Cliff Stearns: “once again I come to the House floor to honor the accomplishment of the University of Florida Gators. On Thursday night…”

“once again I come to the House floor to honor the accomplishment of the University of Florida Gators. On Thursday night, the Gators won their second BCS national football championship in the past 3 years by beating a very good Oklahoma team 24-14. Add to this the back-to-back basketball championships in 2006 and 2007, Gainesville is quickly becoming known as the ``City of Champions.'' In their hard-fought victory, the Gators' defense was able to hold Oklahoma--the highest scoring team in modern football history--to 14 points and 363 total yards. On offense, Tim Tebow showed why he is perhaps the best quarterback in the history of college football by finishing with 231 yards passing and 109 yards rushing. Tebow becomes just the fifth player since 1950 to win two national titles and the Heisman Trophy. I congratulate Coach Urban Meyer and all of the Gator football players for their incredible accomplishments. Go Gators.”