As Offered

136th General Assembly

Regular Session H. R. No. 29

2025-2026

Representative Russo

A R E S O L U T I O N

Honoring The Ohio State University football team on winning the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.

WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 136th General Assembly of Ohio are pleased to salute The Ohio State University football team as the 2024 College Football Playoff National Champion; and

WHEREAS, Establishing a reputation for its skill and tenacity, The Ohio State University football team is an impressive group of athletes whose talent and teamwork are unmatched. After being selected to compete in the inaugural twelve-team College Football Playoff, the squad advanced through the brackets in a domineering fashion, leading for 194 out of 240 minutes in its four playoff games to defeat competitors from the universities of Tennessee, Oregon, and Texas before seizing the national championship title with a 34-23 win over the University of Notre Dame, and this victory, the ninth national crown in program history, will be celebrated for many years to come; and

WHEREAS, The members of The Ohio State University football team rose to the occasion and proved themselves to be a dynamic force in collegiate sports. During the season, the Buckeyes beat six top-ten teams, including five top-five teams, and tied a school record with fourteen wins in a season, and the players also posted a perfect multiyear Academic Progress Rate score of 1,000, covering the 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 academic years, for the first time. Truly, these outstanding scholar-athletes can be proud of the accomplishments that were hard-won and well-deserved; and

WHEREAS, By remaining faithful to the highest standards of sportsmanship and teamwork, the members of The Ohio State University football team primed themselves under the guidance of Coach Ryan Day and his assistants to secure this year’s College Football Playoff National Championship crown. During his tenure, Coach Day has compiled an impressive .875 winning percentage, the third highest in college football history, and has led the Buckeyes to four College Football Playoff appearances and forty-five regular-season wins since 2019, the most of any college in that time; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the House of Representatives of the 136th General Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, recognize The Ohio State University football team on its success and honor the athletes and coaches for their tremendous prowess; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit a duly authenticated copy of this Resolution to The Ohio State University football team.