Florida Senate - 2014                                    SR 1520
       
       
        
       By Senator Smith
       
       
       
       
       
       31-01772A-14                                          20141520__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the outstanding play of the
    3         Florida State University Seminoles football team
    4         during the 2013 season and postseason championship
    5         games and congratulating Head Coach Jimbo Fisher, his
    6         coaching staff, and the student athletes who captured
    7         the 2014 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National
    8         Championship after a remarkable undefeated season.
    9  
   10         WHEREAS, having completed the 2012 season with a 12–2
   11  record, and with 11 players selected in the 2013 National
   12  Football League draft, the Florida State University Seminoles
   13  football team, led by Head Coach Jimbo Fisher, began the 2013
   14  season ranked 11th in the Associated Press preseason poll, and
   15         WHEREAS, following their 37-7 defeat of the University of
   16  Florida Gators to end the 2013 regular season with a flawless
   17  record of 12-0, the Seminoles defeated the then 20th-ranked Duke
   18  University Blue Devils 45-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference
   19  Championship game on December 7, 2013, giving the Seminoles
   20  their 14th Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, and
   21         WHEREAS, on January 6, 2014, under Coach Fisher and his
   22  coaching staff and Director of Athletics Stan Wilcox, the top
   23  ranked Seminoles earned a 34-31 victory over second-ranked
   24  Auburn University in the 2014 Vizio Bowl Championship Series
   25  (BCS) National Championship Game in Pasadena, California, and
   26         WHEREAS, together with the 1950 and 1999 Seminoles football
   27  teams that concluded their seasons with undefeated records, the
   28  2013 Florida State Seminoles’ 14-0 record marks the third
   29  perfect season in school history, and
   30         WHEREAS, outscoring their opponents by a total of 723 to
   31  170 points, the Seminoles established a single-season football
   32  bowl subdivision scoring record, surpassing the previous high of
   33  716 points set by the Oklahoma Sooners in 2008, and
   34         WHEREAS, several Seminoles players were recognized for
   35  their individual performances, including kicker Roberto Aguayo,
   36  who received the Lou Groza Award; center Bryan Stork, who was
   37  awarded the Rimington Trophy; and quarterback Jameis Winston,
   38  who received the Davey O’Brien Award and the Heisman Memorial
   39  Trophy and was named the Walter Camp Player of the Year and the
   40  Associated Press Player of the Year, and
   41         WHEREAS, following in the footsteps of legendary Seminoles
   42  before them, cornerback Lamarcus Joyner, center Bryan Stork, and
   43  quarterback Jameis Winston were named consensus All-Americans,
   44  and
   45         WHEREAS, with the 2014 BCS National Championship win, the
   46  Seminoles earned their third national football title, having
   47  claimed national championships in both 1993 and 1999, NOW,
   48  THEREFORE,
   49  
   50  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   51  
   52         That the Florida Senate recognizes the outstanding play of
   53  the Florida State University Seminoles football team during the
   54  2013 season and postseason championship games and congratulates
   55  Head Coach Jimbo Fisher, his coaching staff, and the student
   56  athletes who captured the 2014 BCS National Championship after a
   57  remarkable undefeated season.
   58         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
   59  presented to Florida State University Interim President Garnett
   60  Stokes, Director of Athletics Stan Wilcox, and Head Coach Jimbo
   61  Fisher, as a tangible token of the sentiments expressed in this
   62  resolution.