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ball was. At one point, their

quarterback dropped back to pass. I

busted through the line and headed

for him. He backpedaled and threw it

at the last minute. I couldn’t stop and

plowed through him and the ref

behind him. The quarterback wanted

a late hit called, but the ref pointed to

my skid mark as evidence that I tried

to stop.

When halftime came, we were

down twenty-eight to seven. We

gathered in the locker room for the

half-time pep talk.

“Howard,” Coach said, “you have

had more than half the tackles and

most of the blocks. Why are you