. >>> for some perspective on the story, let's bring in "usa today" sportswriter, christine brennan. e, what happened? is this just yet another example of how hallowed these sports teams are? how untouchable they are on college campuses? >> absolutely, christiane. let's look at the culture of college football. mcqueary is the man, who you just mentioned, who witnessed the rape of a 10-year-old boy in the showers at penn state. and i believe he thought he was doing a lot. that he was going above and beyond, by going to joe paterno's house the next day and telling the revered coach what he saw. in this case, unfortunately, in this world of college football, joe paterno is bigger than the police. these college programs, people love them. people watch them. they have been around them for decades. and they kind of go into hibernation in july or august. and they come up for air in january, after the bowl games. and they're living in an entirely different world than you and i. and so, the fact that this man saw this reprehensible thing and, as i said, i believe we'll find out that he thought

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christine brennan is writing about it in the pages of "usa today." bissinger, the award winning author of "friday night lights." i appreciate you both being with us. christine, there's a report from cbs news citing the associated press, quote, in the e-mail dated november 8th from mcqueary's penn state account and made available to the associated press by his friend on tuesday, the assistant coach writes that his stopped the sexual assault and discussed it with police afterward. that is clearly a big disconnect from what we've heard before which in the grand jury report that mcqueary didn't go to police. what did you make of this? >> clearly, mcqueary's been hit with a load of bricks here. i'm sure he's as shocked as anybody at how this exploded, i'm sure everybody at penn state because of that cocoon they were living in, the thing we're describing in this story. i'm not siding with him at all. but i think that this is a classic example of this sequestered new reality world of college football, all of a sudden being bombarded by real life, thankfully

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. >>> for some perspective on the story, let's bring in "usa today" sportswriter, christine brennan. e, what happened? is this just yet another example of how hallowed these sports teams are? how untouchable they are on college campuses? >> absolutely, christiane. let's look at the culture of college football. mcqueary is the man, who you just mentioned, who witnessed the rape of a 10-year-old boy in the showers at penn state. and i believe he thought he was doing a lot. that he was going above and beyond, by going to joe paterno's house the next day and telling the revered coach what he saw. in this case, unfortunately, in this world of college football, joe paterno is bigger than the police. these college programs, people love them. people watch them. they have been around them for decades. and they kind of go into hibernation in july or august. and they come up for air in january, after the bowl games. and they're living in an entirely different world than you and i. and so, the fact that this man saw this reprehensible thing and, as i said, i believe we'll find out that he thought

. >> with us, "the washington post" columnist, mike wise and christine brennan.ot sure coach bradley's supposed to say i have some empathy for him, who is in a tough spot. i'll get to the program and maybe the game in a minute. your thoughts, i want to play this again. i'm sorry for some of you at home. this probably angers you. i asked senator casey about this. two people who know sports well and understand the legacy of joe paterno, listen, bob costas talking to jerry sandusky and we know that mike mcqueary came to coach paterno and said i saw a kid being raped in the showers by coach sandusky. what did coach paterno do? >> did joe paterno have any information regarding objectionable activities on your part prior to that report in 2002? >> my -- i can't totally answer that question. my answer would be no. >> did joe paterno, at any time, ever speak to you directly about your behavior? >> no. >> never? >> no. >> he never asked you about what you might have done? he never asked you if you needed help if you needed counselling? >> no, no. >> never expressed disapp

penn state tragedy and what i would call the coddling of college sports, here in washington, christine brennannist for "usa today," and a sports commentator for abc news. and in philadelphia, buzz billinger, contributing editor for "vanity fair." buzz billinger, you wrote about this for "the daily beast," the 10-year-old boy in the shower. you used very graphic language. why? >> well, because, you know, the grand jury report, where a lot of this information comes from, is very clinical. i understand that. but i feel the terms that they use, uni, oral sex, anal intercourse, don't get across the alleged brutality of what mr. sandusky did. and i felt that let's call it for what it is because this was nothing less than child rape. molestation doesn't cut it in terms of what he was alleged to have done and was seen to have done in a shower by a graduate assistant coach. it was not a kid. he was 28 years old. and i felt -- and i thought about it hard, it was not gratuitous, the public needed to know what we're talking about. >> does -- are the media kind of glossing over the sexual details, christin

freelancer tweets in -- christine brennan is a sports columnist for "u.s. a today." she writes this morning -- she goes on at the bottom of her column -- that is christine brennan this morning in her column in "usa today." "the wall street journal," the eternal question -- paterno question. that is "the wall street journal" editorial on joe paterno and penn state. it milwaukee. lee is a democrat. caller: i just wonder what people expect when we glorify these kids -- mostly the males in these sports programs. it begins in grade school. they act like these kids can do no wrong and that they are just wonderful and they could never do any of these types of things. and i wonder, too, is this coach paterno, if there is a generation thing. he is 84. i'm wondering if he really understood the magnitude of what was going on. most of us, maybe 65 or a number -- i think we would have understood -- 65 or under, i think maybe we would have understood how awful this is. i am upset watching these kids, these students. it is remarkable to see these kids rioting in support of paterno

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