BELLEFONTE, PA – JUNE 18: Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse following his child sexual-abuse trial on June 18, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Today the defense began their argument in the sexual abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky who is charged with 52 criminal counts of alleged sexual abuse of children. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO (AP)— Penn State coach James Franklin sees an improved team in Happy Valley — and a program that can’t escape the shadow cast by the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
