Bears fall victim of WHOOSH By JEFFYOUNG Collegian Sports Editor Crack! Boom! Smash! WHOOSH!!! No, the Batman reruns were on last Saturday a'fternoon. It’s the third quarter of the Cotton Bowl, and Penn State has just shifted into the completion phase of Project |Destruct Baylor. The formula: Crack', boom and smash with Tom Don chez then whoosh with Jimmy Cefalo. The result: Baylor’s 14-10 lead crumbles, the Lions build up d 134-14 mountain. Penn State’s frosh wingback got the opportunity to whoosh when he started to line up wide after Donchez cracked over from the one for a 10-7 Lion edge in the third quarter. That lead hadn’t lasted long because Baylor split end Ricky Thompson was in the right place when Mike Johnson bafted a pass from Neal Jeffrey. John son’s deflection became a 35-yard score and a 14-10 Baylor lead. It was time to cool the Bears. “Tom changed the play at the line of scrimmage,” Cefalo said. “I was split wide, and the safety had to go to the other side of the field with the split end, so I had a one-on-one with the comerback.” Baylor corner Charles McClanahan caught nothing but air and Cefalo caught Tom Shuman’s aerial for a 49-yard jaunt. The whoosh hit Baylor again in the fourth quarter, .when Cefalo reversed around left end for 20 yards to the Beare’ 16. A couple cracks and a boom by Donchez and Neil Hutton, then Cefalo scooted around the right side. Penn State 24, Baylor 14. “That play has been a good one all Below, Tom Donchez (L) and Cefa/o kick it around, just before Donchez goes line cracking A 'l »a% S < / i Shuman's "passing" relationship By TIM PANACCIO Assistant Sports Editor DALLAS—The controversy rages on. Deep in the southwest part of the United States the topic of Tom Shuman’s passing has drawn some attention. Shuman remained remarkably con sistenf in his two years at quarterback for the Nittany Lions. In 1973 he tossed the ball for 1,375 yards (83-161). This past season he was slightly better percentage wise. < .530 as compared to .516) with 97 of 183 passes completed, but for fewer yards (1,355). In one of those press conferences they throw daily before the Cotton Bowl, someone asked Shuman about his “passing” relationship with Joe Patemo and whether or not he had suggested some • M- along. Jim Eaise ran it well all year, and Woody Petchel did a heckuva job blocking,” Cefalo said. But the play ha‘d hardly decided the game. Another whoosh helped do that. “We were just concerned with con suming time,” he said. But the play contradicted any such notions. One-on-one coverage from Scooter Reed. WHOOSH!!! A 34-yard completion to the Baylor 15. The breezes tailed off in a Chris Bahr field goal, but Penn State had control of the new things to Joe in preparation for the Baylor,game as he did against Pitt. “I don’t know if it was just the Pitt that I suggested throwing,” Shuman grinned breaking up the press gathering. “I’ve been doing it all along. No matter how much we throw, we never throw enough. ’ ’ Passing the football is Paterno’s newest weapon, used in medium sized quantities this past season whereas in earlier years, it was used in small doses between runs by people like Charlie Pittman, Franco 1 Harris, Lydell Mitchell, John Cap pelletti... Shuman’s passing was a vital factor in defeating Pitt on Thanksgiving night. He was equal'to the task against Hayloriin the Cotton Bowl hurling 10-20 for 2i6 yards, a new Penn State bowl record/; And guess what? No interceptions this time around! “I had pretty near the same amount Jim Cefalo (44) just prior to that breezy sidestep weather for good. “I didn’t get to start really until a few games ago, so I didn’t have any real idea,” he told writers who wanted to know if his busy day was planned especially for Baylor. All told, Cefalo rushed 11 times for 55 yards and caught three passes for 102 markers and the TD. He totaled 157 of Penn State’s, 491 aggregate. And though he didn’t seem to want to, Joe Patemo faced the questions he had answered all year long. What’s with this interceptions last year as this and generally, everything was pretty much the same,” he laughed. Last year, Shuman had 5 lost aerials, this year, 6. Patemo gave him more mobility but not very much more, although Joe woulffhave you believe otherwise. “I always let him have audibles,” replied Paterno when asked whether Shuman had exercised some game con trol. “The more playing time he gets, the more freedom he can have. “I don’t call all the plays like you guys think and always write. It's not that he doesn’t know what to do and I have to call a play. “It’s just that I like to call plays so I know what is going on out there. How can I know what is going "bn when I’m not calling plays?” ; The Daily Collegian Monday, January 6,1975 —7B ’* * i*¥ * * " . V • i! ,w-i ' ■•tv £/ h freshman stuff, Joe? “It’s obvious' that Jimmy has gotten better and better as the season went on,” Patemo said. “I didn’t have any special reason for using him more this game. Look; some situations you’re behind, it’s close, you need something—man it was close. It’s a big game and I don’t like to pressure Him with all that unless, you know...” Yeah, we know. Unless it’s close and you need a whoosh. Paterno insisted it wasn’t a matter of confidence. He also insisted that Tom had swayed his thinking this year. Shuman called “between four and six” audibles against the Baylor Bears, which was the most he’s called all year (average is two). r , 1 “I’ve tried to maki changes all season,” he explained. “It s been frustrating because I really like to throw more than I have done. Today (Jiin. i) was just a great day. “For once I had the green light.” Patemo indicated the light has been yellow 'and green all season. -Okay, but that still doesn’t explain all those guys running from' the sidelines to the field between downs. Unless of course you’d, like to believe that Joe and Tom were conducting a messenger service all season long. Photos by Eric Folack
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