Penn State Scandal: McQueary, Sandusky Interviews Creating More Distractions

The recent television interviews by Jerry Sandusky and Mike McQueary regarding the sex scandal that has engulfed Penn State University have only created further distractions for a school trying to heal and move forward.

After the Penn State football team lost to Nebraska in a close 17-14 battle on an emotional Saturday in State College, the Nittany Lions travel to Columbus to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in an important Big Ten conference game.

With the allegations against Sandusky being as serious as they are, when he proclaimed his innocence in an NBC interview with Bob Costas on Monday night, the situation for Penn State was worsened.

Via ESPN:

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"I am innocent of those charges," the 67-year-old Sandusky said. "... I could say that I have done some of those things. I have horsed around with kids. I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them, and I have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact."

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Sandusky has created even more talk about this scandal with his claims that he is innocent, and it has made it tougher for the university and the State College community to move on.

Costas said multiple times to Sandusky that if the allegations against him were not true, why would people lie and accuse Sandusky of such serious wrongdoing?

Sandusky did not give a real answer to those questions, telling Costas he would have to ask those people that question.

That exchange right there was pretty telling, and I'll let you draw your own conclusions from it. 

What Sandusky has done is create more anger toward the university than before. People dislike Sandusky even more following what he said to Costas on Monday night.

With CBS scoring an interview with Mike McQueary for Tuesday night, who is currently on leave from PSU, the situation around the university has gotten stranger. McQueary was reluctant to tell CBS any real information, but Sandusky was willing to talk about his own situation.

These recent interviews have created further distractions for Penn State and has made it harder for the school to move forward in a positive way.

It will be interesting to see how many more interviews people involved in this scandal, such as McQueary and Sandusky, make—if any.