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We were winning 6-0 at the half and then we were outplayed 20-0 in the second half.&nbsp; I could tell that the players were a little shook up coming off the&nbsp;field and I spoke to Coach Martin about how we were going to address the team.&nbsp; As it turned out, when we got to the locker room a former player and captain of our 1994 championship team Rob Edmond was addressing the team.&nbsp; He payed particular attention to the seniors when he spoke about leadership, dedication, family and having the heart of a champion.&nbsp; Well, the message hit home so much that there was very little for the coaches to say.&nbsp; The 1996 team had been challenged by a former player and the only question was how would they respond.&nbsp; The first good sign came on Monday morning when a senior, Donnie Sargent, came in with a message he had printed entitled "Heart Check".&nbsp; He asked me if he could put the message&nbsp;on the players lockers and&nbsp;I said yes immediately.&nbsp; We talked about it all week individaully and as a team.&nbsp; We always talk about dealing with adversity to the team and now they knew it was time to stand up and be counted.&nbsp; It certainly seemed to work as we went on to win our last 6 conference games and gained the fourth and last spot in the playoffs.&nbsp; We were 7-1 and the three other teams were 8-0; we would have to go on the road for the first time in three years.&nbsp; However, the players knew that would be the case from the second week on and they were excited about the opportunity of being back in the playoffs.</P> <P>We played the number one seeded team at their field.&nbsp; They were undefeated and to make matters worse they were coached by a close friend of mine who had come over from New York a couple of years after me.&nbsp; We were losing 7-6 at the half in what would be a classic playoff game.&nbsp; At half-time, our captain, Daryn Plummer came over to me to ask if he could speak to the team.&nbsp; I agreed and Daryn spoke to the team about our theme of "Team First" in 96 and about what it had taken for us to get this far.&nbsp; He reminded the players about the off-season and summer BFS program as well as our week in the Poconos.&nbsp; There was no real discussion of X's and O's.&nbsp; We went ahead 13-7 in the third quarter after Nick Solomon, a junior running back, ran from 20 yards following a forced poor punt.&nbsp; Nick is 5'8" 185 pounds and has a 400 Parallel Squat, a 225-pound Clean, 500-pound Dead Lift and runs a 4.5 forty.&nbsp; He along with Daryn Plummer, Jan Handeland, Chris Harris, Reggie Garrett and the rest of our seniors typify the Upper Limit Athlete.&nbsp; With three minutes left, Sayreville scored to tie the game.&nbsp; Reggie Garrett, a senior wide receiver, had just returned from a three game absence due to injury. He blocked the extra point to keep the game tied.&nbsp; As he came off the field, he was yelling we are not losing this game.&nbsp; After a nice return by senior Deandre Styles, we drove the ball down the field and running back Marc Hamilton (1247 Yards) scored with about a minute to go.&nbsp; On our winning drive, we ran the ball six times in a row.&nbsp; T