Bears fall
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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
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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
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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?” ;
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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