University of Michigan Big Ten Champions

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Mrs. McCLAIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the University of Michigan football team for winning the Big Ten championship.

This past weekend, the Wolverines capped off their dominant regular season with a Big Ten title, earning themselves the number one rank in the country and a trip to the coveted football playoffs.

However, this season for the Wolverines has been characterized by more than just victories on the field. This program has a saying: ``Those who stay will be champions.''

The team may be champions and are champions on the field, but they will also be champions off the field and forever in their personal lives.

This team faced challenges at every level with national ridicule of their program and their coach, Coach Harbaugh, yet they persisted. The young men of Team 144 took every bump in stride and held onto the words of former head coach, Bo Schembechler, and they took those words to heart: The team, the team, the team.

Team 144 is an embodiment of what it means to work as a team and overcome adversity both on and off the field. We are so proud of these young men and Coach Harbaugh and look forward to cheering them on in the playoffs. Congratulations, Team 144, and Go Blue.

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