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Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: BostonPancake on October 27, 2012, 11:21:08 PM
Why is this guy even in the Heisman discussion???  He isn't anything special or done anything special.

Stats before tonight:

Total tackles:  69...good for 23rd in the nation.  The national leader has 102.
Interceptions:  4.....tied for 6th.  National leader has 7
Sacks: ZERO (has one tonight).  National leader has 9.5
Passes broken up/defended:  tied for 56th with 3/7.  National leader has 13/15.
Forced fumbles:  tied for 49th with 2 .  National leader has 4
Fumble recoveries:  tied for 17th with 2.  National leader has 3.

He doesn't lead the nation in ANYTHING!!!!!  What the eff????  Seriously, he's a dime a dozen linebacker.  I don't get it.  He's the Tyler Hansbrough for football.  He tries really hard and plays for a national "power".  That's it.



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Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on October 27, 2012, 11:22:45 PM
He has downs bad person, what he's doing is unprecedented
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Post by: Pendergast on October 27, 2012, 11:23:21 PM
Arthur is better, and doesn't have downs.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on October 27, 2012, 11:23:48 PM
All good questions, I've been been wondering that myself.
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Post by: chum1 on October 27, 2012, 11:25:09 PM
Did you not notice that he plays for Notre Dame?  That's just how it works with them.
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Post by: Hurricane Cat on October 27, 2012, 11:25:53 PM

There is no mystery here:  He plays for Notre Dame
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Post by: jtksu on October 27, 2012, 11:29:23 PM

There is no mystery here:  He plays for Notre Dame

Plus, he knows some people who recently died.
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Post by: 06wildcat on October 27, 2012, 11:34:33 PM
Leads the nation in being Mormon on a Catholic team.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pendergast on October 27, 2012, 11:36:51 PM
I'd like to see a stats comparo side by side of Arthur and Downs.
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Post by: AbeFroman on October 27, 2012, 11:49:17 PM
I know this is very OKcat... but Te apostrophe o wouldn't be in the discussion if he didn't have an Outside the Lines story built into his resume.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pendergast on October 27, 2012, 11:50:56 PM
I know this is very OKcat... but Te apostrophe o wouldn't be in the discussion if he didn't have an Outside the Lines story built into his resume.

It's not OKcat, it's just the truth.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: jtksu on October 27, 2012, 11:54:24 PM
I know this is very OKcat... but Te apostrophe o wouldn't be in the discussion if he didn't have an Outside the Lines story built into his resume.

Heard him on Rome.  Great/terrible story, sounds like a really good kid.  Give him some sort of most inspiring award or something and I'm totally cool with that.   Him even being mentioned for the Heisman is a joke.  (Also heard Bama's qb is making a push.  Also a rough ridin' joke.)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on October 27, 2012, 11:56:14 PM
Who hasn't been destroyed yet?  Bama's center?
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Post by: Shacks on October 27, 2012, 11:58:34 PM
I know this is very OKcat... but Te apostrophe o wouldn't be in the discussion if he didn't have an Outside the Lines story built into his resume.

Heard him on Rome.  Great/terrible story, sounds like a really good kid.  Give him some sort of most inspiring award or something and I'm totally cool with that.   Him even being mentioned for the Heisman is a joke.  (Also heard Bama's qb is making a push.  Also a rough ridin' joke.)

rough ridin' ridiculous for McCarron (Bama's QB) to be in the Heisman conversation.  There isn't one game in his career that Alabama won but they would have lost had his backup been playing instead of him.  Being important to your team's success ought to be a requirement for Heisman consideration.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on October 28, 2012, 12:07:11 AM
he is a monster stud you respects.

monster stud list of national list of studliest monster D studs:

jarvis / arthur / manti, in no particular order
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pett on October 28, 2012, 12:08:31 AM
It's because his mom died and his girlfriend has cancer or something
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Post by: jaa1025 on October 28, 2012, 12:17:25 AM
Arthur Brown > Manti Te'o.  Manti just plays on ND.
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Post by: michigancat on October 28, 2012, 03:01:30 AM
pro tip: he's not in the discussion. Not really, anyway.
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Post by: star seed 7 on October 28, 2012, 03:14:29 AM
pro tip: he's not in the discussion. Not really, anyway.

there are enough old school people out there that will never vote for a defensive player.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on October 28, 2012, 05:47:47 AM
He may have no chance of winning, but he very well may be invited to the ceremony and is being discussed a crap ton by non voters.  That crap by itself is annoying as hell.
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Post by: Lrrrrman on October 28, 2012, 06:52:05 AM
The creation of this thread should sum it up pretty well. Why even point out how pedestrian his numbers are? You're just adding fuel to the fire.
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Post by: Frankenklein on October 28, 2012, 09:33:41 AM
    I think his really rough ridin' old grandma died or something
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Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on October 28, 2012, 10:01:24 AM
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Lrrrrman on October 28, 2012, 10:24:48 AM
    I think his really rough ridin' old grandma died or something

Quick, somebody call the OTL crew.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Bookcat on October 28, 2012, 10:29:04 AM
Teo is a damn good linebacker. Big as hell too......but, The guy doesn't have a single first place Hiesman vote....so...chillax


http://espn.go.com/college-football/heisman/
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: HELLHAMMER on October 28, 2012, 10:49:57 AM
Teo is a damn good linebacker. Big as hell too......but, The guy doesn't have a single first place Hiesman vote....so...chillax


http://espn.go.com/college-football/heisman/

He'll make a damn fine NFL special teamer that was drafted in round 1.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on October 28, 2012, 12:42:32 PM
A defensive player having a strangle hold on 2nd place in the Heisman race only shows how far ahead Klein is from any serious competitor.
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Post by: michigancat on October 28, 2012, 01:12:14 PM
A defensive player having a strangle hold on 2nd place in the Heisman race only shows how far ahead Klein is from any serious competitor.

Yep.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: felix rex on October 28, 2012, 01:57:24 PM
Klein is basically handing out roses to the four dudes he wants to travel to NYC with.
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Post by: EMAWmeister on January 16, 2013, 03:24:32 PM
http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 :bwpopcorn:
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Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 03:31:36 PM
 :lol:

eff that guy
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Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 03:33:17 PM
  :sdeek: :runaway: :runaway: :runaway: :sdeek:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 03:34:02 PM
Could be an episode of Catfish??  :dunno:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 16, 2013, 03:34:24 PM
Deadspin just Newsroom'd everyone.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 03:38:48 PM
i just read this.

holy crap.

i really hope for his sake that the deadspin story isn't true, because if it is then he's a super shitty human being.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bigwillie20 on January 16, 2013, 03:41:14 PM
So is his tackling ability
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Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 16, 2013, 03:41:19 PM
what a POS if true.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 03:42:17 PM
he'll never play a down in the NFL is this is true.  there is no way.

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Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 03:43:16 PM
 :sdeek:

holy omg
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 03:45:32 PM
i'm stunned as crap right now.  wonder how long espn and si will take to run with it?
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Post by: bigwillie20 on January 16, 2013, 03:45:52 PM
Does Notre Dame get to claim trolling other fanbases world title now?  :ohno:
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Post by: ManBearPig on January 16, 2013, 03:46:09 PM
It was all a ruse!  :sdeek:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 03:46:14 PM
ESPN wouldn't touch this story with NBC Sports' dick
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 16, 2013, 03:50:25 PM
Since Te'o is a fraud, and Johnny Football is one tweet away from starting Race Riots, is CK our 2012 Re-Heisman front runner.
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Post by: DQ12 on January 16, 2013, 03:51:08 PM
 :sdeek:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 03:51:08 PM
notre dame friend is in complete denial stage
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 16, 2013, 03:54:43 PM
Hurry up and draft that guy.  He is like the mindfuck version of Suh.  Gonna be great. :excited:
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Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 03:57:00 PM
Quote
@richarddeitsch Tim Burke from Deadspin joins @GottliebShow on @CBSSportsRadio in 10 minutes at 5 ET. Listen live: http://CBSSports.com/radio
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 03:58:30 PM
going to listen to this for sure
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 16, 2013, 03:58:52 PM
Quote
The photographs identified as Kekua—in online tributes and on TV news reports—are pictures from the social-media accounts of a 22-year-old California woman who is not named Lennay Kekua. She is not a Stanford graduate; she has not been in a severe car accident; and she does not have leukemia. And she has never met Manti Te'o.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 16, 2013, 04:00:55 PM
what.
the.
eff.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 16, 2013, 04:02:20 PM
LOL at the media that pressed his story so hard without even looking into it in the least.

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Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 04:02:52 PM
Wow.
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Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 04:03:55 PM
doug about to come back on with the guy who investigated    :eek:
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Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 16, 2013, 04:04:53 PM
more like Man-LIE Te'o
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Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 04:07:57 PM
So blessed.
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Post by: EMAWmeister on January 16, 2013, 04:13:20 PM
The chiefs are going to draft him in like, the fourth round now.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 16, 2013, 04:13:29 PM
I hope CK takes him up on his invitation to visit Hawai'i. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 04:14:22 PM
this guy is doing a good job of not saying that manti knew about it, but he had to have known....his buddy was running the twitter account.  there's no way that a guy was "dating" a fake girl that was actually his bud. 

fanning?  confirm?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 16, 2013, 04:14:54 PM
this guy is doing a good job of not saying that manti knew about it, but he had to have known....his buddy was running the twitter account.  there's no way that a guy was "dating" a fake girl that was actually his bud. 

fanning?  confirm?

HE just said it.
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Post by: chum1 on January 16, 2013, 04:15:24 PM
I mean, good God.
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Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 04:15:54 PM
i stepped away for about 2 minutes, but from what i've heard he has side-stepped around completely blasting manti
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Post by: chum1 on January 16, 2013, 04:17:00 PM
He doesn't have to blast Manti.  Everyone knows.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 04:18:07 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax


wtf, story is so weird
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Post by: TheHamburglar on January 16, 2013, 04:18:25 PM
Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
Notre Dame statement: "Notre Dame coaches informed Dec 26 by Manti Te’o & parents Manti had been victim of what appears to be a hoax"

Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
ND: "Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself w/Manti & then conspired w/others to lead him believe she had tragically died of leukemia"

Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
ND: "Proper authorities continue to investigate, this appears to be, at minimum, a sad & very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators"

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Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 04:19:32 PM
#fatty is wheelin and dealin some karma right now. You eff with K-State you eff with #fatty.

Chip Kelly.... check
Oregon's imminent probation.... check
Manti Teo... check
Manziel......
Art Bryles.....
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Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 16, 2013, 04:20:05 PM
Lies make baby Jesus cry.
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Post by: bigwillie20 on January 16, 2013, 04:22:12 PM
#fatty is wheelin and dealin some karma right now. You eff with K-State you eff with #fatty.

Chip Kelly.... check
Oregon's imminent probation.... check
Manti Teo... check
Manziel......
Art Bryles.....

Also add in Stoops bros for claiming 1/2 of our trophy
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Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 04:22:51 PM
So Manti Te'o had basically never met his 'girlfriend'? That is just mind blowing.
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Post by: Mr Bread on January 16, 2013, 04:24:38 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax


wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may. 
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Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 04:26:37 PM
Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
Notre Dame statement: "Notre Dame coaches informed Dec 26 by Manti Te’o & parents Manti had been victim of what appears to be a hoax"

Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
ND: "Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself w/Manti & then conspired w/others to lead him believe she had tragically died of leukemia"

Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
ND: "Proper authorities continue to investigate, this appears to be, at minimum, a sad & very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators"

Yeah, like I believe the school that helped cover up rapes in 2010 and their head coach murdering a student.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 16, 2013, 04:26:42 PM
Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
Notre Dame statement: "Notre Dame coaches informed Dec 26 by Manti Te’o & parents Manti had been victim of what appears to be a hoax"

Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
ND: "Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself w/Manti & then conspired w/others to lead him believe she had tragically died of leukemia"

Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
ND: "Proper authorities continue to investigate, this appears to be, at minimum, a sad & very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators"
..

You would think after 2013 years, my fellow Catholics would be better at coming up with a better coverup story.
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Post by: CNS on January 16, 2013, 04:27:10 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax


wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may.

Yeah, it's either 1. the secret gay thing, 2. he is a lying liar that put forth a story to ride to the heisman, or 3. it's a hoax and he is the biggest Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) in the entire world.
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Post by: ben ji on January 16, 2013, 04:27:38 PM
LOL at the media that pressed his story so hard without even looking into it in the least.

