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Grant Taylor is the head football coach of the Shiloh Christian Academy Eagles.  In his six-year tenure, the team has never made the playoffs; in fact Taylor is yet to post a winning record.  After another losing start, players are leaving the team and many of the parents want to fire him.  But that isn't all which is going wrong in Taylor's life: his car and home are in serious disrepair, and he and his wife struggle with infertility (he learns he is unable to father a child).

Grant Taylor is the head football coach of the Shiloh Christian Academy Eagles.  In his six-year tenure, the team has never made the playoffs; in fact Taylor is yet to post a winning record.  After another losing start, players are leaving the team and many of the parents want to fire him.  But that isn't all which is going wrong in Taylor's life: his car and home are in serious disrepair, and he and his wife struggle with infertility (he learns he is unable to father a child).

Planning to quit coaching for a different career, after staying up all night praying and reading the Bible, Taylor (challenged by his old football coach) tries a radically different approach: praise God no matter the on-field results.  He convinces his team to increase their efforts, telling them they can win under God's guidance.  The approach works: the Eagles win their remaining games and qualify for the state playoffs.  One parent anonymously gifts Taylor a new vehicle and he is given an unexpected salary raise.

Planning to quit coaching for a different career, after staying up all night praying and reading the Bible, Taylor (challenged by his old football coach; the role was played by Mark Richt, a well-known college football coach who is a devout Christian) tries a radically different approach: praise God no matter the on-field results.  He convinces his team to increase their efforts, telling them they can win under God's guidance.  The approach works: the Eagles win their remaining games and qualify for the state playoffs.  One parent anonymously gifts Taylor a new vehicle and he is given an unexpected salary raise.

Though the Eagles lose their first playoff game, they are reinstated after the other team is discovered to have used ineligible players.  The Eagles continue to win, making it to the championship game against the three-time and defending state champion Richland Giants.  The Eagles start off strong but the Giants' superior talent begins to take over.  Taylor then decides to use trick plays; the plan works but in the process the Giants retaliate by deliberately injuring the Eagles' kicker.  The Giants then take the lead, the Eagles manage to get within two points via a touchdown and a somewhat miraculous extra point by the backup kicker, 145-pound David Childers.

Though the Eagles lose their first playoff game, they are reinstated after the other team is discovered to have used ineligible players.  The Eagles continue to win, making it to the championship game against the three-time and defending state champion Richland Giants.  The Eagles start off strong but the Giants' superior talent begins to take over.  Taylor then decides to use trick plays; the plan works but in the process the Giants retaliate by deliberately injuring the Eagles' kicker.  The Giants then take the lead, the Eagles manage to get within two points via a touchdown and a somewhat miraculous extra point by the backup kicker, 145-pound David Childers.