He obviously made a mistake. Certainly he didn't commit a major crime, but exploited an opportunity. And I think that's part of the award. He is a role model, whether you choose to be or not. He understood the responsibility when he accepted the scholarship.
Defense is the building block of a program.
And sometimes the scoring gets so high that you may be outscoring them, but you run out of possessions. I think if you look at any team that wins any championship in any conference you're going to find out their defense ranks in the top three. Probably Led Zepplin. I enjoy music. I play guitar.