This is what I dont understand. How lazy do these journalists have to be to never do any research on his GF that "died".

Never wanted to talk to her family? Ask what they thought of Teo?

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Post by: Mr Bread on January 16, 2013, 04:29:28 PM
Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
Notre Dame statement: "Notre Dame coaches informed Dec 26 by Manti Te’o & parents Manti had been victim of what appears to be a hoax"

Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
ND: "Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself w/Manti & then conspired w/others to lead him believe she had tragically died of leukemia"

Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
ND: "Proper authorities continue to investigate, this appears to be, at minimum, a sad & very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators"
..

You would think after 2013 years, my fellow Catholics would be better at coming up with a better coverup story.

I really enjoy that they're also blaming a girl that didn't exist.  Oh and leaving it to the "proper authorities" to sort out. 
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Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 04:29:41 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax

wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may.

That would still be a hoax, but it isn't the least believable thing.  Also, why kill the girl off and use it to further your story?
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Post by: DQ12 on January 16, 2013, 04:31:01 PM
LOL at the media that pressed his story so hard without even looking into it in the least.

This is what I dont understand. How lazy do these journalists have to be to never do any research on his GF that "died".
Well, Fitz is a relatively wealthy cfb journalist. So I think that tells you all you really need to know about cfb journalists.

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Post by: MadCat on January 16, 2013, 04:31:26 PM
Time to dig up grandma
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Post by: Mr Bread on January 16, 2013, 04:32:08 PM
The chiefs are going to draft him in like, the fourth round now.

Maybe he'll get a second sympathy bump for having been catfished.  Guys he's just too trusting and honest to have figured it out.  So he still gets credit for playing through his fake girlfriend's death and now he's the victim here.  Could he profit from this too?  Stay tuned folks.
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Post by: chum1 on January 16, 2013, 04:33:41 PM
Even if Manti was the victim of a hoax, why did he go along with it rather than expose it?  He still looks bad, right?
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Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 04:34:16 PM
he is definitely in on it

he has personally claimed to have actually met her
he has personally claimed to have talked to her on the phone

LOL @ proper authorities though, unless she got money out of him there is nothing close to a crime happening.
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Post by: ManBearTurkey on January 16, 2013, 04:34:58 PM
Best roast beef sandwich ever.
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Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 04:35:04 PM
Even if he wasn't in on it, HE NEVER MET THE GIRL......like EVER

But he was in on it, garbage human being
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Post by: TheHamburglar on January 16, 2013, 04:35:46 PM
Best roast beef sandwich ever.

 :lol:
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Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 04:35:50 PM
Best roast beef sandwich ever.

get out of here D Scott  :shakesfist:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 16, 2013, 04:35:59 PM
It's not a hoax.  I mean, the story references them visiting each other and stuff.  The story is they met in person not online.  He is in on it, or he made her up to cover up his relationship with a d00d, like a Ricky Martin song.  She doesn't bang, but Ricky sure thinks he does.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 04:36:39 PM
It's not a hoax.  I mean, the story references them visiting each other and stuff.  The story is they met in person not online.  He is in on it, or he made her up to cover up his relationship with a d00d, like a Ricky Martin song.  She doesn't bang, but Ricky sure thinks he does.

its still a hoax, its just that he is a perpetrator.
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Post by: CNS on January 16, 2013, 04:37:39 PM
well, yeah, I meant one wasn't perpetrated on him as per ND's statement
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Post by: TheHamburglar on January 16, 2013, 04:37:45 PM
Brett McMurphy ?@McMurphyESPN
This is real: San Diego State remains in MWC, will not join Big East

 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 04:38:42 PM
I guess it is possible he is a super dumb and gullible catfish victim, and he was really internet in love with her but he made up lies about meeting her and talking to her so no one would make fun of him for having an internet girlfriend he has never met or shared voices with.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 16, 2013, 04:38:51 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax

wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may.

That would still be a hoax, but it isn't the least believable thing.  Also, why kill the girl off and use it to further your story?

There's a lot of pressure on football players not to be openly gay.  Maybe they realized their forbidden love was too risky for Manti's career and they decided it would be romantic to end their relationship by publicly killing it.  Meaningful symbolism here for those guys.  They're entitled to mourn the loss of their love 8mp.  Media support was just an unintended benefit.  He still suffered and played through it.  Even steven then? :dunno:
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Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 04:39:55 PM
lol gay mormon catholic school football player
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 04:40:08 PM
How do you defend him if you're a ND fan?? Pretty sure you can't
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Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 16, 2013, 04:41:23 PM
My goodness I am glad we had Collin Klein at K-State. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 16, 2013, 04:41:59 PM
Now playing Notre Dame would have hurt the image of our program
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ben ji on January 16, 2013, 04:43:28 PM
Someone should make a ND meltdown thread...

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Are you serious?  I hope you both get banned.  To even repeat such non sense.  Dead spin needs to be shutdown and Im not joking.  You really think they would make up that kind of lie?  What kind of journalism Is this?
Roar like a Wildcat, Fight like an Irishman!
 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 16, 2013, 04:43:45 PM
#teamHollyRowe

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Holly Rowe
@sportsiren
Regardless of the truth of this Manti Te'o situation. Excellent reminder for journalists to research and confirm everything diligently.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 16, 2013, 04:44:05 PM
Remembering Lennay Kekua, Before the Biggest Game of Manti Te'o's Life   

All she wanted were white roses.

Lennay Kekua, the longtime girlfriend of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, passed away on September 11, 2012 after losing an extended battle with leukemia.

Prior to her passing, the 22-year-old Stanford student made her boyfriend promise two things: that he wouldn’t miss any football because of her condition, and that he give her a bouquet of white roses after she was gone.

The news of Kekua’s death was one of two staggering emotional blows the talented linebacker and Heisman Trophy candidate experienced this season, and both of them occurred on the exact same day in September within the span of a few hours.

Six hours after hearing his grandmother Annette Santiago had died of cancer, Te’o was hammered with the news that Kekua had also passed, knocking out yet another pillar of strength for an already emotionally devastated young man.

How It Began: Kekua met Te’o during her freshman year at Stanford, and within a year the two were steadily dating and vacationing together in Hawaii, where Te’o was raised. Both were unaware of Kekua’s condition until she was involved in a serious car accident her sophomore year, and testing during her recuperation period in the hospital spotted cancerous cells in her blood.

Devastated but not destroyed, Te’o drew on the strength and courage Kekua had shown in her final months and continued to play on through his period of mourning—keeping his final promise to her and taking the field against Michigan on September 22, the day of Kekua’s funeral. Te’o told reporters:

I knew when they were going to close the casket, It was during walkthrough. I remember I asked Coach [Bob] Diaco, "Coach, what time is it?" And he said "It’s 12:01."

That would be 9:01 California time, and nine o’clock is when they closed the casket for my girlfriend. So I had a moment then.


Te’o would go on to make eight tackles and snag two interceptions against the Wolverines in front of a crowd of Notre Dame fans, many of whom wore Hawaiian leis in support of their star player whose whole life had been turned upside down in the past week.

Te’o “sent” his two interceptions to Kekua, along with a single bouquet of white flowers he had placed on her grave.

“It was possibly the hardest thing I’ve had to do so far,” said Te’o. “To be able to operate and continue with my daily routine while knowing I just lost two women who I truly love.”


Te’o’s continued excellence at linebacker this season established him as a Heisman frontrunner and helped elevate Notre Dame’s football team to a 12-0 record and the No. 1 ranking in the land.

Tonight Te’o and the Fighting Irish look to extend that record to a perfect 13-0 and beat the Alabama Crimson Tide for the program’s first national title since 1988.

Win or lose, I think we all know Lennay Kekua will be smiling down on the Irish tonight, and Te’o will do his very best to honor her for his last time in the blue and gold of Notre Dame.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 04:44:31 PM
Whats the ND board? I'd love to read the meltdown
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 04:45:04 PM
hey guys we really need to post awesome things here that delusional Notre Dumbs post on their boards about this, okay? tia.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 16, 2013, 04:46:36 PM
lol gay mormon catholic school football player

When you think about it, being Morman and Catholic would be pretty solid cover as to why you're not just running through sluts while being such a stud football player.  He couldn't on account of how religious he was/saving himself for marriage with a woman/etc.  All the while he is just crushin dudes on the down low. :driving:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 04:46:45 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax

wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may.

That would still be a hoax, but it isn't the least believable thing.  Also, why kill the girl off and use it to further your story?

There's a lot of pressure on football players not to be openly gay.  Maybe they realized their forbidden love was too risky for Manti's career and they decided it would be romantic to end their relationship by publicly killing it.  Meaningful symbolism here for those guys.  They're entitled to mourn the loss of their love 8mp.  Media support was just an unintended benefit.  He still suffered and played through it.  Even steven then? :dunno:

Gay is 'in' thesedays. If anything, being secretly gay would have garnered even more media attention/support
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: The1BigWillie on January 16, 2013, 04:48:55 PM
Time to dig up grandma

How OK_Cat didn't post this I'll never know....
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 16, 2013, 04:49:43 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax

wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may.

That would still be a hoax, but it isn't the least believable thing.  Also, why kill the girl off and use it to further your story?

There's a lot of pressure on football players not to be openly gay.  Maybe they realized their forbidden love was too risky for Manti's career and they decided it would be romantic to end their relationship by publicly killing it.  Meaningful symbolism here for those guys.  They're entitled to mourn the loss of their love 8mp.  Media support was just an unintended benefit.  He still suffered and played through it.  Even steven then? :dunno:

Gay is 'in' thesedays. If anything, being secretly gay would have garnered even more media attention/support
 

Name one openly gay football star.  Don't be a dumbass Abe.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 04:50:37 PM
Time to dig up grandma

How OK_Cat didn't post this I'll never know....

shut the hell up
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 16, 2013, 04:50:58 PM
LOL at the media that pressed his story so hard without even looking into it in the least.

Agreed.  This story should be more embarrassing for the media than Te'o/Notre Dame but since the media reports the news they sure as hell won't make themselves look bad.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 04:51:17 PM
:lol: at this guy crying on the Gottlieb show about having to tell his son about the hoax
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 16, 2013, 04:52:03 PM
this is so awful.

like, i post crap about dead people to troll, but this guy did it for publicity and for a national audience.  what a shithead.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 04:52:27 PM
Deadspin just teabagged the sports world today
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ben ji on January 16, 2013, 04:55:04 PM
Teo just trolled the entire country...
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 16, 2013, 04:56:33 PM
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Eric Appel ?@erockappel
Just saw "MANTI TE'O + KEYSER SOZE" with a heart around it etched into a tree in Carson, CA.
  :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 16, 2013, 04:57:07 PM
Dont blame the media, there was some sort of issue with getting the "Long Form" birth certificate from Hawaii for Lenny
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 04:58:38 PM
Modern Seinfeld @SeinfeldToday
Elaine finds herself at the center of a controversy when a college football star uses her photo as a picture of his fake dead girlfriend

 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 04:58:51 PM
LOL at the media that pressed his story so hard without even looking into it in the least.

Agreed.  This story should be more embarrassing for the media than Te'o/Notre Dame but since the media reports the news they sure as hell won't make themselves look bad.

ESPN seems to be the ones that pushed this the hardest. The same media outlet that brought us Sarah Phillips.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 16, 2013, 04:59:51 PM
Deadspin just teabagged the sports world today

Kind of easy when there mouth is still open after taking Te'o's gay male genitals.

Ever think this girlfriend cover was not for Te'o to hide him being gay but to cover it up from the homophobic big money donors.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: FP TC etc. on January 16, 2013, 05:00:10 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax

wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may.

That would still be a hoax, but it isn't the least believable thing.  Also, why kill the girl off and use it to further your story?

There's a lot of pressure on football players not to be openly gay.  Maybe they realized their forbidden love was too risky for Manti's career and they decided it would be romantic to end their relationship by publicly killing it.  Meaningful symbolism here for those guys.  They're entitled to mourn the loss of their love 8mp.  Media support was just an unintended benefit.  He still suffered and played through it.  Even steven then? :dunno:

Gay is 'in' thesedays. If anything, being secretly gay would have garnered even more media attention/support
 

Name one openly gay football star.  Don't be a dumbass Abe.

