Nope. I grew up in the South but the game of the year was always Alabama-PSU. We all loved PSU before and during the JP era. He should have retired a few years ago but that would have been the only thing negative I would have said about PSU till yesterday.
I know there are some overzealous football fans out there, but that is a real stretch. I suspect even Pitt fans could put aside their rivalry and be horrified by the crime and cover-up in this case.