Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel, left, and Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz, right, shake hands as they pass between speaking sessions, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, in Chicago, at the 2010 Big 10 Media Day Kickoff.

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A little bit of the mundane. A little bit of the unusual. 

The annual Big Ten media days kicked off with a jumble of activity Monday in Chicago. Conference commissioner Jim Delany and football coaches discussed expansion, a conference championship game and other league matters.

Then there was this line of questioning directed at Penn State coach Joe Paterno, age 83. 

"I'm thinking you're going to be Penn State's coach until the day you die. What do you think about that?" Paterno got a kick out of the question, before answering, "is that wishful thinking or what?"

Here's a guide for everything you need to know from the first day of the Big Ten media sessions, which serve as an unofficial kickoff to the college football season: