And Thursday night, the university announced that a key assistant coach who has been central to the case against Sandusky would not take part in Saturday's game against Nebraska because he had been the target of "multiple threats."
A day after the scandal led to the firings of head football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham B. Spanier, the school and its fans struggled to recover from the most tumultuous stretch in Penn State history. The spotlight showed no signs of dimming.
A San Antonio police spokesman confirmed that detectives there were exploring charges against Sandusky for allegedly sexually abusing a boy during trips with Penn State's football team to bowl games in 1998 and 1999. "We are going to be taking what action we can to see if a case can be built," prosecutor Cliff Herberg told a local radio station, WOAI-AM.
The boy in that case is one of eight that Sandusky, 67, allegedly molested at his house, on campus, and on road trips between 1994 and 2008. He stepped down as Paterno's defensive coordinator in 1999 but maintained an office at the football complex and ties to the university through his foundation for underprivileged boys and camps it ran at Penn State.
Prosecutors have also charged two school administrators, athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz, with covering up an alleged 2002 campus assault by Sandusky and later lying about it to authorities.
All have denied the charges.
Thousands of students rushed into the streets after Paterno's abrupt ouster Wednesday after 46 years as head coach and sparked late-night clashes between police and journalists. Police said they were reviewing tapes and preparing charges.
