Tulsa teammates inspired by UCA BEARS HOLD OFF Holloway’s battle with cancer LIONS 28-21 by: Pat Forde CONWAY, Ark _ With an offensive unit that was less The single best moment of this college football than full speed in the second half Saturday night, the Uni- season slipped by almost entirely unnoticed. versity of Central Arkansas Bears won instead with a huge It was a throwaway Tulsa touchdown against Cen- defensive play in the final minute, holding off Southeastern Louisiana 28-21 at First Security Field at Estes Stadium. tral Florida on Sunday, Oct. 26. UCA (7-1, 3-0 ) is now in sole possession of first place JUST DO IT Courtney Tennial's 2-yard run with 1 minute and in the Southland Conference after Stephen F. Austin’s loss 45 seconds left was the final score in a 49-19 Golden to Texas State on Saturday. Hurricane rout, a play unremarkable to the vast major- The 13th-ranked Bears ran out to a 21-0 halftime lead ity of the nation. Penn State not concerned about but lost senior quarterback Nathan Brown to a slight con- It was quite remarkable to the Tulsa left tackle who cussion in the last minute of the half. The Lions (4-4, 1-2) Tennessee AD seeking integrity, winning big then rallied with three scoring drives in the second half and laid a block on the play. "When we scored," Wilson by: Adam Rittenberg Holloway said, "that was a big smile." closed the gap to 28-21 with 3:12 remaining. salesmanship in new head coach UCA took over on its own 20 but was forced to punt Beneath the redshirt freshman's shoulder pads, a The practice of winning impressively doesn’t bother KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee athletic with 2:44 remaining. The Lions reached the 32 before SLU small circular pad covered the chemotherapy port on Joe Paterno. director Mike Hamilton has a long list of qualities he's quarterback Brian Babin threw consecutive incomplete his upper chest, not far from his immense heart. That's The 81-year-old coach has no plans to go back and re- looking for in the next Tennessee coach but no time- passes. On fourth and 13, Babin attempted a pass over the where doctors have been pouring poison into his body adjust Penn State’s victory margins from earlier this season. line on which to hire him. middle to receiver Mike Neville but UCA sophomore line- The eight wins by 14 points or more will remain. So will "I'm more concerned about hiring the right can- in an effort to kill the cancer that was discovered this backer Vance Fizer knocked the ball away to preserve the the six victories by 29 points or more. past spring, went away in the summer and has now Bears’ third consecutive victory. didate than I am about how quickly we get it done. I It’s the idea of intentionally shooting for style points, of returned. The Lions were out of timeouts, allowing the Bears to do think that we need to be expedient and go about premeditated punishment, that drives Paterno nuts. Too many needle sticks from the summer-long run out the clock. our business as quickly as is possible," Hamilton said “It bothers me,” he said this week. rounds of chemo already had collapsed the veins in Brown, the state’s career passing leader and touchdown in his last public comments before hiring someone to He recalled the 1994 season, the last time Penn State leader, was injured on the Bears’ next-to-last play of the replace Phillip Fulmer. Holloway's forearms. Sometime after the Hodgkin's went undefeated and, more notably, the last time the Nit- half, an 8-yard quarterback keeper, but still passed 9 yards lymphoma was discovered a second time, doctors in- tany Lions were prevented from playing for the national The right candidate, Hamilton said, is one who has to tailback Brent Grimes for a touchdown on the next play stalled the port in Holloway's chest. The second round title. a lot of integrity, is a proven leader, is good at recruit- that gave UCA a 21-0 halftime lead. Brown was replaced in of chemo would be rougher. Penn State won six of its first seven games by 24 points ing and building a staff and can work as a salesman to the second half by junior Robbie Park, who completed 5 of But the intense nausea and fatigue that accompany or more. The Lions’ lone non-blowout -- a 31-24 win at No. promote Tennessee. 9 passes for 44 yards and led the Bears to their final touch- the cancer-fighting toxins wouldn't keep him out of 5 Michigan -- vaulted them to No. 1 nationally, and the next The salesman approach might sound familiar. It's down, a 14-yard run by Grimes. week they pounded No. 21 Ohio State 63-14 despite never one that Hamilton's marquis coaching hire -- men's uniform against UCF. Missing two weeks of practice Grimes, a junior from Baton Rouge, La., finished with passing the ball in the second half. before that game wouldn't keep him out of uniform. 106 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries, and also basketball coach Bruce Pearl -- is so good at. Then came a trip to Indiana. An uncertain future certainly wouldn't keep him out of caught 2 passes for 14 yards and another TD. Brown com- But that doesn't mean Hamilton is looking for the “The game’s over,” Paterno said. “And [former Indi- uniform. pleted 13 of 23 passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns next Pearl. ana coach] Bill Mallory’s a good friend of mine. And I put Nothing would. before exiting. The Bears finished with 382 yards of total "What that means is the ability to sell the univer- the [second-team] kids in there, didn’t throw the ball. So offense, while SLU had 321, with 262 of those coming in sity to our citizens and fans of this state because it's it comes out that we won by 10 points or something and the second half. Nebraska goes by us.” such a part of the fabric of who we are in Tennessee, Penn State actually won by six points, but it fell to No. but also the ability to sell the institution to recruits," 2 nationally and never got back to the top. Hamilton said. "For fans to think we're going to hire “I’m not comfortable with how big you run up the Bruce Pearl is dangerous territory. There's only one score,” Paterno said. “You win. The object of the game Bruce." is not to embarrass anybody. The object of the game is to Fans have been sharing their own thoughts with Find Phone Numbers Fast & go out and play well enough to win the football game and the AD what they're looking for in the next coach. It Easy. Search for what you need! enjoy playing against good opponents and respect them runs the gamut, but there is one general theme. and walk off the field feeling that you haven’t embarrassed "The thing you tend to get more than anything anybody. from fans is somebody that generates excitement in “If it comes out that it’s a big [margin], what are you the fan base," Hamilton said. "You can define that in a going to do?” Paterno’s last line encapsulates third-ranked Penn lot of different ways, whether it's offensive firepower State’s position heading to its last three games. or energy on the sidelines."