That one shitty former 49ers QB?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 16, 2013, 05:02:05 PM
Modern Seinfeld @SeinfeldToday
Elaine finds herself at the center of a controversy when a college football star uses her photo as a picture of his fake dead girlfriend

 :lol:

that's great
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 16, 2013, 05:04:03 PM
Anyone else think Teo should go the "crying wrestling fan" and see if he can get a web redemption on Tosh.O
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 16, 2013, 05:05:27 PM
Also whats the over/under on Mantai offing himself after this?

I put the odds at 65/35 he does it in the next 2 weeks
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: wiley on January 16, 2013, 05:07:10 PM
LOL at the media that pressed his story so hard without even looking into it in the least.

Agreed.  This story should be more embarrassing for the media than Te'o/Notre Dame but since the media reports the news they sure as hell won't make themselves look bad.

ESPN seems to be the ones that pushed this the hardest. The same media outlet that brought us Sarah Phillips.

Deadspin and ESPN haven't been the best of buds in recently.  This is more than just a warning shot, Deadspin has previously taken aim at ESPN's journalistic "integrity".
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 05:08:08 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax

wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may.

That would still be a hoax, but it isn't the least believable thing.  Also, why kill the girl off and use it to further your story?

There's a lot of pressure on football players not to be openly gay.  Maybe they realized their forbidden love was too risky for Manti's career and they decided it would be romantic to end their relationship by publicly killing it.  Meaningful symbolism here for those guys.  They're entitled to mourn the loss of their love 8mp.  Media support was just an unintended benefit.  He still suffered and played through it.  Even steven then? :dunno:

Gay is 'in' thesedays. If anything, being secretly gay would have garnered even more media attention/support
 

Name one openly gay football star.  Don't be a dumbass Abe.

You're right, there are none. Which would make it an even bigger story
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 16, 2013, 05:11:26 PM
Lennay Kekua probably means "ha ha fooled you" in Hawaiian.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 05:16:42 PM
ESPN just devoted its first 15 minutes to Chip Kelly. Te'o coming next.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 16, 2013, 05:17:05 PM
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 05:18:01 PM
http://theoriginalwinger.com/2012-10-17-listen-to-this-manti-teos-interview-on-the-jim-rome-radio-show-mteo_5-via-jimrome

Rome: Tell me about her. What was she like?
Manti: Man, I can't describe her...
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 16, 2013, 05:18:38 PM
Go Cats You Guys!

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Colin is Blue Steel'ing the crap out of that photo
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on January 16, 2013, 05:22:35 PM
SO rough ridin' WEIRD
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 05:23:04 PM
Here's a great thread

http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/leprechaun-lounge/84692-lennay-kekua-possible-hoax.html


Lots of Mormon bashing, prayers that she actually did exist/die for ND's reputation's sake, "ND's morals are what separates us from everyone else"... you get the picture.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Winters on January 16, 2013, 05:25:26 PM
great PR move. what a douche, though.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MixBerryCrunch on January 16, 2013, 05:27:32 PM
Oh man, is there anyone in the world that it would suck more to be right now than Manti Te'O? He will not get drafted now, just no way in hell. Which is good for the NFL because he is as shitty a linebacker as he is a human.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWzified on January 16, 2013, 05:28:35 PM
Has anyone seen the obit of Thomas Robinson's mom?  :dunno:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 05:29:17 PM
Oh man, is there anyone in the world that it would suck more to be right now than Manti Te'O? He will not get drafted now, just no way in hell. Which is good for the NFL because he is as shitty a linebacker as he is a human.

I don't think an NFL team looking to win games will give a crap about this.  He will go in the first two or three rounds.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 16, 2013, 05:29:53 PM
w@w
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Winters on January 16, 2013, 05:32:25 PM
either he is trying to cover this up (what I believe) or he got catfish'd  :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on January 16, 2013, 05:34:02 PM
Either way, he's a rough ridin' idiot. That's for sure.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 05:35:28 PM
He deserves all of this
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 16, 2013, 05:37:00 PM
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Update (6:10 p.m.): Manti Te'o's statement:

This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating. It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life. I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was. Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: HELLHAMMER on January 16, 2013, 05:38:09 PM
Manti Gay'o.    Own it boy, it isn't the 80's anymore.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 16, 2013, 05:38:27 PM
Either way, he's a rough ridin' idiot. That's for sure.

Loser didn't even get laid in his Catfish experience :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 16, 2013, 05:39:50 PM
notre dame saying that manti and his family informed them on december 26 that he was the victim of a hoax

wtf, story is so weird

This isn't about any hoaxes.  Clearly Manti was just gay with the dude running the account.  It was a way for them to be all lovie dovie in public without being outed as mommies.  Sometimes being secretly gay in public has its downside.  I say if you want to bang a dude, then bang you a fuckin dude and let those chips fall where they may.

That would still be a hoax, but it isn't the least believable thing.  Also, why kill the girl off and use it to further your story?

There's a lot of pressure on football players not to be openly gay.  Maybe they realized their forbidden love was too risky for Manti's career and they decided it would be romantic to end their relationship by publicly killing it.  Meaningful symbolism here for those guys.  They're entitled to mourn the loss of their love 8mp.  Media support was just an unintended benefit.  He still suffered and played through it.  Even steven then? :dunno:

Gay is 'in' thesedays. If anything, being secretly gay would have garnered even more media attention/support
 

Name one openly gay football star.  Don't be a dumbass Abe.

You're right, there are none. Which would make it an even bigger story

Openly gay doesn't win the Heisman for a linebacker and you rough ridin' know it.  Bigger story for the media?  rough ridin' of course.  The kind of press a football player wants in his Heisman campaign?  No rough ridin' way.  I told you not to be a dumbass Abe, but you did it anyway.  Pud move being such a dumbass Abe, pud move. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 'taterblast on January 16, 2013, 05:41:14 PM
eff him. he told reporters after her "death" that "her family" didn't want any pictures or obituaries of her released.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Winters on January 16, 2013, 05:41:40 PM
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 05:42:42 PM
OK,  now it looks like they're spinning this as Te'o was a hoax victim. Someone tricked him on the phone and on Twitter. The Deadspin piece has a quote from Te'o's father saying the girlfriend came to Hawaii when Mantei was home, so they'd meet there. Guys, this is gonna be really interesting.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 05:43:07 PM
Either way, he's a rough ridin' idiot. That's for sure.

Loser didn't even get laid in his Catfish experience :lol:

Yeah I'm not really sure you understand how any of this works.

Also, this will be fun:
http://www.domerdomain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42998&page=5

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The only reason the fraudster pulled this off was because he was dealing with an exceedingly decent and guileless young man who wear's his great Christian love for others on his sleeve, and probably could not in his wildest imagination envision the possibility of such duplicity from someone purported to be a sick, dying young woman.

People are sick.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 16, 2013, 05:43:55 PM
OK,  now it looks like they're spinning this as Te'o was a hoax victim. Someone tricked him on the phone and on Twitter. The Deadspin piece has a quote from Te'o's father saying the girlfriend came to Hawaii when Mantei was home, so they'd meet there. Guys, this is gonna be really interesting.

yeah, he shoulda read the article first.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 16, 2013, 05:45:08 PM
eff him. he told reporters after her "death" that "her family" didn't want any pictures or obituaries of her released.

He's unquestionably a total piece of crap.  The rough ridin' official ND press release states that he and his family told ND it was fake on December 26th, yet ND and Teo let the press continue to run with right on through the NC game including Teo still talking it up in interviews. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 16, 2013, 05:46:21 PM
OK,  now it looks like they're spinning this as Te'o was a hoax victim. Someone tricked him on the phone and on Twitter. The Deadspin piece has a quote from Te'o's father saying the girlfriend came to Hawaii when Mantei was home, so they'd meet there. Guys, this is gonna be really interesting.

Yep either way. They are lying but why.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWzified on January 16, 2013, 05:46:50 PM
Lance Armstrong gotta be, like, hey cool, now nobody will care what I told that fat bitch.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MixBerryCrunch on January 16, 2013, 05:47:29 PM
Oh man, is there anyone in the world that it would suck more to be right now than Manti Te'O? He will not get drafted now, just no way in hell. Which is good for the NFL because he is as shitty a linebacker as he is a human.

I don't think an NFL team looking to win games will give a crap about this.  He will go in the first two or three rounds.

Why would they draft a shitty linebacker with even shittier character?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 05:49:15 PM
Lance Armstrong gotta be, like, hey cool, now nobody will care what I told that fat bitch.

Was definitely just about to post that Lance Armstrong is the big winner in all of this.
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Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 05:50:07 PM
 :lol:

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kansas_troll_patrol on January 16, 2013, 05:53:01 PM
This all makes me question my long time twitter relationship with Ke$ha   :dunno:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 16, 2013, 05:57:07 PM
I don't even...
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 05:57:19 PM
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 'taterblast on January 16, 2013, 05:58:18 PM
 :horrorsurprise:  :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 06:00:45 PM
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overblown story, actually boring.   Internet scam, Manti fell for it.  That's the only WOW is see.  But the haters are out in full force.    Face it people, ND IS the story in college football.  I thought the beating they took in the NCG would effect that fact, but apparently ND is still ND, the most important team in college football.  The vistors here only prove my point.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Winters on January 16, 2013, 06:03:15 PM
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:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 06:04:21 PM
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overblown story, actually boring.   Internet scam, Manti fell for it.  That's the only WOW is see.  But the haters are out in full force.    Face it people, ND IS the story in college football.  I thought the beating they took in the NCG would effect that fact, but apparently ND is still ND, the most important team in college football.  The vistors here only prove my point.


It's just so amazing to be able to have the internet in all of this. God bless the information superhighway.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 16, 2013, 06:05:38 PM
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overblown story, actually boring.   Internet scam, Manti fell for it.  That's the only WOW is see.  But the haters are out in full force.    Face it people, ND IS the story in college football.  I thought the beating they took in the NCG would effect that fact, but apparently ND is still ND, the most important team in college football.  The vistors here only prove my point.


It's just so amazing to be able to have the internet in all of this. God bless the information superhighway.

Can't imagine how people handled big stories like this in the pre-Internet days
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 'taterblast on January 16, 2013, 06:07:02 PM
i think it's funny that the original thread title is perfect and doesn't need changing even after all that came out today.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 06wildcat on January 16, 2013, 06:10:03 PM
NoSuch Dame


Te'o violates Notre Dame ethics code with fake dead girlfriend

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: pvegs on January 16, 2013, 06:10:24 PM
i think it's funny that the original thread title is perfect and doesn't need changing even after all that came out today.

I thought it had been modded at first but now it just looks like a brilliant bit of clairvoyance by Boston Pancake.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 06:10:38 PM
So ESPN is culpable in this, right?  Just shows that their "journalists" did no fact checking whatsoever when they were shamelessly trumpeting the story as another way to attract Notre Dame fans.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 06:11:20 PM
i think it's funny that the original thread title is perfect and doesn't need changing even after all that came out today.

I thought it had been modded at first but now it just looks like a brilliant bit of clairvoyance by Boston Pancake.

That's a hilarious sentence that you just typed out in that there post.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 16, 2013, 06:12:56 PM
So ESPN is culpable in this, right?  Just shows that their "journalists" did no fact checking whatsoever when they were shamelessly trumpeting the story as another way to attract Notre Dame fans.

Yep, but they aren't going to call out their own lack of integrity and fact checking.  Hope Fox Sports, Rivals, CBS Sports and NBC Sports all take the time to rip the World Wide Leader over this.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 16, 2013, 06:13:18 PM
So whos lookin in tebows closet.

Id bet hes got a count at least as high as beems.

Id even be willing to bet hes pulled some stuff with a candle, a crucifix, six inches of bubble tape and an english muffin that would make tiger woods blush at the depravity.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 06:14:40 PM
So whos lookin in tebows closet.

Id bet hes got a count at least as high as beems.

Id even be willing to bet hes pulled some stuff with a candle, a crucifix, six inches of bubble tape and an english muffin that would make tiger woods blush at the depravity.

lolwut??
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 06:15:20 PM
LOL: http://www.domerdomain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42995
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on January 16, 2013, 06:18:17 PM
What a pickle.  :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 16, 2013, 06:28:34 PM
So ESPN is culpable in this, right?  Just shows that their "journalists" did no fact checking whatsoever when they were shamelessly trumpeting the story as another way to attract Notre Dame fans.

