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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 85 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Congratulating the Jackson State University Tigers for winning the 2024 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Celebration Bowl. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY19, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. W |
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| 10 | 10 | | ICKER(for himself and Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) submitted the following |
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| 11 | 11 | | resolution; which was considered and agreed to |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Congratulating the Jackson State University Tigers for |
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| 14 | 14 | | winning the 2024 Celebration Bowl. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas, on Saturday, December 14, 2024, the Jackson |
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| 16 | 16 | | State University football team won the 2024 Celebration |
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| 17 | 17 | | Bowl, which is played every year between the conference |
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| 18 | 18 | | champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference and |
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| 19 | 19 | | the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference; |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas the Celebration Bowl is widely respected as a na- |
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| 21 | 21 | | tional title game for Historically Black Colleges and Uni- |
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| 22 | 22 | | versities, succeeding the previous Pelican Bowl and Her- |
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| 23 | 23 | | itage Bowl; |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas the Jackson State University Tigers defeated the |
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| 25 | 25 | | South Carolina State University Bulldogs 28–7 and |
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| 26 | 26 | | claimed the Celebration Bowl trophy for the first time in |
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| 27 | 27 | | program history; |
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| 30 | 30 | | •SRES 85 ATS |
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| 31 | 31 | | Whereas the Jackson State University football team only lost |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 games during the 2024 college football season, fin- |
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| 33 | 33 | | ishing the season with a record of 12–2 and the first- |
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| 34 | 34 | | ranked team in the Southwestern Athletic Conference; |
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| 35 | 35 | | Whereas the Jackson State University football team averaged |
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| 36 | 36 | | 36.43 points per game during the 2024 season; |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas the Jackson State University football team com- |
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| 38 | 38 | | pleted a ground-breaking run through the postseason, |
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| 39 | 39 | | finishing on top of 17 other universities in the South- |
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| 40 | 40 | | western Athletic Conference and the Mid-Eastern Ath- |
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| 41 | 41 | | letic Conference; |
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| 42 | 42 | | Whereas running back Travis Terrell Jr. was named the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference Freshman of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | Year and Special Teams Player of the Year; |
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| 45 | 45 | | Whereas running back Irv Mulligan was named the South- |
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| 46 | 46 | | western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year; |
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| 47 | 47 | | Whereas head coach T.C. Taylor was named the South- |
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| 48 | 48 | | western Athletic Conference Head Coach of the Year; |
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| 49 | 49 | | Whereas head coach T.C. Taylor, having led the Jackson |
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| 50 | 50 | | State University football team for 2 seasons as its 22nd |
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| 51 | 51 | | head coach, carried the team to a 19–6 record for the |
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| 52 | 52 | | past 2 seasons; |
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| 53 | 53 | | Whereas the Jackson State University football team’s home |
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| 54 | 54 | | stadium, the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, |
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| 55 | 55 | | honors military veterans and their families who have sac- |
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| 56 | 56 | | rificed their lives in service to the State of Mississippi |
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| 57 | 57 | | and the United States; and |
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| 58 | 58 | | Whereas the Jackson State University football team displayed |
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| 59 | 59 | | outstanding dedication, teamwork, and sportsmanship, |
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| 60 | 60 | | bringing tremendous pride and honor to— |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) Jackson State University; |
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| 64 | 64 | | •SRES 85 ATS |
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| 65 | 65 | | (2) loyal fans of the Jackson State University Ti- |
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| 66 | 66 | | gers; and |
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| 67 | 67 | | (3) the entire State of Mississippi: Now, therefore, |
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| 68 | 68 | | be it |
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| 69 | 69 | | Resolved, That the Senate— 1 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (1) congratulates Jackson State University, as 2 |
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| 71 | 71 | | well as its athletes, coaching staff, administration, 3 |
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| 72 | 72 | | faculty, students, and alumni, for winning the 2024 4 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Celebration Bowl; 5 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (2) recognizes Jackson State University for its 6 |
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| 75 | 75 | | excellence as an institution of higher education; and 7 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of 8 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the Senate transmit an enrolled copy of this resolu-9 |
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| 78 | 78 | | tion to— 10 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (A) the president of Jackson State Univer-11 |
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| 80 | 80 | | sity, Dr. Marcus L. Thompson; 12 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (B) the athletic director of Jackson State 13 |
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| 82 | 82 | | University, Ashley Robinson; and 14 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (C) the head coach of the Jackson State 15 |
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| 84 | 84 | | University football team, T.C. Taylor. 16 |
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