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In this photo made with a fisheye lens Penn State sophomore Karisa Maxell from Orange County, New York, works on a sign in "Paternoville", an encampment of students, outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Penn State opens its NCAA college football season Saturday against Youngstown State.

New York Yankees pitcher Ivan Nova(notes) delivers the ball to the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 at Yankee Stadium in New York.

Eastern Washington's quarterback Bo Mitchell looks to throw during an NCAA college football game against Nevada, on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Reno, Nev.

FILE - In this April 6, 2010, file photo, New Jersey Devils left wing Ilya Kovalchuk(notes) skates against the Atlanta Thrashers during the first period of an NHL hockey game at Philips Arena in Atlanta. Five weeks after rejecting the Russian's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term contracts.

FILE - In this July 20, 2010 file photo, New Jersey Devils star forward Ilya Kovalchuk(notes), of Russia, listens to a question during a news conference in Newark, N.J. Ilya Kovalchuk is back on the free-agent market. On Monday Aug. 9, 2010, an arbiter has decided that the NHL acted correctly in voiding Kovalchuk's landmark $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils.

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2009, file photo, Army head coach Rich Ellerson looks on from the sidelines against Tulane during an NCAA college football game in West Point, N.Y. year ago, Rich Ellerson was the new man on the spot at Army with a new quarterback and a new offense. The schedule starts the same this year _ a road game at Eastern Michigan _ but the Black Knights are surely a different team.

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2007, file photo, North Texas head coach Todd Dodge looks on during an NCAA college football game against Navy in Denton, Texas. Dodge is no longer the hot shot high school coach hired to energize the North Texas football program. After 31 losses in three years, he's just trying to hang on to his job and avoid becoming another case study in why it's so rare for a coach to be plucked from the preps and put in charge of a major college team.

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2006, file photo, 10-year-old Chase Young plays catch with his grandfather before the Auburn-Florida NCAA college football game in Auburn, Ala.

New York Mets starting pitcher R.A. Dickey(notes) delivers to the Chicago Cubs in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 in Chicago.

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez(notes) loosens up before the Yankees' baseball game against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Rodriquez did not play in the game.

In this Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 photo, Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden is pictured as he answers a question during a news conference in Stillwater, Okla. Weeden will make his first start against Washington St.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris calls a player to the sideline during the second quarter of an NFL preseason football game against the Houston Texans Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Houston.

Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger(notes) (7) walks out to warm up with fellow Steelers quarterbacks Byron Leftwich(notes), left, and Charlie Batch(notes), center before the an NFL preseason football game against the Carolina Panthers in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.

Torres still one month away from full fitness

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - SEPTEMBER 02: Brian Hoyer(notes) #8 of the New England Patriots throws a pass against the New York Giants on September 2, 2010 at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants defeated the Patriots 20-17. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)