Yep, but they aren't going to call out their own lack of integrity and fact checking.  Hope Fox Sports, Rivals, CBS Sports and NBC Sports all take the time to rip the World Wide Leader over this.

The problem is they all participated in the lack of fact checking, too.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 16, 2013, 06:31:44 PM
I expect it, but am still amazed every time administrators/executives go into cover-up mode.   
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 16, 2013, 06:32:42 PM
Did Weis recruit him?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 16, 2013, 06:35:08 PM
So ESPN is culpable in this, right?  Just shows that their "journalists" did no fact checking whatsoever when they were shamelessly trumpeting the story as another way to attract Notre Dame fans.

Yep, but they aren't going to call out their own lack of integrity and fact checking.  Hope Fox Sports, Rivals, CBS Sports and NBC Sports all take the time to rip the World Wide Leader over this.

The problem is they all participated in the lack of fact checking, too.

yeah. Everyone did a rough ridin' story on it.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 16, 2013, 06:43:29 PM
So ESPN is culpable in this, right?  Just shows that their "journalists" did no fact checking whatsoever when they were shamelessly trumpeting the story as another way to attract Notre Dame fans.

Yep, but they aren't going to call out their own lack of integrity and fact checking.  Hope Fox Sports, Rivals, CBS Sports and NBC Sports all take the time to rip the World Wide Leader over this.

The problem is they all participated in the lack of fact checking, too.

yeah. Everyone did a rough ridin' story on it.

True, but ESPN harped on that story more than most.  I really hope they don't try to paint Te'o and Notre Dame as victims in all of this.  Notre Dame should be absolutely torched by all media outlets for keeping quiet when they found out Te'o's girlfriend wasn't real on December 26th.  They let reporters run with that sob story up to the title game.

I can get why Notre Dame wouldn't say anything because they don't want distractions leading up to that game, but if that was the case they should have come clean within a day or two after they lost to Alabama.  Looks like they were just going to sweep it under the rug and hope nobody found out.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 16, 2013, 06:44:30 PM
ESPN is 24 hour news cycle...of course they ran with it.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ednksu on January 16, 2013, 06:44:57 PM
Quote from: Liar
Manti Te'o's statement:

This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating. It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life. I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was. Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 06:47:27 PM
LOL: http://www.domerdomain.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42995

Deadspin story was posted at 4:10pm today

The last comment in that thread was 9:39pm last night

Woah.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 16, 2013, 06:48:21 PM
Quote from: Liar
Manti Te'o's statement:

This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating. It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life. I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was. Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft.

This might as well read:

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Manti Teo thinks the entire world is an even bigger dumbass than he is.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 06:51:32 PM
There are numerous statements from him that they met in person a few times. Now it's "We only ever talked online"

What a dumbass.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: emawer on January 16, 2013, 06:52:07 PM
Sources also say Collin Klein gave wife Shalin a peck on the lips after the rehearsal dinner.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: KazzuKhatz on January 16, 2013, 06:59:33 PM
The Te'o story today was definitely one of the more enjoyable days on twitter for me. Top 5 all time off the top of my head
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on January 16, 2013, 07:00:24 PM
From the phog:

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RE: Manti Te'o - Catfish victim or a fraud?  (3 votes)

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BenJ1133 wrote: I think he's gay.

Playing for the highest profile conservative catholic school in the nation and being their star player among that. He probably made up the girlfriend to throw people off his personal life.

I don't know, just my theory, I just can't imagine anyone making a fake dead girlfriend purely for publicity.
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 07:02:20 PM
The Te'o story today was definitely one of the more enjoyable days on twitter for me. Top 5 all time off the top of my head

I thoroughly enjoyed twitter today as well. No work was done after I saw the deadspin article
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 16, 2013, 07:06:12 PM
That and Chip Kelly....great day.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 07:13:17 PM
The Te'o story today was definitely one of the more enjoyable days on twitter for me. Top 5 all time off the top of my head

I thoroughly enjoyed twitter today as well. No work was done after I saw the deadspin article

Definitely brought my workday to a screeching halt.

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: KazzuKhatz on January 16, 2013, 07:15:22 PM
ND press conference live on ESPN News right now.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: KazzuKhatz on January 16, 2013, 07:16:48 PM
Swarbrick is referencing CATFISH the TV show. Must watch TV
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: DQ12 on January 16, 2013, 07:20:02 PM
college football is the greatest thing
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: KazzuKhatz on January 16, 2013, 07:23:23 PM
Swarbrick is referencing CATFISH the TV show. Must watch TV


LINK?!? ESPN in NOLA is showing some dumb NBA game. WTF.

EspnNEWS not ESPN. Idk about any online links
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: wetwillie on January 16, 2013, 07:24:48 PM
This is just fantastic
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 07:27:24 PM
Missed that post. Just drove home super fast from work and a friend told me it was on ESPN. :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 06wildcat on January 16, 2013, 07:35:08 PM
Notre Dame's position on this is that a group of people spent the last three or four years creating a fake online/phone identity to scam a football player no one outside of South Bend had heard about until last fall. Sounds legit.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 16, 2013, 07:37:48 PM
Teo's work here makes goEMAW and Arkansas fans look like amateur hour. Teo is definitely BITB at this, now fooling his own school.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ew2x4 on January 16, 2013, 07:38:59 PM
I just want to say I'm greatly enjoying this.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 07:41:09 PM
Notre Dame's position on this is that a group of people spent the last three or four years creating a fake online/phone identity to scam a football player no one outside of South Bend had heard about until last fall. Sounds legit.

Yep. The press conference from the very beginning was a giant charade of hoaxes and victims. I'm now firmly in the camp that this d00d knew, at least for a long time.

Also...LOL @ the whole "Totally, we learned about this on December 26th and we were gonna come out with it and tell the media all about it, but totally we just wanted to let the private investigators run through everything first. Oh and we suspect these guys were just trying to extort him."

WUT.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 16, 2013, 07:41:49 PM
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overblown story, actually boring.   Internet scam, Manti fell for it.  That's the only WOW is see.  But the haters are out in full force.    Face it people, ND IS the story in college football.  I thought the beating they took in the NCG would effect that fact, but apparently ND is still ND, the most important team in college football.  The vistors here only prove my point.


It's just so amazing to be able to have the internet in all of this. God bless the information superhighway.

The internet is simultaneously the cause of this story and the way we can all revel in it!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 07:41:53 PM
This gets better with every passing hour.

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cire on January 16, 2013, 07:42:10 PM
Mormons are dorks
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bubbles4ksu on January 16, 2013, 07:46:21 PM
college football is the greatest thing

provides a matchless narrative.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: doom on January 16, 2013, 07:49:20 PM
It's hard not to believe his story...

Because he looks like a respect who might fall for that kind of crap.  Either way ND needs to step up the jersey chasers.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bubbles4ksu on January 16, 2013, 07:51:18 PM
It's hard not to believe his story...

Because he looks like a respect who might fall for that kind of crap.  Either way ND needs to step up the jersey chasers.

I think you're overlooking some things.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 07:54:54 PM
Notre Dame's position on this is that a group of people spent the last three or four years creating a fake online/phone identity to scam a football player no one outside of South Bend had heard about until last fall. Sounds legit.

Yep. The press conference from the very beginning was a giant charade of hoaxes and victims. I'm now firmly in the camp that this d00d knew, at least for a long time.

Also...LOL @ the whole "Totally, we learned about this on December 26th and we were gonna come out with it and tell the media all about it, but totally we just wanted to let the private investigators run through everything first. Oh and we suspect these guys were just trying to extort him."

WUT.

Extortion? We were going to come out with it?  Lol, lol.

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: wetwillie on January 16, 2013, 08:11:13 PM
so was this his way of avoiding being outed as gay or as sinister as making it up to garner public attention?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 16, 2013, 08:14:19 PM
Conspiracy theory:
ND has a contract with NBC
Swashbuckle says they hired a private eye with internet scam expertise
Chris Hanson works for NBC
Chris Hanson is a private eye with internet scam expertise

Does anyone think there might be a vidro tape of Chris asking Manti to please sit down at the kitchen counter?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ibleedEMAW on January 16, 2013, 08:16:48 PM
Those weren't missed tackles in the championship game, he was just hugging his girlfriend.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ben ji on January 16, 2013, 08:28:26 PM
 :bill:

Went through an 9 page thread....

Starts from around 4 central today

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Look in the comments of the article. Something to do with Hawaiian names. She used a last name different from that listed by the gov't.

I remember the night she died, I saw a link to her Twitter account. It talked about her time at the hospital, being allowed to go home, thanking her docs, etc. Unless someone went to Truman Show lengths to fabricate this, then there's something seriously wrong with the article.

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I don't understand why anyone would make up their GF died....especially put it all over national news papers......I'm gonna say that this hoax is a myth til further notice

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When did Deadspin, a Gawker property, start being a highly respected source?

When Yahoo Sports reports on this, I'm going to really sit up and take notice.

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You're kidding right? If this is true, we paraded around a fake dead girl for 4 months. The face of our program turns out to be a complete liar. You're aware 60% of GameDay signs next year are going to reference this right?

If this is true, it's devastating and a huge black eye to our program.


            oh, so gameday signs are going to be the demise of our football program? gotcha, i thought you actually had some meaningful theory to provide...

            the death of declan was a bigger blackeye then manti trolling for four months and we seemed to have *survived* that just fine..

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I refuse to believe this....Until this has been 100% confirmed, I am behind Te'o

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When I was a young man, I had a relationship over the phone with a girl I had never met. We got way too serious and started talking about getting married. She had someone call me and tell me she had died. I was torn to pieces, but luckily I had a friend who called the hospitals and the police and none of her story checked out. In fact her name was fake and she was using her friends identity.

Long story short. People who think they are anonymous can do some f'd up things and young men can be pretty gullible.
  WFT????

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Like I said, didn't Manti talk about talking on the phone with her all the time? This doesn't sound right to me.

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Makes you wonder why such a famous and liked guy would feel the need to have a relationship with a person he has never met. I am sure there were plenty of beautiful women on campus that would have killed to be his girlfriend. It all seems very fishy.

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Here's my theory:

the perps played a joke on Manti and had someone interact with him online....

It was starting to get serious as they would have a girl talk to him on the phone or online.

It was starting to get REALLY serious where Manti started to fall in love with the girl, so they had to end it, and the only way to do it would be to kill her off. like a character in a sitcom
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This is total bullshit.
Ask yourself one question: What did Manti and Notre Dame have to gain from this? Really.

It all makes sense. Fraud happens, and it happened to Manti and his family in an online relationship.

You tell me Notre Dame will have high academic standards but then lie about this story for what?


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I've had something similar happen to me. We weren't dating but I talked to her on the phone for a couple of weeks then one day she revealed she wasn't who she said she was. Given how devout Manti is I doubt he was looking for sex. He probably started talking to her and actually really liked her personality.

He didn't know her long if I recall correctly. Football would have kept him away from the island. Pretty easy to pull this off.

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OMG!!!

im so sick!!!

My phone has exploded...I know that doesnt really matter but holy crap!

Im a nut that googled her and only found 1 picture earlier in the season and just didnt think about it (she was hot btw)...

During the MSU game Musberger ONLY referred to her as "a friend"...

This is bad...real bad...like No Santa Clause and Easter Bunny bad...I'm a 40 year old man who has told his 6 year old and 7 year old about how GREAT Manti is...

WTF

I'm sick

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This is what I think/hope happened. Religion plays n important part in Manti's life and when he found someone that he thought shared the same values, he was duped. More details need to be explained like how they met, did they talk nightly, why the story is coming out now instead of months ago, why didnt Manti or ND release a statement to preempt this story before it came out, etc. it's good they released a statement but I will wait patiently for more on this story

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I'll admit i met a girl online onçe, long time ago before dating sites, we shared emails, some calls, even pics (real?) exchanged, but she never would meet, always had an excuse.

The whole thing took a few months before i decided it was a waste of time

Never called her my GF though

crap like this can happen , i'm surprised it can happen to these young internet savvy kids though

1/2 Of all notre dame tucks have been catfished

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Okay, I understand this happens all the time and I've seen the Movie Catfish and the TV show that spun off. So, the story doesn't shock me.

