( CNN ) -- The furor over Jerry Sandusky has died down some now that the former Penn State football coach has been convicted of serial child sexual abuse . But for Gerry Sandusky , a sportscaster for the Baltimore Ravens , the backlash continues . Not that Gerry Sandusky has done anything wrong . His only offense is that he shares the same name with the man who preyed on young boys and who was convicted on 45 counts related to child sex abuse . Take a look at recent postings on Gerry Sandusky 's Twitter page . A woman named Jessica wrote `` @ GerrySandusky you 're a disgusting vile human . '' Sandusky responded : `` Wrong guy . I 'm Gerry with a G. Baltimore sportscaster . No relation to the former Penn St coach who spells his name with a J . '' Another person tweeted : `` hope you get knifed in prison . '' Another asked : `` @ GerrySandusky I 'm just confused ... why would you do such things to children ? # mean '' Sandusky said he received thousands of these messages . And he is trying to stay patient . `` The general consensus is people inviting me to an extended stay in hell , or a miserable death or prison rape , '' Sandusky said . `` I received a lot of F-bombs . I can understand the confusion . It is an emotional , heinous crime . I can understand the reactions . You just have to keep a sense of humor with this . '' Sandusky said he knew he would be in for a tough time back in November when the Jerry Sandusky scandal first broke . The sports announcer said he was riding in the team bus as the Ravens were on their way to play the Pittsburgh Steelers . Everybody on the team bus was chatting and many were shooting stares at him . Sandusky went to see what all the commotion was about and then quickly realized he would be forever tied to one the most salacious sports scandals of all time . `` I thought to myself this was not going to go away for awhile , '' Sandusky said . The attacks and negative messages started right after the news broke , they intensified during the trial and got even worse after the verdict . Sandusky changed his biography on his Twitter page to say `` I am Gerry with a G. Baltimore sportscaster . No relation to the former Penn State coach . '' But that did not stop the attacks . Christian H. from Connecticut was one of the many who sent Sandusky a nasty tweet . `` At first glance I thought it was him . In my mind Sandusky is a sick animal and should n't be here , '' said the 21-year-old who did not want his last name used because he feels bad about what he wrote on Twitter . `` I definitely feel for the guy . I respect his work in sports , but he needs to change his name because people are going to keep messing with him . '' Sandusky said he is not going to change his name , and he refuses to let the other infamous Sandusky hijack the brand he has built working in sports for more than 30 years . In fact , Sandusky said he interviewed the other Jerry Sandusky early in his career in 1987 when he worked at a Miami television station . He went to the Fiesta Bowl when the Miami Hurricanes played Penn State and interviewed Jerry Sandusky for about 10 minutes . `` He seemed normal like any other football coach , '' said Sandusky . `` I did a little novelty story about our names being the same . Little did I know that 30 years later that name thing would cause so much trouble for me . ''
Gerry Sandusky , a sports broadcaster , has been mistaken as Jerry Sandusky . Sandusky has received thousands of hateful messages . `` You 're a disgusting vile human being , '' one message said .