Penn State coach Joe Paterno's wife dismissed as "lies" speculation that her husband's health would serve as a reason for him to resign from the job he has held for 44 years. "Who started the crazy rumors?" Sue Paterno said, as quoted by website PennState.Scout.com. "He's fine. No one has to identify who starts it. We don't even know where it starts." She was referring to Internet reports asserting that her 84-year-old husband's health is failing and that the Nittany Lions coach would step down after Saturday's Outback Bowl game against Florida. She emphatically squelched speculation that his resignation is imminent, saying: "It's just lies." "I mean, he's [supposedly] in the hospital when he's sitting at the table for dinner. He wasn't even near the hospital," she told PennState.Scout.com on Monday at the Outback Bowl's Ladies Luncheon in Tampa, Fla. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls10/news/story?id=5961692