I think you can fake a girls voice on the phone pretty easy. So, that I can buy.

What bothers me about this or what doesn't add up is that Manti is quoted as supposedly meeting her more than once. So, did this perpetrator hire a girl in those instances? Did he just say he'd met her to validate what appears to be an "internet girlfriend" to the media?

Something is not adding up here.

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Back in the early days of the internet, I met someone online. We talked for a year.

She turned out to be real...and huge. Like 275 pounds huge when we finally met...

I wish she was a hoax...

Fanning?!?

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So who did Manti give his Michigan game ball to?


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Get your blinders off...Manti was in on this along with the others. No way he online dates for months and gets that emotional over the alleged death without seeing or being with a woman. Just disgusting. Unreal.

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Why couldn't Manti be a victim of a hoax that maybe just got carried away before he found it? What I mean is that he had an online relationship with "someone", he began to care for her, but then the pranksters decided to kill this "someone". Then once the media found out about it, maybe Manti began to embellish a little on how close they were. In his mind, he wasn't lying, because he believed she was real, but maybe the "close friend" as she was first described, turned into his "girlfriend" because that is how the media wanted to portray her, and then it just became a runaway train.

I will reserve judgement for now, because I want to believe that Manti is the outstanding young man that inspired the Irish to have a special season. Until I hear more, I just can't believe he is guilty of anything more than being nieve and trusting. I must admit though, there is no way he comes out looking good. Either he was involved and is a con man or he is nieve and guilty of lying about certain details, such as meeting her and locking eyes with her at Stanford, but still a victim. He is in a no win situation unfortunately.

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Incredibly bummed and confused. If this ends up shedding light that Manti is a fraud and a liar I won't know what to think anymore. I supported this dude so much. I just hope this isn't true...

Hopefully this doesn't effect our recruiting but that's probably wishful thinking. I've been really positive since the title game loss with the drama in the offseason, but if we take a hit here on this Manti story it will be hard to remove myself from the ledge.

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Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers21)
1/16/13, 17:28
"These Te'o jokes are all very funny but let's all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead."

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How can you be a student , never mind a student-ATHLETE and spend all night talking? Is he delusional? Was he unconsciously creating a fantasy land?

None of this is good, makes him look either naive, unstable, a closeted homosexual, or worst case a liar/ con man

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Originally Posted by moostache 
His senior season is stained with scandal and a blowout loss in which he played the worst game since he was a freshman; but unless real admissions and evidence come to light of him actively participating in the scam, I maintain that its none of my business and wish him well in the future.
Exactly. I don't see why so many people are so quick to pin this all on him. He's a kid. Not only that, he's Mormon. The Mormons I've known throughout my life have tended to be on the naive side. Would it be stupid to not fully vet a girl he's been

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From what ESPN is saying, it looks like Teo is a part of this. All kinds of details are coming out about their "relationship". Either he was duped initially and played along with this out of embarrassment or he was in on it from the beginning. And this is only beginning...

...sorry to be the bearer...if anyone could be called my hero it would be Manti, but you still must be objective in this.

Oh, and ND is probably stepping on their @#$% as well in this...

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I don't know how anyone can say this makes the University look bad. This should not reflect on the University, the Staff OR the Catholic Church!!
     The University put him out there as an ambassador, on ESPN , in SI and everywhere....and the University chose to play the hush up game since the 26th, you                            can't use the young man for that when it is convenient, and not expect to pay the price when it's not convenient.....I'll go back to my trailer now....

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Originally Posted by Dick Pinto 
If I thought ND was in the wrong, I'd say it. However, I really don't think that it was that despicable to wait until after the story broke to address this. They were on the verge of one of the biggest games in their history. If ND considered Te'o to be the victim in this case (which seems to be what they believe at this point), why would they go public with this story? I realize that there is probably much to this story that has not yet been revealed but at this point it doesn't seem to me that they did anything that can be construed as morally objectionable. I may eat my words down the road but FWIW that's what I think at this point.
doing an investigation. why alert everyone to it, including the potential criminals who took part in it.

                 also, swarbrick brings up student privacy. just like injuries, don't think UND can just come out and release this without Manti's permission

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: wetwillie on January 16, 2013, 08:30:42 PM
eerily similar to joe pa and penn state, they are going down with the ship
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 08:42:53 PM
Those weren't missed tackles in the championship game, he was just hugging his girlfriend.

Take some time off, come back with a new screen name, come back with a new first post.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 08:46:25 PM
Those weren't missed tackles in the championship game, he was just hugging his girlfriend.

Take some time off, come back with a new screen name, come back with a new first post.

I liked it
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kim carnes on January 16, 2013, 08:50:06 PM
Those weren't missed tackles in the championship game, he was just hugging his girlfriend.

Take some time off, come back with a new screen name, come back with a new first post.

i thought it was pretty good.  probably better than any skinnybenny post ever
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: hemmy on January 16, 2013, 08:52:04 PM
Here's a great thread

http://www.irishenvy.com/forums/leprechaun-lounge/84692-lennay-kekua-possible-hoax.html


Lots of Mormon bashing, prayers that she actually did exist/die for ND's reputation's sake, "ND's morals are what separates us from everyone else"... you get the picture.

138 pages already, they are good
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 08:57:10 PM
Oh man.

Imagine if we had played them

And OKcat started the thread trashing his dead GF

And it got on the news and Animal had to apologize and condemn gE.c

And then this happened.

It is such an amazing world.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 08:57:30 PM
Those weren't missed tackles in the championship game, he was just hugging his girlfriend.

Take some time off, come back with a new screen name, come back with a new first post.

i thought it was pretty good.  probably better than any skinnybenny post ever

It was slightly better when 'meister posted it on twitter 5 hours ago
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 08:58:38 PM
I was worried it wasn't original. Now I'm worried meister just burned a sock.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ben ji on January 16, 2013, 08:59:11 PM
ESPN 30 for 30

No Dame
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MixBerryCrunch on January 16, 2013, 08:59:22 PM
Those weren't missed tackles in the championship game, he was just hugging his girlfriend.

Take some time off, come back with a new screen name, come back with a new first post.

I liked it

Take some time off, come back with a new screen name, come back with a better 3974th post.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 16, 2013, 09:00:06 PM
eerily similar to joe pa and penn state, they are going down with the ship
Yes, I think the zombie penalty would fit this situation nicely. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 16, 2013, 09:01:19 PM
Do you guys think you could be tricked like that? I don't think I could be tricked like that.

He's a liar or stupid, probably both.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: doom on January 16, 2013, 09:02:36 PM
ABC just announced that they signed Manti for a new sitcom spin-off airing next fall called 5 Simple Rules for Dating My Made-Up Daughter.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Domino on January 16, 2013, 09:02:52 PM
Quote

    Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers21)
    1/16/13, 17:28
    "These Te'o jokes are all very funny but let's all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead."

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 16, 2013, 09:04:51 PM
  :D
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 09:07:41 PM
Manti: No totally, I talked to her on the phone all the time!

Show us phone records. This story is super duper made up.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Domino on January 16, 2013, 09:11:56 PM
I'm starting to get behind the theory that the guy who made the twitter account is actually in a relationship with Manti.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pete on January 16, 2013, 09:13:59 PM
I'm starting to get behind the theory that the guy who made the twitter account is actually in a relationship with Manti.


It's a very mumped up deal, and I know a thing or two about very mumped up deals.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 09:15:37 PM
Those weren't missed tackles in the championship game, he was just hugging his girlfriend.

Take some time off, come back with a new screen name, come back with a new first post.

i thought it was pretty good.  probably better than any skinnybenny post ever

It was slightly better when 'meister posted it on twitter 5 hours ago

precisely why it was so terrible, so some of you can gfy
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kim carnes on January 16, 2013, 09:17:53 PM
Those weren't missed tackles in the championship game, he was just hugging his girlfriend.

Take some time off, come back with a new screen name, come back with a new first post.

i thought it was pretty good.  probably better than any skinnybenny post ever

It was slightly better when 'meister posted it on twitter 5 hours ago

precisely why it was so terrible, so some of you can gfy

why didn't you mention that when you told that dude to delete his account?  something stinks
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 09:18:07 PM
Can't imagine what it must be like for Te'o right now, the whole country is shitting all over you, your manhood forever gone

I'd feel bad for him except he's a bad person who lies a lot
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 09:18:13 PM
Te'o said in the Rome interview that she went to sleep on the phone with him every night. We should get Anonymous to hack his phone records.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 09:21:08 PM
Yeah, Te'o should be on suicide watch tonight. Things are probably gonna be pretty rough for him for a whiiiile.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 16, 2013, 09:21:44 PM
so was this his way of avoiding being outed as gay or as sinister as making it up to garner public attention?

Not possible. He's Mormon.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMADUB on January 16, 2013, 09:28:22 PM
so was this his way of avoiding being outed as gay or as sinister as making it up to garner public attention?

Not possible. He's Mormon.

What if paparatzi catch photos of Te'o drinking coffee these next few days?? He would be in some super dodo.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 16, 2013, 09:31:30 PM
Quote
Dan Wetzel
@DanWetzel
Notre Dame private investigators 100 percent sure T'eo wasn't in on it. Deadspin unnamed source is "80 percent" sure he was
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Katpappy on January 16, 2013, 09:36:43 PM
Time to dig up grandma

How OK_Cat didn't post this I'll never know....

shut the hell up
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheHamburglar on January 16, 2013, 09:37:12 PM
I told this story to a 60 year old, female co-worker in the elevator.  She just looked at me and said "How ugly is he that he's a big FB player at ND, but has to resort to calling a person he talks to on the internet his 'girlfriend'?" 

I almost hope he did fall for a hoax, because there's nothing funnier than an ND football player went on TV crying, thinking his fake internet girlfriend died when it really was a dude. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 16, 2013, 09:38:22 PM
Oh man.

Imagine if we had played them

And OKcat started the thread trashing his dead GF

And it got on the news and Animal had to apologize and condemn gE.c

And then this happened.

It is such an amazing world.

 :bawl:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 09:39:52 PM
Te'o said in the Rome interview that she went to sleep on the phone with him every night. We should get Anonymous to hack his phone records.

Rome will have a field day with this.  :excited:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheProdigiousTalent on January 16, 2013, 09:58:07 PM
Can you imagine a Notre Dame fan wearing Notre Dame gear any time in the next 10 years and not feeling embarrassed?  I can't.  OMFG.  Phenomenal.  Surreal.  Absurd.  Delightful.

The Notre Dame admin backing him (how effing absurd is that?) is just icing on this big, delicious cake.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcbssports.com%2Fimages%2Fcollegefootball%2Fuspw_6941156.jpg&hash=05bb38357f52443f39b1e87d74adb35fc39ab260)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 16, 2013, 10:02:13 PM
Can you imagine a Notre Dame fan wearing Notre Dame gear any time in the next 10 years and not feeling embarrassed?  I can't.  OMFG.  Phenomenal.  Surreal.  Absurd.  Delightful.

Penn St fans are somehow MORE proud of their school in some backward way. This will unite the ND fanbase with some "us against the world, everyone is out to get us" mentality. Mark it down.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Doberman_CATS!!! on January 16, 2013, 10:11:37 PM
Yeah, Te'o should be on suicide watch tonight. Things are probably gonna be pretty rough for him for a whiiiile.

This  :goodbyecruelworld:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: slobber on January 16, 2013, 10:12:16 PM
Who hired the independent investigative firm? Seems like that would be an impermissible benefit for a student athlete. What had been done against the University? If a player had their identity stolen, would the university pay to investigate?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 16, 2013, 10:14:05 PM
i dont know what to believe guys. this is the weirdest story i've seen in a while.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 16, 2013, 10:20:30 PM
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Gsq3BkqY4-oJ:articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-10-12/sports/34419536_1_brian-and-ottilia-manti-te-o-irish-head-coach+http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-10-12/sports/34419536_1_brian-and-ottilia-manti-te-o-irish-head-coach&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

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Lennay Kekua was a Stanford student and Cardinal football fan when the two exchanged glances, handshakes and phone numbers that fateful weekend three seasons ago.

She was gifted in music, multi-lingual, had dreams grounded in reality and the talent to catch up to them.

The plan was for Kekua to spend extensive time with the whole Te'o family when upwards of 40 of them came to South Bend in mid-November for ND's Senior Day date with Wake Forest.

"They started out as just friends," Brian Te'o said. "Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there. But within the last year, they became a couple.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 16, 2013, 10:21:37 PM
Totally, they just hired the independent investigative firm to check it out to make sure there was no one trying to extort him later. They were gonna tell the media all about it next week.


Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWzified on January 16, 2013, 10:23:25 PM
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She was gifted in music, multi-lingual, had dreams grounded in reality and the talent to catch up to them.
She almost sounds too good to be true.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 16, 2013, 10:26:18 PM

Quote
had dreams grounded in reality
:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Katpappy on January 16, 2013, 10:26:33 PM
Quote
Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers21)
1/16/13, 17:28
"These Te'o jokes are all very funny but let's all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead."  :lol: :lol: :lol:
ABC just announced that they signed Manti for a new sitcom spin-off airing next fall called 5 Simple Rules for Dating My Made-Up Daughter.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
This thread is a laugh a minute!  :lol:
ND covering up, but they're mumped.  :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 16, 2013, 10:28:36 PM
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Gsq3BkqY4-oJ:articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-10-12/sports/34419536_1_brian-and-ottilia-manti-te-o-irish-head-coach+http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-10-12/sports/34419536_1_brian-and-ottilia-manti-te-o-irish-head-coach&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Quote
Lennay Kekua was a Stanford student and Cardinal football fan when the two exchanged glances, handshakes and phone numbers that fateful weekend three seasons ago.

She was gifted in music, multi-lingual, had dreams grounded in reality and the talent to catch up to them.

The plan was for Kekua to spend extensive time with the whole Te'o family when upwards of 40 of them came to South Bend in mid-November for ND's Senior Day date with Wake Forest.

"They started out as just friends," Brian Te'o said. "Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there. But within the last year, they became a couple.

Jesus, what an awful, sappy article, even without the made up girlfriend.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 10:30:03 PM
Quote
She was gifted in music, multi-lingual, had dreams grounded in reality and the talent to catch up to them.
She almost sounds too good to be true.

 :lol:  :lol:
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pete on January 16, 2013, 10:30:33 PM
He is so, so mumped.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 16, 2013, 10:32:34 PM
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@LennayKay: It isn't fair to drag Reagan and Troy into this.. a lot of truths and myths need to be addressed here, and they will be at noon PST tomorrow

:users:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: DQ12 on January 16, 2013, 10:39:22 PM
oh boy.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Gooch on January 16, 2013, 10:41:46 PM
This is so very weird
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheProdigiousTalent on January 16, 2013, 10:45:04 PM
Guys, I am genuinely concerned that this will be difficult to enjoy if we find out that he Te'o made all of this crap up because he's gay, bad at dealing with societal pressures, and not clever enough to quell a lie dust devil before it becomes a lie haboob.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 10:46:58 PM
Te'o will come out of this being a hero for gay athletes everywhere
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 'taterblast on January 16, 2013, 10:49:21 PM
Te'o will come out of this being a hero for gay athletes everywhere

which is fine, but i hope no one forgets that he so easily lathered himself in the attention that his fake girlfriend's death brought him.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: _33 on January 16, 2013, 10:51:25 PM
I don't understand why any of this would mean he's gay.  Are you guys just being weird?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ManBearPig on January 16, 2013, 10:52:30 PM
Te'o will come out of this being a hero for gay athletes everywhere

which is fine, but i hope no one forgets that he so easily lathered himself in the attention that his fake girlfriend's death brought him.
THIS
 :thumbs:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MakeItRain on January 16, 2013, 10:53:50 PM
ESPN wouldn't touch this story with NBC Sports' dick

Just catching up and I just wanted to express how elite this post is. Well done.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 16, 2013, 10:54:46 PM
What

http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/16/lennay-kekua-manti-teos-fake-dead-girlfriend-was-real-says-arizona-cardinals-fullback-reagan-mauia-who-claims-to-have-met-her/
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 16, 2013, 10:54:56 PM
I don't understand why any of this would mean he's gay.  Are you guys just being weird?

He's banging some dude Tuiasosopo from California. Its in the deadspin article
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 'taterblast on January 16, 2013, 10:55:50 PM
I don't understand why any of this would mean he's gay.  Are you guys just being weird?

no it is plausible. one possible explanation that would explain motive to not feel pressure of hitting on girls at ND. also the way he talks and mannerisms would not surprise me as being that of a homosexual.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MixBerryCrunch on January 16, 2013, 11:00:39 PM
I don't understand why any of this would mean he's gay.  Are you guys just being weird?

no it is plausible. one possible explanation that would explain motive to not feel pressure of hitting on girls at ND. also the way he talks and mannerisms would not surprise me as being that of a homosexual.

But that doesn't explain why he would off her in such a dramatic way.  He made her up for media attention, not because he is gay.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bubbles4ksu on January 16, 2013, 11:04:05 PM
I don't understand why any of this would mean he's gay.  Are you guys just being weird?

no it is plausible. one possible explanation that would explain motive to not feel pressure of hitting on girls at ND. also the way he talks and mannerisms would not surprise me as being that of a homosexual.

But that doesn't explain why he would off her in such a dramatic way.  He made her up for media attention, not because he is gay.

he had to kill her somehow. and her funeral had to be on a gameday. and a car accident couldn't do it because there would be records and crap.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 'taterblast on January 16, 2013, 11:05:28 PM
crap, i dunno. he thought it was going too far and a dramatic death would be a good way to do it? bask in the "glory" in the meantime?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on January 16, 2013, 11:13:23 PM
"Is this real life?"-applejacks
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 16, 2013, 11:14:08 PM
"Is this real life?"-applejacks

I hope this thread never ends.  :dance:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Domino on January 16, 2013, 11:24:09 PM
So to put Manti in the most charitable light:

He was suckered into believing he was in a relationship with a woman that was not real, complete with someone telling him that she died right before a game, and right after he found out his grandmother had died. Question - who has that game ball that Kelly said was for his GF that allegedly just died?

correct?
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pete on January 16, 2013, 11:26:20 PM
Holy eff.

Go read @justinmegahan
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 16, 2013, 11:33:49 PM
I was worried it wasn't original. Now I'm worried meister just burned a sock.

:dubious:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 16, 2013, 11:36:09 PM
The human drama of this is just simply amazing.

1.) Te'o - definitely a liar but just a self promotionalist or closeted homosexual?

2.)  Notre Dame - will never, EVER, admit they did anything wrong.  The rapes on campus, sending a young man up a scissor lift to film practices when he knew he was going to die (then paying him and his family off to keep quiet), then let the Te'o girlfriend story  persist after they knew 100% it was a lie during the NC game (obviously hoping it would go away); and/or

3.) the media - no one ever called the dead girl's family.  SI ran a fawn piece over this "relationship" without even trying to call the dead girl's family, or even seeing if the girl ever existed.

Delicious and stinky at the same time.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 16, 2013, 11:38:47 PM
Some of this stuff is so weird.

Quote from: @ChiTribHamilton
Ex-Stanford player RT @MMasifilo: Got to believe Te'o was the victim here. He would always ask us if we knew his girl after we'd play them
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 16, 2013, 11:40:43 PM
ugh. :frown:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 16, 2013, 11:42:14 PM
Remember when people thought Inception was full of twists and turns?

I mean holy crap. I don't want today to end.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MakeItRain on January 16, 2013, 11:49:51 PM
Holy eff.

Go read @justinmegahan

Goddamnit Pete you noob c&p next time, the account and any RTs from it are gone
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on January 16, 2013, 11:50:16 PM
I really don't want to believe one person could be such a dumbass. However,  I guess I'm alive and well, so maybe there's hope for Te'o.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: star seed 7 on January 16, 2013, 11:51:44 PM
i dated a girl for a while that i met online, and told friends/family etc, that we met at school.  that was a while ago though, and some of that stigma has been lost.

she actually did meet me/friends/my family, so i dunno.  i'm just saying i can understand it if he lied to people that he had met her initially in person.

at lot of this story is just WTF though.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 16, 2013, 11:54:19 PM
try @justinrmegahan noob#2
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 16, 2013, 11:55:56 PM
Quote
jay.R ?@jayRahz
Okay this is getting way out of hand.. everybody is tweeting that i had something to do with this scandal.. thats so far from the truth!

Quote
jay.R ?@jayRahz
we caught Ronaiah's persona as Lennay Kekua back in 2008 and ended all ties with him..

Quote
jay.R ?@jayRahz
i didnt even know Manti Teo's "girlfriend"'s name til way after she supposedly died.. when i found out it was Lennay.. i tweeted about it!

Quote
jay.R ?@jayRahz
A few accounts tweeted me back w/ Ronaiah's picture and tagged @LennayKay which is how Ronaiah found out.. all I did was tweet..

Quote
jay.R ?@jayRahz
everyone needs to hit up Ronaiah Tuiasosopo and get the truth.. the truth will set you free!!

Quote
jay.R ?@jayRahz
@ceeweezy IS NOT LENNAY KEKUA.. thats all RONAIAH!!
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pete on January 16, 2013, 11:57:53 PM
try @justinrmegahan noob#2

Hmmmmm, missed that r.  Sneaky little sucker.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 16, 2013, 11:59:18 PM
Deadspin claimed to have communication bw Te'o and Tuiasosopa that implicated them both however.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 17, 2013, 12:01:03 AM
I'm starting to believe that Te'o might have actually been duped. Also that te'o is dumber than crap.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 17, 2013, 12:02:51 AM
So to put Manti in the most charitable light:

He was suckered into believing he was in a relationship with a woman that was not real, complete with someone telling him that she died right before a game, and right after he found out his grandmother had died. Question - who has that game ball that Kelly said was for his GF that allegedly just died?
correct?

That is the question. Manti, where is that ball?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 17, 2013, 12:03:39 AM
I'm starting to believe that Te'o might have actually been duped. Also that te'o is dumber than crap.

You are a dumbass then.  He said he met her in person.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 17, 2013, 12:07:59 AM
I'm starting to believe that Te'o might have actually been duped. Also that te'o is dumber than crap.

You are a dumbass then.  He said he met her in person.

He could have been all embarrassed about the fact he had an online girlfriend that he never met and just made up a story about how he met her.

I mean, I know we are all open and everything but if you were a high profile athlete,

media: "So where'd you meet your girlfriend?"
Te'o: "Twitter."

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 17, 2013, 12:08:20 AM
I'm starting to believe that Te'o might have actually been duped. Also that te'o is dumber than crap.

You are a dumbass then.  He said he met her in person.

Well yeah, but I would too if I was dating some broad I met online.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 12:09:04 AM
I'm starting to believe that Te'o might have actually been duped. Also that te'o is dumber than crap.

You are a dumbass then.  He said he met her in person.

Well yeah, but I would too if I was dating some broad I met online.

you are an incredible dumbass
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pete on January 17, 2013, 12:09:43 AM
Imagine how Johnny Football's parents must feel.  They put on those seaweed lei's for the Heisman announcement :horrorsurprise:. 


Looks like the Klein family isn't so racist after all.  They sniffed that sinner out, like a fart in a car.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 17, 2013, 12:12:45 AM
I'm starting to believe that Te'o might have actually been duped. Also that te'o is dumber than crap.

You are a dumbass then.  He said he met her in person.

Well yeah, but I would too if I was dating some broad I met online.

you are an incredible dumbass

If the tweets from @justinrmegahan's twitter feed are real, it's not hard to believe that he's a dumbass that just got duped.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 17, 2013, 12:13:45 AM
I'm starting to believe that Te'o might have actually been duped. Also that te'o is dumber than crap.

You are a dumbass then.  He said he met her in person.

He could have been all embarrassed about the fact he had an online girlfriend that he never met and just made up a story about how he met her.

I mean, I know we are all open and everything but if you were a high profile athlete,

media: "So where'd you meet your girlfriend?"
Te'o: "Twitter."

Well, the good news then is that he can simply show his cell phone records that reflect those 8 hour calls while she was undergoing chemo and they fell asleep both on the phone and he woke up to hear her breathing.  Easy as hell to do.  I mean, easier than easy.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 12:14:05 AM
I'm starting to believe that Te'o might have actually been duped. Also that te'o is dumber than crap.

You are a dumbass then.  He said he met her in person.

