I remember that game against Miami....it was the ultimate battle between “Good and Evil”. Here was cocky Miami, wearing battle fatigues and thugging it up, against nice, wholesome Penn State. And when Penn State won, it was great, the Evil Empire had been defeated.
Now, looking back, who was the evil empire, after all?
14-10. And Sandusky was the hero. This was Linebacker U. Sandusky was the defensive coordinator and his defensive schemes - and directions to hit Michael Irvin hard and continually - were credited then and now with the win.
Sandusky was revered as the architect of the famous Penn State defense and the reason for that National Championship. . . which may have had a residual effect on the treatment he received even after 1998.