The morning that Joe Paterno was fired as Penn State's head coach,
Mike McQueary testified Monday, his old coach gave him one last piece of advice.
In the years after McQueary told Paterno that he had seen Jerry Sandusky engaged in a "very bad sexual act, a molestation act with a minor," Paterno approached him a few times and said how Sandusky was a sick guy, McQueary testified.
In 2010, as rumors of the investigation into Sandusky swirled through State College, Paterno's discussions became more detailed. At one point, the legendary coach told McQueary "Old Main screwed it up," McQueary testified.
Then the Wednesday after Sandusky was arrested for using his connections to Penn State and the Second Mile to groom young boys to sexually assault -- hours before
the university trustees fired him over the phone -- Paterno walked up to McQueary on the practice field between kicking drills, McQueary said.
"He said the university is going to come down hard on you," McQueary said. "'Don't worry about me. They're going to try to scapegoat you. Trust your lawyers. Don't trust Cynthia Baldwin. Don't trust Old Main.' I'm sorry, but that's what he said."
