I was always under the impression that Vinny was effectively still hungover (and hurting from a fall) after some post-Heisman-winning celebrating.
Edit: is that apocryphal? Literally what I heard way back then and it’s the story that makes most sense to me.
Toretta didn’t even need to start, just come out after the fourth pick.
Gino + Zo would have been more than enough.
Penn State didn’t win that game. Vinny lost it.