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C14 COURIER-JOURNAL SPORTS Of course son was willing. Jim always rushed into places others would flee. He saw excitement where most saw only danger. At home in military His football career never amounted to much. He walked on at Ohio University as a self- described He eventually got kicked off the team for fighting, one of his youthful pastimes.Jim found his calling in the military.

He spent eight years in the Green Berets, including two years in Vietnam. His unit conducted reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines. They were so hazardous that soldiers could switch to a comfy desk job after finishing six assignments in a year. Jim completed 49. told me, keep pushing the he said.

I going to sit on a base Jim won three purple hearts and numerous medals, and in 2003 he was inducted into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame. His plaque recounts a story of Nov.12, 1968, when was rappelling from a helicopter into enemy territory. As he reached the end of the rope, the helicopter suddenly lost altitude. He bounced around the tops of trees and skidded on the ground for nearly 25 miles while taking heavy fire. After the warheworked as a bodyguard for Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt and best-selling author Harold Robbins.

He waltzed from Beverly Hills to the French Riviera, staying in luxurious hotel suites and meeting movie stars. But he missed the action. So in the late 1970she took a job as a contract killer in Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe. Rebels were camping in Mozambique and sneaking over the border at night to murder Rhodesian citizens. The Rhodesian government hired him and other commandos to stop them, offering $150 per capture and $1,250 per head.

Jim said he averaged three kills per week. take your kill slips into the pay he said. was Jim been shot three times, stabbed six timesand once met the business end of a 600-pound wild boar. asked me why I did said Jim, now 65. told them Ilove the jungle.

just my nature. Those are the things I like He finally settled down in his mid-30s, got married and started a housing development company that made him rich. He and his wife, Gail, channeled their energies into their football dreams. Football was first love Brock was a natural athlete who could walk on his hands and did flips off the roof into the family swimming pool. He took up boxing in the sixth grade and went undefeated.

But he loved football more than anythingelse, which led to his third-grade NFL declaration. Fine, his father said. If you really want to get there, what you have to do: wake up every morning at dawn and run stadium steps. strap yourself to sledsand plow through the backyard. If you miss a block during a game come home and smash shoulder pads against me.

Brock agreed to it all. was fun when I was a kid because I knew I was getting Brock said. mom or my dad was usually there running the stadium stairs with me, so that made it Jim hired professional camera crews to film football gamesat acostofabout $5,000 a year. Father and son dissected the tapes after every game, and Jim mailed edited versions to every majorNCAA Division I-A school. films ever seen in my UofL defensive coordinator Mike Cassity said.

had highlights from when he was a little boy, shots of him lifting weights, But it the Hollywood production values that attracted college recruiters. Brock could play. He ran for more than 6,000 yards and scored 108 touchdowns at Valley View High School, a football powerhouse about a 30-minute drive from the home in Springboro, Ohio. Jim said his son was so dominant that other parents wondered whether he was on steroids. So twice a yearJim took Brock for drug tests and showedthe results to doubters.

is one of the hardest- working and most humble kids ever said Valley View coach Jay Niswonger, who has sent playersto Michigan State, West Virginia and Stanford. done it because of that Niswonger used him as the ball carrierin his one-back offense. But college coaches what to make of the 6-foot fire hydrant. Recruiting expert Tom Lemming named him high schoolfullback, and Ohio State and Penn State said he could play right away as a blocking back. John L.

Smith wanted him to play linebacker at UofL. But Brock always thought of himself as a runner, so he followed the pitch from Cassity, who was then defensive coordinator at Illinois. Illini coachRon Turnerpromised to give him the Brockcarried 11 times as afreshman. From Illini to Cards Turner got fired after that season, though, and new coach Ron Zook have the same offensive philosophy. Bolen got his release from Illinois and went looking for a program that liked big backs.

He found Louisville, where Bobby Petrino was feeding the ball to the 250-pound Bush. It just so happened that Cassity was now defensive coordinator. talked to coach Petrino, and we found an old Cassity said. threw it back on, we really liked Brock has quick feet for his size, as evidenced by his 17-yard touchdown run against Kansas State. He also has soft hands, which he showedby catching a touchdown pass from Brian Brohm in the season opener against the University of Kentucky.

He inspires comparisons to Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Mike Alstott, whose career Bolen hopes to emulate. college football is the next step in my he said. someday get to the If any chance of that happening, you can bet Brock will attack it head on. He is Jim son, after all. Brian Bennett can be reached at (502) 582-7177.

CARDINALS Father knew best for Bolen Continued from C1 NAVY 41, CONNECTICUT 17 77 pass from Hampton (Harmon kick), 13:20. 24 run (Harmon kick), 9:40. Nuzie 39, 14:13. Harmon 27, 6:47. 14 pass from Bonislawski (Nuzie kick), 5:13.

Harmon 39, :31. 68 run (Harmon kick), 14:31. 4 pass from Bonislawski (Nuzie kick), 4:17. 52 run (Harmon kick), 11:46. 4 run (Harmon kick), 9:13.

NavyConn First Return Time of INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Hampton 27-182, Campbell 5-101, Ballard 3-88, Hall 8-38, White 2-25, Hines 2-17, Kaheaku-Enhada 4-6, Jarr.Bryant 1-3, Singleton 2-2, Kettani 1-2, McCoy 1-0. Connecticut, Caulley 14-87, L.Allen 5-37, Brown II 6-29, Anderson 2-9, Bonislawski 1-5. PASSING Hampton 5-11-0-141. Connecticut, Bonislawski 15-37-0-176. RECEIVING Campbell 1-77, Singleton 1-23, Washington 1-15, White 1-15, Hall 1-11.

Connecticut, L.Taylor 5-46, Caulley 4-28, Kanuch 2-68, Anderson 2-10, McLean 1-15, Brouse 1-9. PITTSBURGH 45, TOLEDO 3 9 pass from Palko (Lee kick), 11:15. 9 interception return (Lee kick), 10:47. Lee 47, 1:58. 1pass from Palko (Lee kick), 3:30.

Steigerwald 35, :02. 13 run (Lee kick), 12:24. 5 run (Lee kick), 9:02. 14 run (Lee kick), 1:27. TolPitt First Return Time of INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Opelt 11-56, Parmele 9-38, McDougle 3-13, D.Collins 6-11, B.Summers 1-8, R.Da- vis 5-(minus 2).

Pittsburgh, S.Brooks 9-64, Stephens-Howling 18-50, Collier 5-19, Pettiford 5-16, Dickerson 1-14, C.Collins 1-13, Palko 4-9. PASSING Opelt 15-30-1-92, B.Summers 3-5-1-14, Team 0-1-0-0. Pittsburgh, Palko 12-15-0-172, Stull 2-2-0-17. RECEIVING Hopkins 5-28, Odom 4-38, Moore 4-14, Powell 2-19, S.Williams 1-7, Parmele 1-1, T.Smith 1-(minus 1). Pittsburgh, Strong 4-51, Kinder 3-40, Yezovich 2-17, Pestano 1-42, Turner 1-14, Stephens-Howling 1-13, Collier 1-7, C.Collins 1-5.

SYRACUSE 40, WYOMING 34, 2OT Shadle 43, 4:08. 15 pass from Doss (Goodman kick), 14:07. 19 pass from Patterson Jr. (Shadle kick), 5:45. FG Goodman 43, :00.

6 pass from Sween (Goodman kick), 3:20. 15 run (Shadle kick), :55. Goodman 41, 13:04. Shadle 41, 9:42. 13 run (Shadle kick), 6:33.

15 pass from Sween (Goodman kick), :05. First Overtime 16 run (Shadle kick). 14 run (Goodman kick). Second Overtime 15 run. WyoSyr First Return Time of INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Moore 7-86, Seldon 17-70, Wendling 1-36, J.Harris 4-13, Sween 6-(minus 3), Doss 5-(minus 16).

Syracuse, D.Carter 20-129, Brinkley 11-32, Patterson Jr. 1-(minus 7). PASSING Sween 19-27-1-201, Doss 14-22-1-125, Team 0-1-0-0. Syracuse, Patterson Jr. 11-25-1-121.

RECEIVING Ford 12-110, Marsh 7-85, Holden 5-29, Sundberg 3-49, Betschart 2-22, Jacobo 1-15, Levy 1-13, Seldon 1-3, Moore 1-0. Syracuse, Ferron 4-64, M.Williams 3-36, Lane 1-9, Moss III 1-9, Lobdell 1-6, D.Carter 1-(minus 3). CINCINNATI 24, MIAMI (OHIO) 10 Miami Cook 49, 3:27. 37 run (Lovell kick), 2:46. 2 run (Lovell kick), :17.

FG Lovell 47, 1:00. 80 punt return (Cook kick), 7:15. 20 pass from Grutza (Lovell kick), 11:15. MiOCin First Return Time of INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING (Ohio), Murphy 13-59, Sykes 2-1, Raudabaugh 10-(minus 24). Cincinnati, Moore 20-119, Benton 8-68, Glatthaar 9-43, Grutza 4-24, Team 1-(minus 1).

PASSING (Ohio), Raudabaugh 21-47-2-190, Team 0-1-0-0. Cincinnati, Grutza 5-11-1-43. RECEIVING (Ohio), Ry.Robinson 4-52, Murphy 4-0, Crabtree 3-38, McVay 3-25, Busing 3-23, Woods 2-34, 1-11, Corbin 1-7. Cincinnati, D.Stewart 2-22, Celek 2-15, D.Jones 1-6. BOWLING GREEN, Ky.

In a football game that resembled a video game, Western Kentucky University ralliedto beat No.21Western Illinois 38-35 last night at L.T. Smith Sta- diumfor itsbiggest victory of theseason. The teams combined for 892 yards, 10 touchdowns, no turnovers and nopunts. The crowd of 11,710 got worth in the Gateway Conference opener for bothteams. a head coach I feel David Elson as the guy who runs the feel so good.

never stopped them, but I guess they stop us, Western, down 21-7 in the second quarter, lead until the last TD, whenJustin Haddix hooked up with freshman Jake Gaebler on 14-yard score with 35 second left. Gaeblercaught the pass inside the 10-yard line, eluded a defender and ran into the end zone for his first career TD. The Hilltoppers (2-2) added a two-point conversion on a run by Lerron Moore. Western Illinois (3-2) had a chance to take control of the game, butplacekicker Taylor Rowan missed a 42-yard field goal try with 3:28. Western Illinois scored TDs on five of its first six drives and finished with 423 yards.

West- ern Kentuckyhad469 yards. Western Illinois tooka 35-24 lead when Marco Thomas snagged a 47-yard catch-and- run TD with 13:45 left to play. The Hilltoppers responded with a 59-yard catch-and-run by Curtis Hamilton from Haddix to make it 35-31. Hamilton had eight catches for 166 yards. always want great balance in our offense, so the defense key on said Moore, who rushed for 163 yards and three what we were able to do Western Illinois scored touchdowns on its first three drives tolead21-10 athalftime.

Itsfinal score came on a drive set up by a call from Elson. With the Hilltoppers trailing 14-7 in the second quarter and the ball near de- cidedto go for iton fourth-and- one. carry came up Western Illinois took over at the 45. It took nine plays for Western Illinois to reach the end zone. Tailback Herb Donaldson broke through tackles en route to a 15-yard scoring run as the Leathernecks pushed the margin to 21-7 with 5:14.

Donaldson finished with 144 rushing yards and three scores. Western Kentucky regrouped for the final score of the half, a Chris 25-yard field goal with 45 seconds left. Western Illinois had 208 first-half yards. The only drive it score on came when it took a knee to run out the final seconds. Michael Grant can be reached at (502) 582-4069.

GATEWAY STANDINGS Conf.All Southern Illinois 1-0 4-0 Youngstown State 1-0 4-1 Western Kentucky 1-0 2-2 Illinois State 0-0 3-1 Northern Iowa 1-0 2-2 Western Illinois 0-1 3-2 Missouri State 0-1 1-4 Indiana State 0-1 0-5 results Western Kentucky 38, W. Illinois 35 S. Illinois 55, Indiana State 3 Iowa State 28, Northern Iowa 27 Youngstown St. 37, Missouri St. 10 games Illinois State at W.

Kentucky, 7 W. Illinois at Southern Illinois, 2:30 Indiana State at Youngstown 4 Missouri St. at Northern Iowa, 5:05 WESTERN KENTUCKY 38, WESTERN ILLINOIS 35 Last-minute score lifts Hilltoppers Teams combine for nearly 900 yards By Michael Grant The Courier-Journal Freshman Delone Carter scored his fourth touchdown on a15-yard run in the second overtime, giving Syracuse a 40-34 victory over Wyoming yesterday in the Carrier Dome. The Orange (3-2) has won three straight for the first time since 2002, while Wyoming (1-4) has lost four in a row. Carter carried 20 times for 129 yards and the first four TDs of his career.

His 13-yard scamper with 6:33 left in the fourth quarter put the Orange ahead 27-20, and he scored on a 16-yard run up the middle in the first overtime. The Cowboys answered that TD with Wynel 14-yard run but score on the first possession of the second overtime. Wyoming freshman quarterback Karsten Sween was 19of27 for 201yards and two TDs. He led a 92-yard drive to the tying score at the end of regulation, hitting Hoost Marsh with a 15-yard scoring pass with five seconds left. Pittsburgh 45, Toledo 3: The host Panthers (4-1) needed less than five minutes to turn two Toledo mistakes into a two- touchdown lead, and Tyler Palko threw for two scores in the rout of the Rockets (2-3).

Palko threw a 9-yard TD pass to Derek Kinder shortly after Toledo fumbled and lost 10 yards on fourth-and-one from its 42. On the next play from scrimmage, lineman Gus Mustakas intercepted Brandon pass and returned it 9 yards for a TD to make it 14-0. Cincinnati 24, Miami of Ohio 10: Greg Moore rushed for 119 yards and a touchdown to power the Bearcats (2-3) past the visiting RedHawks, who are 0-5 for the first time since 1989. Cincinnati got 253 of its 296 total yards on the ground. Navy 41, Connecticut 17: Quarterback Brian Hampton ran for 182 yards and three TDs and threw for 141yards and another score as the Midshipmen (4-1) romped at UConn (2-2).

Navy racked up 605 yards, including 464 on the ground, against what had been the 10th-rated defense in NCAA Division I-A. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: BIG EAST CONFERENCE 4 TDs carry Syracuse in 2 overtimes Associated Press results Cincinnati 24, Miami, Ohio 10 Navy 41, Connecticut 17 Pittsburgh 45, Toledo 3 Syracuse 40, Wyoming 34, 2 OT result Rutgers 22, South Florida 20 Next game Louisville-Mid. Tenn. at Nashville, 8 Next games Pittsburgh at Syracuse, noon W. Virginia at Mississippi 2:30 Akron at Cincinnati, 3:30 Connecticut at South Florida, 7 BIG EAST STANDINGS Conf.All Rutgers 1-0 5-0 Pittsburgh 1-0 4-1 Louisville 0-0 4-0 West Virginia 0-0 4-0 Syracuse 0-0 3-2 Connecticut 0-0 2-2 South Florida 0-1 3-2 Cincinnati 0-1 2-3 W.

KENTUCKY 38, W. ILLINOIS 35 W. W. 1run (T.Rowan kick), 8:49. L.Moore 3 run (C.James kick), 1:58.

2run (T.Rowan kick), 10:53. 15 run (T.Rowan kick), 5:14. C.James 25, :45. 8 run (C.James kick), 9:50. Donaldson 15 run (T.Rowan kick), 5:33.

L.Moore 12 run (C.James kick), 2:32. mas 47 pass from LaFalce (T.Rowan kick), 13:45. 59 pass from Haddix (pass failed), 12:29. 14 pass from Haddix (L.Moore run), :35. WIllWKen First Return Time of INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Illinois, Donaldson 21-144, Douglas 16-87, Team 1-(minus 2), LaFalce 7-(minus 6).

W. Kentucky, L.Moore 23-163, Haddix 8-30, Hayden 5-9. PASSING Illinois, LaFalce 16-20-0-200. W. Kentucky, Haddix 16-20-0-267.

RECEIVING Illinois, Sims 8-83, M.Thomas 6-97, B.Moore 1-14, Donaldson 1-6. W. Kentucky, Cu.Ha- milton 8-166, Gaebler 5-64, Holland 1-19, Jare.John- son 1-11, Quinn 1-7. Time: User: mstollhaus PubDate: 10-01-2006 Zone: KY Edition: 1 Page Name: C14 Color: CyanMagentaYellowBlack.