Well yeah, but I would too if I was dating some broad I met online.

you are an incredible dumbass

If the tweets from @justinrmegahan's twitter feed are real, it's not hard to believe that he's a dumbass that just got duped.

it's still really hard to believe.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on January 17, 2013, 12:16:24 AM
Wow! Pro tip: Te'o, don't go to the draft in new york. It won't end well.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: star seed 7 on January 17, 2013, 12:17:00 AM
i think it's easier to believe that he's a dumbass who got duped and lied about it than it is to believe the whole thing was an elaborate hoax set up by a kid with downs to get media attention.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 17, 2013, 12:17:37 AM
I wonder what Fitz and Musburger will say about this situation?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 12:17:48 AM
1. He got catfished by some dude that is a USC fan and pissed off he went to ND, but he's still a liar
2. He's in on it and is lying about everything
3. He's gay


Kind of leaning towards #1 right now but who the hell knows. Either way I have to take my phone charger to work tomorrow because I'll be on twitter the whole day
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 17, 2013, 12:19:02 AM
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Andy Glockner ?@AndyGlockner
Oh boy. RT @ChrisVannini @awfulannouncing @AndyGlockner Looks like she's a volleyball player for Arizona State. http://bit.ly/WgwXod

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Domino on January 17, 2013, 12:19:43 AM
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Sean Gentille ?@seangentille

And "BAMM90745," based on his timeline, says that beyond a shadow of a doubt, Tuiasosopo catfished Te'o, and that Te'o knew nothing. (2/2)

If this is true then what about the stories of him staying up late to call his GF? Who was he talking to, or did he just make that up?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 17, 2013, 12:20:00 AM
1. He got catfished by some dude that is a USC fan and pissed off he went to ND, but he's still a liar
2. He's in on it and is lying about everything
3. He's gay


Kind of leaning towards #1 right now but who the hell knows. Either way I have to take my phone charger to work tomorrow because I'll be on twitter the whole day

This whole thing is somewhat captivating. Just loaded my charger into the briefcase.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 17, 2013, 12:20:31 AM
I know his dad was quoted as saying she would come with him to Hawai'i. Was he in on it? Did he make it up make his son seem like less of a dork?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 17, 2013, 12:26:30 AM
I know his dad was quoted as saying she would come with him to Hawai'i. Was he in on it? Did he make it up make his son seem like less of a dork?

These are the times that try men's souls. Especially their's.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 17, 2013, 12:28:38 AM
At the beginning I couldn't see any way that he didn't know about it, but the tweet records from @justinrmegahan have flipped me.  The interesting part will be piecing together how much he embellished things for attention and how much coverup was happening during the last month.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 17, 2013, 12:37:02 AM
At the beginning I couldn't see any way that he didn't know about it, but the tweet records from @justinrmegahan have flipped me.  The interesting part will be piecing together how much he embellished things for attention and how much coverup was happening during the last month.

The only thing that gets me is that if you date someone online you talk on the phone (as admitted by Manti) or you skype. At the very least you're sending pictures back and forth of dongs and hoots and stuff. How would Tuiasosopa pull that off? Or better question, could you date for that many months without questioning why you haven't done it yet?

edit: If you're a mormon, then yes you probably can
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 12:38:22 AM
http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/17/manti-teo-told-interviewer-lennay-kekua-wrote-him-letter-before-stanford-game-31-days-after-she-died/
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 17, 2013, 01:19:48 AM
http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/17/manti-teo-told-interviewer-lennay-kekua-wrote-him-letter-before-stanford-game-31-days-after-she-died/

He's incapable of pulling this off. Religion, head being hit hard a lot, school work being done for him, etc... guys a 10 year old.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: nicname on January 17, 2013, 01:42:36 AM
Go Cats You Guys!

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Colin is Blue Steel'ing the crap out of that photo


haha, I was going to post the same thing.  'cept 8 pages late.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: nicname on January 17, 2013, 02:28:49 AM
Also, holy crap.

I'm pretty sure Te'O is just really naive.

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Trim on January 17, 2013, 03:57:18 AM
I'm starting to get behind the theory that the guy who made the twitter account is actually in a relationship with Manti.


It's a very mumped up deal, and I know a thing or two about very mumped up deals.

:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Trim on January 17, 2013, 03:57:50 AM
Go Cats You Guys!

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shop'd
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: felix rex on January 17, 2013, 05:07:28 AM
Well, when I was in the band we drank and sent pictures back and forth of dongs and hoots and stuff.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 17, 2013, 06:02:50 AM
Either way, he lied and is dumbass. We'll just have to see how big a one he is.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 17, 2013, 06:37:39 AM
hindsight being 20/20 it was kind of unusual for ESPN or NBC to not trot out the dead girl's parents and/or friends to talk about how great of a guy Te'o was and how he helped her during her battle with cancer.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: jtksu on January 17, 2013, 06:59:53 AM
I :dnr: this whole thread but have you guys been tearing it up, meme style?   This crap is like an freaking goldmine.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 17, 2013, 07:16:38 AM
Is it possible that he heard collin's story and tried to one up him by making a VOW to not even meet his girlfriend until they were married?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: steve dave on January 17, 2013, 07:38:01 AM
Well, when I was in the band we drank and sent pictures back and forth of dongs and hoots and stuff.

lol
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 07:39:47 AM
This @justinrmegahan guy has a very elite twitter page background pic.

always makes me cry "I've had a rough year, Dad."
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pete on January 17, 2013, 07:51:44 AM
So, how big does this story get?  It's only January, is this the biggest "sports related" story of 2013?

I think this one is going to get pounded into the ground like nothing else we've seen recently.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 07:52:37 AM
So, how big does this story get?  It's only January, is this the biggest "sports related" story of 2013?

I think this one is going to get pounded into the ground like nothing else we've seen recently.

Lance Armstrong sure hopes so.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 17, 2013, 07:59:50 AM
So, how big does this story get?  It's only January, is this the biggest "sports related" story of 2013?

I think this one is going to get pounded into the ground like nothing else we've seen recently.

Lance Armstrong sure hopes so.

So does Jerry Sandusky.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: steve dave on January 17, 2013, 08:02:20 AM
So, how big does this story get?  It's only January, is this the biggest "sports related" story of 2013?

I think this one is going to get pounded into the ground like nothing else we've seen recently.

Lance Armstrong sure hopes so.

So does Jerry Sandusky.

I don't think he cares at this point
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 08:06:18 AM
So, how big does this story get?  It's only January, is this the biggest "sports related" story of 2013?

I think this one is going to get pounded into the ground like nothing else we've seen recently.

Lance Armstrong sure hopes so.

So does Jerry Sandusky.

I don't think he cares at this point

Too busy working on those appeals
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: RickRampus on January 17, 2013, 08:17:11 AM
ESPN 30 for 30

No Dame

I thought this should've gotten more love
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 17, 2013, 08:30:11 AM
hindsight being 20/20 it was kind of unusual for ESPN or NBC to not trot out the dead girl's parents and/or friends to talk about how great of a guy Te'o was and how he helped her during her battle with cancer.

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http://ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski, who voiced a five-minute video feature on Te'o's tragic losses, says he was unable to find Lennay Kekua's obituary or documentation of her car accident. He didn't follow up, though, because the Notre Dame player "said the family would prefer not to be contacted" and "at that moment, you simply think that you have to respect those wishes."
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 17, 2013, 08:35:46 AM
hindsight being 20/20 it was kind of unusual for ESPN or NBC to not trot out the dead girl's parents and/or friends to talk about how great of a guy Te'o was and how he helped her during her battle with cancer.

Quote
http://ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski, who voiced a five-minute video feature on Te'o's tragic losses, says he was unable to find Lennay Kekua's obituary or documentation of her car accident. He didn't follow up, though, because the Notre Dame player "said the family would prefer not to be contacted" and "at that moment, you simply think that you have to respect those wishes."

Sooooooooo..... were there hoax parents as well then that were talking to Te'o (online only)?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: fr@ck me on January 17, 2013, 08:44:12 AM
hindsight being 20/20 it was kind of unusual for ESPN or NBC to not trot out the dead girl's parents and/or friends to talk about how great of a guy Te'o was and how he helped her during her battle with cancer.

Quote
http://ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski, who voiced a five-minute video feature on Te'o's tragic losses, says he was unable to find Lennay Kekua's obituary or documentation of her car accident. He didn't follow up, though, because the Notre Dame player "said the family would prefer not to be contacted" and "at that moment, you simply think that you have to respect those wishes."

Yeah because you know journalists, they always respect peoples wishes and don't go too far.  I mean they did interview first graders who saw their friends die but interviewing the parents of a football players dead girlfriend is off limits.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: XocolateThundarr on January 17, 2013, 08:54:07 AM
I would like to know which one you magnificent bastards posed as his girlfriend and trolled the crap out of him.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 08:59:37 AM
I would like to know which one you magnificent bastards posed as his girlfriend and trolled the crap out of him.

The plan was perfect. I was going to expose the hoax just before K-State played Notre Dame in the national championship game. And I would have gotten away with it wasn't for those meddling Baylor Bears.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 17, 2013, 09:06:07 AM
Guys, ya this doesn't really matter, but there could be some potential here:  Te'o committed to ND when Weis was still there.

School                     Interest                       Offer        Visit        Recruited by
Notre Dame      COMMITTED (02/04/2009)     Offered   11/21/2008        Brian Polian

Weis was fired on November 30, 2009.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: pissclams on January 17, 2013, 09:11:04 AM
I would like to know which one you magnificent bastards posed as his girlfriend and trolled the crap out of him.

does playing Manti Te'o's girlfriend hurt the image of a poster?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheHamburglar on January 17, 2013, 09:32:20 AM
ESPN 30 for 30

No Dame

I thought this should've gotten more love

No Te'o Dame
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SabiNation on January 17, 2013, 09:51:26 AM
He is holding a press conference sometime today, isn't he?  Anybody know what time that will be?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 17, 2013, 10:08:20 AM
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p/39261248/Manti-Teo-Fake-Girlfriend.aspx
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 17, 2013, 10:15:43 AM
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 17, 2013, 10:17:51 AM
How does EDSBS not have anything up on this right now???
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 17, 2013, 10:18:20 AM
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p/39261248/Manti-Teo-Fake-Girlfriend.aspx

Wow. Great.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 10:22:06 AM
Can we get this shirt made up to order from goEMAW.com?

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 17, 2013, 10:23:01 AM
This was my favorite from Tiger Droppings so far.

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 10:27:37 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 17, 2013, 10:28:34 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.


Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

I'm buying in to this as well.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 10:31:47 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his lie was revealed, and he continued the lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 10:33:19 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

Exactly, no matter how this whole thing turns out he is and always will be a big liar
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheHamburglar on January 17, 2013, 10:37:20 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

And he's the kind of guy who goes to every news outlet he can find to tell his sob story about his dead GF, but never gets on a plane to fly to California to visit her in the hospital.  In the story, she had a car wreck in April.  He cares about her so much, but he doesn't select the "multiple city" option when booking his flight home to Hawai'i over the summer to stop in California for a couple days to see her?
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 10:38:25 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

oh yeah, he's a bigtime liar, but I can understand why he lied.  I just don't believe (at this point) that he had anything to do with the hoax.  But this story changes every hour, so my opinion might change.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 17, 2013, 10:39:08 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

And he's the kind of guy who goes to every news outlet he can find to tell his sob story about his dead GF, but never gets on a plane to fly to California to visit her in the hospital.  In the story, she had a car wreck in April.  He cares about her so much, but he doesn't select the "multiple city" option when booking his flight home to Hawai'i over the summer to stop in California for a couple days to see her?


Yeah, there are all kinds of details that have no logical answers.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: one time gella on January 17, 2013, 10:39:33 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

Exactly, no matter how this whole thing turns out he is and always will be a big liar

Can mormans go to confession like us catholics? 
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 17, 2013, 10:40:00 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

Exactly, no matter how this whole thing turns out he is and always will be a big liar

So best case scenario is that he lied initially about having met and spoke to her so he didn't look like some huge loser pud for having a twitter/facebook only girfriend.  Except he really played it up by saying that he talked on the phone with her for eight hours a day for four months leading up to her death.  That goes well beyond not wanting to look like a dork into blatant lies to benefit his Heisman campaign.  Then he found out it was fake and still continued to lie about until Deadspin exposed it all. 

