Whereas, on January 13, 2020, the top-ranked 2019 Louisiana State University Tigers football team completed an undefeated and historic National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision season, winning the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, by defeating the Clemson Tigers, 42–25; Whereas the 2019 Louisiana State University Tigers football team’s perfect 15–0 season included victories over a National Collegiate Athletic Association record seven Top-10 opponents and was capped by ending the third-ranked defending national champion Clemson Tigers’ 29-game winning streak; Whereas the 2019 Louisiana State University Tigers football team earned the Southeastern Conference Championship, Southeastern Conference Western Division Championship, and Peach Bowl Championship on their way to becoming the Consensus National Champion; Whereas the Louisiana State University Tigers football team was led throughout the season by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow, who set the National Collegiate Athletic Association single-season records for passing touchdowns (60) and total touchdowns (65); Whereas the success of Louisiana State University Tigers football team was also made possible by Biletnikoff Award-winning wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase, Thorpe Award-winning safety Grant Delpit, all-American cornerback Derek Stingley, Jr., all-American guard Damien Lewis, all-American center Lloyd Cushenberry III, all-American running back Clyde-Edwards Helaire, and by the talent and resolve of every player on the team; Whereas coach Ed Orgeron was named the 2019 National Coach of the Year, bringing the Louisiana State University Tigers football team back to the pinnacle of collegiate athletics in his third full season as head coach