Huh???? Those titles were in 86 & 82. His perversions had nothing to do with the football team.
I've been thinking a lot about this. I rooted for both those PSU teams, and have always been a casual fan (I went to a DIII school, so I can maintain multiple rooting interests in DI).
But there is something altogether menacing about this situation. I agree that the football team (the players) operated independently and presumably without any involvement in this scandal (which seems like too weak a word to describe it). However, do we really want a college athletic regime to provide severe sanctions for petty indiscretions (payments to players, etc.) and just disregard heinous acts that took place on campus in the athletic facilities that are covered up by the very people in charge of the programs?
This situation is unprecedented. PSU, for all intents and purposes, is a dead program right now. If they are to salvage it, they must fire everyone on the payroll who is associated with the program. Yes, that's harsh. And unfair to many innocent people. But if the school wishes to credibly maintain the program, they have to start from scratch, and acknowledge the complete moral failure of the institution as a whole. There will be no absolution. They are on the brink.