Mike McQueary: Twitter Erupts to Condemn Penn State Coach

In the last couple of days, heads have rolled at Penn State University. 

In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex scandal, several heavy hitters have lost their jobs. Athletic Director Tim Curley and administrator Gary Schultz are both out, and will now deal with perjury and failure to report charges in the Sandusky case. Last night, university president Graham Spanier and legendary head coach Joe Paterno got the ax as well.

However, one key player in the Sandusky case remains, and his name is Mike McQueary. He is the Nittany Lions' wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, and a grand jury report claims he witnessed Sandusky sodomizing a young boy in the Penn State locker room showers back in 2002, and all he did was run it up the chain of command.

Because McQueary is also guilty of not taking the case to police, the general consensus is that he should be fired. And because he has not (yet) been fired, people are outraged.

For a glimpse of this outrage, all you have to do is head to Twitter.

Not surprisingly, numerous sports journalists have spoken out, many of them accusing the university of unforgivable stupidity. CNBC's Darren Rovell is among the most vocal McQueary condemners:

He also points out that there is no legal protection for McQueary:

Ultimately, Rovell thinks the best thing McQueary can do is make the call himself:

Rovell even conducted a poll, and the results are quite definitive:

Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is equally outraged. In fact, he sounds like he's had just about enough of Penn State's baffling decision-making process:

ESPN's Jemele Hill echoed the sentiment, expressing her belief that McQueary should be done for good at Happy Valley:

Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports took it one step further. After Penn State takes on Nebraska at home on Saturday, it finishes the season on the road. Wetzel thinks that's when things could get ugly:

Naturally, there is some conspiracy talk as well. For a good example, check out this tweet from ESPNLosAngeles.com's Arash Markazi:

That the punditry is reacting this way should not come as a surprise. It's not every day that we see a witch hunt that is 100 percent justified, but that's what we're looking at with this Penn State scandal. Anybody who had anything to do with the Sandusky scandal must go, and that includes McQueary.

Of course, you don't have to be a major sports journalist to speak out against McQueary. Even Peyton's Head, a Twitter account that offers some of the most humorous sports commentary you're going to find, took a moment to get serious about McQueary:

Regular fans are also voicing their displeasure about McQueary. Below are a couple of typical tweets. You'll notice that many of them feature the same three letters.

Here's one fan who doesn't think McQueary should be coaching on Saturday:

And here's another, who thinks McQueary should at least be suspended:

The situation has this fan tossing and turning at night:

Same goes for this guy:

This fan thinks McQueary is even more to blame than Paterno:

This fan agrees with Rovell that McQueary should do himself a favor and resign:

No doubt you get the idea. It seems the only people on earth who think McQueary shouldn't be fired are the people who make decisions at Penn State. Whatever their reasons are for retaining McQueary, the majority thinks they need to wash their hands of him.

And make no mistake, they should. Penn State needs to cleanse itself from top to bottom before it can move one, and McQueary is the last big puzzle piece that must be cast aside.

By keeping him around, Penn State is doing itself no favors.