I’d like to say I would fight him. If I were put in Mike McQueary’s shoes, I want to believe I would have intervened when I saw Penn State icon Jerry Sandusky allegedly sexually abusing a boy in the showers. At least yelled at him. “What are you doing?” At least stopped what I could stop.

McQueary was a graduate assistant for Penn State football on March 1, 2002, when he alleges he saw Sandusky, the Nittany Lions’ retired and revered defensive coordinator, abusing a boy who appeared to be 10 years old in the shower of a team facility. McQueary was a former Penn State quarterback with a promising career ahead of him and Joe Paterno pushing him up the ladder. Sandusky had been defensive coordinator while McQueary wore the blue and white, had been for 20 years at that point.

There was a lot at stake for Mike McQueary on March 1, 2002. He says he called his dad in shock, then told Paterno what he saw the following day. I don’t envy McQueary at all. I’d like to think I would have ran into that shower fully clothed and put a stop to whatever was going on. I hope I never have to find out.

The allegations against Sandusky span more than 15 years, beginning while he was still defensive coordinator in State College, affectionately known as “Happy Valley.” Here, we take a look at various stories and columns examining and reacting to the charges. There’s the anger of a loyal fan, the speechlessness of a biographer, the skepticism of a national columnist, the uncertainty of a local one and the disbelief in State College. The part that resonates most with me? McQueary’s courage. And his lack of courage. And his decisions, the ones he made and didn’t.