Virginia Foxx: “Thank you, Mr. Hayes. I am glad you mentioned with Coach Moore serving with Coach Osborne, Congressman Osborne. I did…”

“Thank you, Mr. Hayes. I am glad you mentioned with Coach Moore serving with Coach Osborne, Congressman Osborne. I did not get a chance to mention that this morning. I agree with you: he exhibits so much of all of the wonderful traits of our colleague, and we are lucky that we have at least three people in this body who have connections to Appalachian and to the great win that they had last night. I am really sorry that our duties here prevented us from being in Chattanooga last night with so many Appalachian students and supporters. I would have loved to see firsthand that crushing defense in the fourth quarter led by Jason Hunter and Marques Murrell. I wish I could have been there to witness in person the courage of quarterback Richie Williams, who played through a painful ankle injury suffered last week in the semifinal game against Furman. {time} 2030 Appalachian is getting a lot of attention because of this football win. But the gentleman and I know and the people of western North Carolina and, indeed, all North Carolina know that Appalachian has always been known as a first-rate college and a first-rate university. It has a very proud history, particularly in the area of teacher administration and administrators of the public schools. And I think getting this win for the football team simply rounds out its reputation in terms of being a really top- notch school. Its academic program has been strong forever.…”