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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Texas Christian University football team |
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completed an outstanding 2010-2011 campaign, winning all 13 of its |
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games, including its New Year's Day appearance in the Rose Bowl; and |
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WHEREAS, Under the guidance of head coach Gary Patterson, the |
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Horned Frogs were victorious in their eight Mountain West |
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Conference games as well as their four nonconference contests; |
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co-offensive coordinators Jarrett Anderson and Justin Fuente saw |
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their charges amass 520 points during the regular season, while the |
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defense, under the tutelage of coordinator Dick Bumpas, surrendered |
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just 137 points; on average, the Horned Frogs outscored their |
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opponents by an impressive 30 points per game; and |
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WHEREAS, TCU capped its season with a 21-19 win over Big Ten |
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cochampion Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl, one of the five elite games |
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that are part of the Bowl Championship Series; since the advent of |
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the BCS, the Horned Frogs are the first team from a nonqualifying |
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conference to play in the Rose Bowl and the first to play in BCS |
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games in consecutive seasons; and |
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WHEREAS, Five TCU players were named first-team |
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All-Americans: Tank Carder, Wayne Daniels, Tejay Johnson, Jeremy |
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Kerley, and Jake Kirkpatrick; Mr. Kirkpatrick was also named the |
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winner of the Rimington Trophy, given annually to the best center in |
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college football; and |
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WHEREAS, In the final Associated Press Top 25 poll, the |
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Horned Frogs were ranked number two in the nation, the team's |
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highest position since 1938, when it won the national championship |
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under coach Dutch Meyer and the quarterbacking of the legendary |
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Davey O'Brien; the 2010-2011 TCU team was also voted number two in |
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the USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll, which is further proof that the |
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school is in the midst of a new golden age of football; three |
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consecutive senior classes have become the winningest in school |
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history, while a dozen former Horned Frogs now play in the National |
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Football League; and |
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WHEREAS, With their regular season triumphs and their |
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outstanding performance before a crowd of more than 90,000 fans at |
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the Rose Bowl, the 2010-2011 Horned Frogs added their names to the |
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long list of those who have brought gridiron glory to the Lone Star |
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State, and these young men will cherish their accomplishments |
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throughout their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Texas Christian University |
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football team for an exceptional 2010-2011 season and extend to its |
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members sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |