UCA

CONWAY—I walked for 41:57 around the UCA campus and Estes Stadium this afternoon before the Bears' game with Abilene Christian.

OVERHEARD
"Their offensive line is weak. Their running game is weak. Anywhere you look, they're weak."
—fat old man at the Hays Senior Center talking about the Razorbacks

PARAGRAPHS OF THE DAY*

A rare exception to UCA’s workmanlike approach to the game came early. On the second play from scrimmage, at 2nd-and-13 from the UCA 22, Hildebrand faked a handoff to freshman Kierre Crossley and looked to see senior slot receiver Brandon Cox run clear of junior safety Brandon Richmond. Hildebrand’s upwind pass hit Cox in full stride, 40 yards downfield, and Cox maintained his five-yard gap on Richmond to the end zone. The 78-yard play gave UCA a 7-0 lead with less than a minute gone in the game.

“I don’t think they really expected us to take a deep shot into the wind that quick,” Hildebrand said. “It caught them off guard, and luckily I threw it just far enough for Brandon to get it.”

*before tonight, I don't believe I had ever so much as said the word workmanlike. I had to look it up to see whether or not there were hyphens involved