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SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___

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A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring the for winning XLIV and becoming the Super Bowl champions for the first time in their 43 year history.

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SENATE RESOLUTION

MADAM PRESIDENT:

I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:

A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring the New Orleans Saints for winning the Super Bowl XLIV and becoming the Super Bowl champions for the first time in their 43 year history.

Whereas, On February 7, 2010, the New Orleans Saints defeated the by a 31-17 thrilling victory at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida;

Whereas, , a Purdue University graduate and fearless , led the New Orleans Saints to victory;

Whereas, The New Orleans Saints gave their city, and its far-flung WHO DAT NATION, the greatest moment in their long history;

Whereas, To earn the trophy, the Saints had to navigate their way through three potential Hall of Fame in Arizona's Kurt Warner, Minnesota's Brett Favre and Indianapolis' Peyton Manning;

Whereas, There is a psychic connection between residents who chose to return and rebuild (when they could have settled

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down elsewhere), and the journeyman players who signed on as free agents when Sean Payton took over as coach, trying to restart their careers: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

1 SECTION 1. The Indiana Senate honors the New 2 Orleans Saints for winning Super Bowl XLIV and becoming the Super 3 Bowl champions for the first time in their 43 year history. 4 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby 5 directed to transmit two copies of this resolution to Sean Payton and 6 .

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