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Paterno out of hospital, will watch game from home

Updated: November 11, 2006, 4:14 PM ET
Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno turned into an armchair quarterback Saturday for the first time in nearly three decades.

Paterno was at home a day after being released from the hospital, and was expected to watch his team on television. The game against Temple was the Nittany Lions' first without the 79-year-old Paterno since 1977.

Paterno was released from Mount Nittany Medical Center on Friday night, five days after an operation to repair a broken shinbone ...

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