Paterno to get leg, hip checked during bye week
81-year-old Penn State coach has been using cane, coaching from press box
 Pat Little / AP Penn State coach Joe Paterno has been hobbled since trying to demonstrate an onside kick the first week of the season. |
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updated 6:31 p.m. ET Oct. 21, 2008
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State coach Joe Paterno plans to have doctors check out his ailing right leg and hip next week, when the third-ranked Nittany Lions have no game.
The 81-year-old Paterno has been hobbled by the injury since trying to demonstrate an onside kick the first week of the season. He has coached from the press box the last three games.
Paterno has used a cane to get around the last two weeks.
Unbeaten Penn State plays at Ohio State on Saturday night in a key Big Ten showdown. Paterno says he remains day-to-day on whether he'll be coaching from the sideline on in the press box.
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