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CBS Sports’ columnist Gregg Doyel has an interesting theory on why Penn State assistant coach, Mike McQueary, who testified to witnessing former PSU defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, molest a ten year old boy in a PSU football shower. Now Doyel has two theories, but here is the one I found most compelling.

2. The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office doesn’t want to lose McQueary as a cooperative witness, should the AG decide to pursue legal charges against Paterno for not doing enough in 2002, and the AG’s office has asked the school not to alienate McQueary by firing him. That’s my belief, that the attorney general wants to leave the door cracked — just barely cracked, but cracked nonetheless — toward charges against Paterno. The charges might not stick, might not have a chance of sticking, but that wouldn’t be the point. The AG’s point would be: Let’s send a message to everyone in this state that sex crimes must be reported, and not just to a supervisor but to the police.

That’s what I believe. I believe Penn State is doing whatever it can to help the attorney general, up to and including the makeup of its coaching staff for Saturday’s game. That’s a crazy thought, but this is a crazy situation. It’s an unfathomable allegation — a possible child molester, once one of the most respected men in town and the heir apparent to Joe Paterno’s throne at Penn State, running amok in State College. It’s insane.

So is the idea Mike McQueary will coach on Saturday. It’s unsightly to the eyes, inappropriate to common decency, disrespectful to Sandusky’s alleged victims. It’s insane that Penn State receivers coach Mike McQueary would coach Saturday, unless there’s a lot more going on here than concern for Penn State’s receivers.

Check out Doyel’s full article and his other theories at CBSSports.com and follow him on Twitter GreggDoyelCBS

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