RICK SCOTT
GOVERNOR

 

NATIONAL CHAMPION UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA KNIGHTS

WHEREAS, Florida is home to the country?s best college football, having claimed 11 national
championships between the University of Florida, the University of Miami and Florida State University;
and

WHEREAS, the University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights won the American Athletic Conference
Championship by beating the Memphis Tigers, 62-55, on December 2, 2017; and

WHEREAS, on January 1, 2018, the UCF Knights completed an undefeated football season by beating the
Auburn Tigers in the Peach Bowl, 34-27; and

WHEREAS, the UCF Knights are the only undefeated team in NCAA Division I football this season; and

WHEREAS, on November 11, 2017, the Auburn Tigers, who lost to the UCF Knights, beat the Georgia
Bulldogs, 40-17; and

WHEREAS, on November 25, 2017, the Auburn Tigers, who lost to the UCF Knights, beat the Alabama
Crimson Tide, 26-14; and

WHEREAS, the College Football Playoff ?nal on Monday, January 8, 2018, is between the Alabama
Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs, who both lost to the Auburn Tigers, who lost to the UCF Knights;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Rick Scott, Governor of the State of Florida, do hereby proclaim that the UCF
Knights are this season's best college football team and will be recognized as the 2017 College Football
National Champions in Florida.

  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
State of Florida to be affixed at Tallahassee,
the Capital, this 8th of January, in the
year two thousand eig teen.

 

 

Governor

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