A RESOLUTION 1 Congratulating The Pennsylvania State University, Head Coach Joe 2 Paterno and the Nittany Lions football team on a great season 3 and wishing them good luck in the FedEx Orange Bowl against 4 the Florida State Seminoles on January 3, 2006, in Miami, 5 Florida. 6 WHEREAS, Big Ten champions Penn State ended the 2005 regular 7 season 10-1; and 8 WHEREAS, Penn State's Big Ten championship title is its first 9 since 1994; and 10 WHEREAS, Penn State's Orange Bowl selection is its first 11 since 1986; and 12 WHEREAS, Penn State has a 3-1 Orange Bowl record; and 13 WHEREAS, The Nittany Lions are ranked third in the Bowl 14 Championship Series rankings and in the Associated Press Top 25 15 Poll; and
1 WHEREAS, Senior quarterback Michael Robinson was named the 2 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year; and 3 WHEREAS, Senior defensive end Tamba Hali was named the Big 4 Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year; and 5 WHEREAS, Senior cornerback Alan Zemaitis, a three-time All- 6 Big Ten pick, leads the Big Ten conference with five 7 interceptions; and 8 WHEREAS, Coach Paterno, in his 40th season as head coach and 9 56th season on the Penn State coaching staff, has been named the 10 American Football Coaches Association Region 3 Coach of the Year 11 for a record 11th time; and 12 WHEREAS, Penn State has compiled 23 bowl wins and is playing 13 in its 32nd bowl game under Coach Paterno; and 14 WHEREAS, The 72nd Orange Bowl is bringing together coaching 15 icons Joe Paterno (353 wins) and Bobby Bowden (359 wins); 16 therefore be it 17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate The 18 Pennsylvania State University, Head Coach Joe Paterno and the 19 Nittany Lions football team on a great season and wish them good 20 luck in the FedEx Orange Bowl against the Florida State 21 Seminoles on January 3, 2006, in Miami, Florida. L6L82BIL/20050H0536R3300 - 2 -