Our players left everything on the field. When they came off the field, they were spent. I was watching them come through the tunnel going to the locker room. I just really hurt for them because the effort was just terrific. It was like two heavyweight fighters through the overtimes refusing to go down.

We just didn't finish this year. That's been our main problem the whole year. It came down to it again, and we didn't finish again.

You know, everyone said Central was too tough. That we had no chance. We just came out and played tough. We didn't try to do too much. Everyone just played their game and we won. I hope everyone knows now that we can play.

It's disappointing. We expected more. All season it came down to not finishing games.

A lot of times, you might think you're just playing football for yourself, for your teammates. But it did make me realize how passionate the Pittsburgh Steelers' fans feel about our team. In 25-degree weather, they came out to congratulate us, and share in the accomplishment. It was pretty special.