Don Nickles: “I rise to congratulate the Oklahoma Sooners, the football team which defeated the Florida State Seminoles last night by…”

“I rise to congratulate the Oklahoma Sooners, the football team which defeated the Florida State Seminoles last night by a score of 13-2, the seventh national championship for the Sooners. This was also the Sooners' 17th appearance in the Orange Bowl. In 1980 and 1981, our friend and colleague from the House, J.C. Watts, was quarterback and did a great job. I remember those Orange Bowls in 1980 and 1981. J.C. Watts was not only an outstanding quarterback but also is an outstanding Congressman. I was with him last night to watch the Sooners win their seventh, well-deserved national championship. The Sooners went to the Orange Bowl with a perfect 12-0 record. They defeated several outstanding teams including the once number one ranked Nebraska, the University of Texas, and Kansas State. Although we did not play them before last night, Bobby Bowden, head coach for Florida State has an outstanding football team and an outstanding program. I congratulate the Sooners. I congratulate Coach Bob Stoops, who only in his second year at the University of Oklahoma was named the 'AP Coach of the Year'--a well-deserved honor, and it is certainly a well-deserved honor for the entire Oklahoma Sooner football team. In addition, I wish to congratulate my friend and our former colleague in the Senate, David Boren, who is the President of the University of Oklahoma. All people in Oklahoma can say he is doing a fantastic job not only scholastically but athletically as well.”