CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Penn State coach Joe Paterno is looking at the Outback Bowl as a combination of this season's final game and the opener of the 2011 campaign.
The Nittany Lions continued their preparation on Wednesday for the New Year's Day game against Florida with a practice session at the Philadelphia Phillies' spring training complex.
A spry-looking Paterno says Penn State has a young team with "pretty good athletes that need some work." So the coach wants to get some things done that will "carry over to next year."
Florida's Urban Meyer will be coaching his last game with the Gators on Jan. 1, but the 84-year-old Paterno - who celebrated his birthday Tuesday - doesn't sound he has any plans of slowing down anytime soon.
