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As most of Bill O'Brien's peers in the business of big-time college football spend Wednesday huddled by fax machines, the new Penn State coach will be hundreds of miles from campus, directing a practice to prepare for the biggest game of his professional life.
O'Brien, of course, is still the offensive coordinator of the AFC champion New England Patriots.
The two-jobs-at-once circumstance has made the past month a challenge for the 42-year-old coach. But it will only intensify this week, with the high holiday of the NFL calendar preceded by one of the most significant mileposts -- National Signing Day -- of the college football year.
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