Joe Paterno didn't list himself on the injury report, but Penn State's coach designated himself "hopeful" to be back on the sideline for the 12th-ranked Nittany Lions' game Saturday night against Illinois. Slowed by a sore right leg, the Hall of Famer moved to the press box after halftime of last week's rout of Temple -- not that the 81-year-old Paterno says he couldn't have stayed on the field the whole time. "Yeah, I hope to be," Paterno said Tuesday when asked if he intends to pace the Beaver Stadium sideline for the Big Ten opener versus the No. 22 Illini. "I could have been out in the second half Saturday if I wanted to, but ... I figured we got a lot of football ahead of us. Let's maybe take it a little bit easier upstairs."
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