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Joe Paterno — as one would expect — is on the cutting edge of technology. Not only does his offense feature the “forward pass,” but his “quarterbacks” are learning their offense using a Playstation 3.

“The good thing is nobody’s ever late for our (meetings) — not that they’re ever late — but they’re all about 20 minutes early now because they all want to get in there and turn it on and beat each other,” Paterno said of his quarterbacks. “I’m sure my son, when he finds out we have it in the building and that our guys are using it, he’ll want to come in and play it.”

The idea is to give the Penn State quarterbacks more work on their playbook, which is loaded onto a Madden football game for use in the video game machine.

Although the term “video game machine” sets me aback, I don’t think this is necessarily a monumentally stupid idea. This fall, look for 15-step drops from Anthony Morelli, a lot of TE crossing routes, and some desperate pleas for someone to push the reset button.

In response, Pitt is training with Wii sports.