Bill Text: OH SCR32 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To urge the Big Ten Conference to maintain the Ohio

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-09-01 - To State & Local Government & Veterans Affairs [SCR32 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SCR32-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. C. R. No. 32

Senator Coughlin 

Cosponsors: Senators Fedor, Grendell, Jones, Miller, D., Sawyer, Schaffer, Turner, Wagoner 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To urge the Big Ten Conference to maintain the Ohio

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State-Michigan football game as the final game of

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the regular season.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, Beginning in 1897, The Ohio State University and the	4
University of Michigan football teams have played each other one	5
hundred six times and, since 1934, their game has been an annual	6
November tradition eagerly awaited by players and fans; and	7

WHEREAS, The Ohio State-Michigan game has determined numerous	8
conference and national championships and has produced classic	9
battles such as the Ten-Year War between Woody Hayes and Bo	10
Schembechler, making the game one of the greatest rivalries in all	11
of sports; and	12

WHEREAS, The football rivalry has sparked other rivalries in	13
the week leading up to the annual game, when students from the	14
universities compete in blood drives and food drives to assist	15
their communities; and	16

WHEREAS, The Big Ten Conference's plan to expand to twelve	17
schools in 2011 involves placing the schools in two divisions for	18
athletic competition; and	19

WHEREAS, Spokespersons for the Conference have indicated that	20
while the Ohio State and Michigan football teams will continue to	21
play annually, they may have to play earlier in the regular season	22
due to divisional scheduling; now therefore be it	23

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly	24
of the State of Ohio, urge the Big Ten Conference to keep the Ohio	25
State-Michigan football game as the last game of the regular	26
season in order to preserve the game's storied history and	27
maintain the intensity of a rivalry that benefits students,	28
players, and communities; and be it further	29

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly	30
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Commissioner of the	31
Big Ten Conference, the President and Athletic Director of each	32
member university of the Big Ten Conference, and the news media of	33
Ohio.	34