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At 9:20 yesterday morning, the large steel gate located behind the south end zone at Beaver Stadium swung wide open. Penn State coach Joe Paterno slowly guided his silver BMW inside. His entire football team, approximately 110 players, had already been hard at work for nearly 90 minutes before Mr. Paterno made his surprise visit and huddled them together. It was no regular workout. The players had been forced to trade in their cleats, helmets and shoulder pads for brooms, shovels and yellow gloves. Mr. Paterno, upset that several of his players were involved in an off-campus fight on April 1, decided in May to punish the entire team, ordering them to clean up the stadium after all seven home games this season. Yesterday, Penn State's cleanup crew made its debut, less than 17 hours after they had pasted Florida International 59-0 in their non-conference season opener. According to Penn State spokesman Jeff Nelson, the players picked up trash in eight sections in the south end of the stadium and around the perimeter of the field. There are 92 sections in the stadium. Mr. Nelson said the money the football team earned yesterday -- he did not specify how much -- would go toward helping fund Penn State's club sports. -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Nittany Lions: Stadium heroes to stadium sweepers