There is no "I'm a complete victim here" way out of it.  The great thing is that it appears that both he and ND are going to go for it anyway. 
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 10:40:41 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

Exactly, no matter how this whole thing turns out he is and always will be a big liar

Can mormans go to confession like us catholics?

No but he can have multiple fake wives.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 10:41:32 AM
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 10:43:01 AM
the problem i have with the theory of "doing this for publicity for his heisman campaign" is that he wasn't a well known superstar heisman candidate until well after this all happened.  he had no way of knowing that he would be a national name.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 17, 2013, 10:47:14 AM
No way that he dated this (fake) girl for that long and never skyped or met her, but did talk about her to the media every chance he got.  The guy knew.  He played up a story for publicity.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 10:47:17 AM
Why couldn't this happen to that piece of trash Manziel?
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: XocolateThundarr on January 17, 2013, 10:47:31 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

Exactly, no matter how this whole thing turns out he is and always will be a big liar

Can mormans go to confession like us catholics?

No but he can have multiple fake wives.

:slowclap:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 17, 2013, 10:47:54 AM
http://ht.ly/gTRbi
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 17, 2013, 10:47:58 AM
Why couldn't this happen to that piece of trash Manziel?

That dude will end up in jail shortly. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 'taterblast on January 17, 2013, 10:48:03 AM
Why couldn't this happen to that piece of trash Manziel?

he may be a douchebag, but he at least bones real chicks.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 10:48:26 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

Exactly, no matter how this whole thing turns out he is and always will be a big liar

So best case scenario is that he lied initially about having met and spoke to her so he didn't look like some huge loser pud for having a twitter/facebook only girfriend.  Except he really played it up by saying that he talked on the phone with her for eight hours a day for four months leading up to her death.  That goes well beyond not wanting to look like a dork into blatant lies to benefit his Heisman campaign.  Then he found out it was fake and still continued to lie about until Deadspin exposed it all. 

There is no "I'm a complete victim here" way out of it.  The great thing is that it appears that both he and ND are going to go for it anyway. 

It reminds me a lot of last night's episode of "Guys with Kids" where Anthony Anderson (Big 12 voiceover stud) forgot his wife's anniversary but then got reminded by his bro it was his anniversary but he realized his wife forgot too so he decided he would make an amazing anniversary night to make his wife feel bad. Then he got caught in his lie and hilarity ensued.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 17, 2013, 10:49:40 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

If this is all true, why is the university so deeply involved in this. Seem to me they have more interests in this to protect other than Te'o's image.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 10:49:58 AM
Why couldn't this happen to that piece of trash Manziel?

It brings up an interesting question - is it worse to lie about someone that never existed for publicity, or to get in fights because you're a racist loser? I almost think fighting people and being racist is worse.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 10:53:09 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

Exactly, no matter how this whole thing turns out he is and always will be a big liar

So best case scenario is that he lied initially about having met and spoke to her so he didn't look like some huge loser pud for having a twitter/facebook only girfriend.  Except he really played it up by saying that he talked on the phone with her for eight hours a day for four months leading up to her death.  That goes well beyond not wanting to look like a dork into blatant lies to benefit his Heisman campaign.  Then he found out it was fake and still continued to lie about until Deadspin exposed it all. 

There is no "I'm a complete victim here" way out of it.  The great thing is that it appears that both he and ND are going to go for it anyway. 

It reminds me a lot of last night's episode of "Guys with Kids" where Anthony Anderson (Big 12 voiceover stud) forgot his wife's anniversary but then got reminded by his bro it was his anniversary but he realized his wife forgot too so he decided he would make an amazing anniversary night to make his wife feel bad. Then he got caught in his lie and hilarity ensued.

wait what?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 10:54:17 AM
it's interesting now to see that there are reports that his teammates thought it was all fake from the beginning.

 :eek:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 10:55:08 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

The problem is he lied, his life was revealed, and he continued the l lie. He has zero credibility. He knew what he was doing.

Exactly, no matter how this whole thing turns out he is and always will be a big liar

So best case scenario is that he lied initially about having met and spoke to her so he didn't look like some huge loser pud for having a twitter/facebook only girfriend.  Except he really played it up by saying that he talked on the phone with her for eight hours a day for four months leading up to her death.  That goes well beyond not wanting to look like a dork into blatant lies to benefit his Heisman campaign.  Then he found out it was fake and still continued to lie about until Deadspin exposed it all. 

There is no "I'm a complete victim here" way out of it.  The great thing is that it appears that both he and ND are going to go for it anyway. 

It reminds me a lot of last night's episode of "Guys with Kids" where Anthony Anderson (Big 12 voiceover stud) forgot his wife's anniversary but then got reminded by his bro it was his anniversary but he realized his wife forgot too so he decided he would make an amazing anniversary night to make his wife feel bad. Then he got caught in his lie and hilarity ensued.

wait what?

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204778567
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Brock Landers on January 17, 2013, 10:55:23 AM
At the beginning I couldn't see any way that he didn't know about it, but the tweet records from @justinrmegahan have flipped me.  The interesting part will be piecing together how much he embellished things for attention and how much coverup was happening during the last month.

The only thing that gets me is that if you date someone online you talk on the phone (as admitted by Manti) or you skype. At the very least you're sending pictures back and forth of dongs and hoots and stuff. How would Tuiasosopa pull that off? Or better question, could you date for that many months without questioning why you haven't done it yet?

edit: If you're a mormon, then yes you probably can


I'm just now catching up on this thread at work but the phrase "Dongs and hoots and stuff" made me lol.  That would make a good name for a forum.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 10:56:20 AM
given all the facts that we know right now, i'm inclined to believe that Te'o is super naive.  He was hoaxed by someone and it went way too far, so the fake girlfriend was killed off to end it. 

I completely believe that he would have made up stories of meeting her to avoid the awkwardness of a bigtime football player having an internet girlfriend.

Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

If this is all true, why is the university so deeply involved in this. Seem to me they have more interests in this to protect other than Te'o's image.

Yes, they moved very, very quickly...much more so than a school that doesn't think it needs to prove anything.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 10:56:40 AM
http://ht.ly/gTRbi

So he's bangin the bitches in South Bend the whole time, what a loser
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 10:56:46 AM
http://ht.ly/gTRbi

big lead has done a nice job picking up where deadspin left off.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 10:58:37 AM
he HAS to have some sort of press conference today, right? 

Also, the twitter account of the fake girlfriend said that there will be some answers at noon PST.  So this afternoon is going to be fantastic.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: slobber on January 17, 2013, 11:01:26 AM
Who hired the independent investigative firm? Seems like that would be an impermissible benefit for a student athlete. What had been done against the University? If a player had their identity stolen, would the university pay to investigate?
Sorry for the bump of my own crap, but does nobody think this could play out as impermissible benefit for a student athlete? At least tell me I'm full of crap or something, because I am being serious.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 11:02:08 AM
 :horrorsurprise:

Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

I will be releasing a statement, via twitter, between 11am and noon today.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rams on January 17, 2013, 11:03:50 AM
 :surprised: :confused: :lol: :popcorn: :users:  :dunno: :lol: :confused: :lol: :popcorn: :lol: :users:  :popcorn:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 17, 2013, 11:04:48 AM
http://ht.ly/gTRbi

big lead has done a nice job picking up where deadspin left off.

That story seems a little more likely to me. Whitlock said on twitter that the locker room usually knows.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 17, 2013, 11:05:12 AM
Who hired the independent investigative firm? Seems like that would be an impermissible benefit for a student athlete. What had been done against the University? If a player had their identity stolen, would the university pay to investigate?
Sorry for the bump of my own crap, but does nobody think this could play out as impermissible benefit for a student athlete? At least tell me I'm full of crap or something, because I am being serious.

PI was for the University's benefit to protect there own interests. They can make it sound like they did it for Te'o but if the NCAA comes and asked it would not be that hard to say that since Te'o was a visible part of their program that they need to protect themselves. It's bull crap about the PI but that's what they can say.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 11:05:40 AM
Anthony Anderson (Big 12 voiceover stud)

wait what?

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=204778567

 :thumbs: i love me some AA and i had no idea this happened
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 11:05:45 AM
PR decision.....Manti has 2 hours until this fake girlfriend issues a statement on twitter....does he have a  press conference before or after?  I say before, totally steal his fake girlfriend's thunder.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 17, 2013, 11:10:41 AM
PR decision.....Manti has 2 hours until this fake girlfriend issues a statement on twitter....does he have a  press conference before or after?  I say before, totally steal his fake girlfriend's thunder.

Bet the statement is in line with ND's press statement yesterday. If it is not, hold on to your butts. ND is not handling this whole thing well right now.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 17, 2013, 11:13:13 AM
Hunger Games spoiler












Te'o is just playing a real life game of "Real or Fake". Hope he does not flip out.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 11:16:34 AM
Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

In this fall, this is very tough, in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kstate4life on January 17, 2013, 11:18:15 AM
http://www.happyplace.com/20579/teoing-the-new-online-meme-inspired-by-mati-teo
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 11:21:27 AM
http://www.happyplace.com/20579/teoing-the-new-online-meme-inspired-by-mati-teo

Ultimately, this turn of events will bring Manti much more notoriety than any trophy would have.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 11:26:22 AM
Just think, yesterday afternoon at 3 oclock I'm staring at my computer at work being bored as hell like always.....then we had an amazing turn of events!!

What a great 18 hours it's been so far, and it will only get better today  :excited:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 'taterblast on January 17, 2013, 11:27:52 AM
yeah this has been great for my work week.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 17, 2013, 11:28:22 AM
Just think, yesterday afternoon at 3 oclock I'm staring at my computer at work being bored as hell like always.....then we had an amazing turn of events!!

What a great 18 hours it's been so far, and it will only get better today  :excited:

His statement, which will be written by Notre Dame, should be hilarious.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheHamburglar on January 17, 2013, 11:29:43 AM
Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

1. If you just google "ceeweezy51", a link returns that says it's "C. Tuiotimariner"
2. He the first word in her twitter description is "celeste"
3. ceeweezy51 is Celeste Tuioti-Mariner
4. Nora Tuioti-Mariner is a vb player at Arizona State.  Her profile says she has a sister Celeste and her father is Max.  She also has 3 other sisters.
5. Max Tuioti-Mariner is chairman of Pacific Islanders Ploynesian All Stars, which takes a California high school volleyball team made up of Polynesian all-stars to compete in the Samoa Bowl in American Samoa.  The mission is forge a connection between those living in the US and those in American Samoa.  Nora was on this team.  The family has been to American Samoa and is active in American Samoa outreach.
6. The Cardinal's running back said he the girl he met in June 2011 was "Volleyball-type of physique. She was athletic, tall, beautiful. Long hair. Polynesian. She looked like a model … " during an outreach trip to American Samoa
7.  The girl he met was one of the Tuioti-Mariners.  They are a big volleyball family, with at least one of the girls being 6'1" and playing top level collegiate volleyball. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 11:30:14 AM
http://www.happyplace.com/20579/teoing-the-new-online-meme-inspired-by-mati-teo

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.happyplace.com%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2013%2F01%2F50f82dab128b9.jpg&hash=5cfb397c5e17e1cfc2f1925002832d2130a11082)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 11:37:05 AM
Either way, this story is fantastic and I don't want it to end.  Now there's a football player for the Cardinals that says he met the girl before Manti was in the picture?  These twists are great.

1. If you just google "ceeweezy51", a link returns that says it's "C. Tuiotimariner"
2. He the first word in her twitter description is "celeste"
3. ceeweezy51 is Celeste Tuioti-Mariner
4. Nora Tuioti-Mariner is a vb player at Arizona State.  Her profile says she has a sister Celeste and her father is Max.  She also has 3 other sisters.
5. Max Tuioti-Mariner is chairman of Pacific Islanders Ploynesian All Stars, which takes a California high school volleyball team made up of Polynesian all-stars to compete in the Samoa Bowl in American Samoa.  The mission is forge a connection between those living in the US and those in American Samoa.  Nora was on this team.  The family has been to American Samoa and is active in American Samoa outreach.
6. The Cardinal's running back said he the girl he met in June 2011 was "Volleyball-type of physique. She was athletic, tall, beautiful. Long hair. Polynesian. She looked like a model … " during an outreach trip to American Samoa
7.  The girl he met was one of the Tuioti-Mariners.  They are a big volleyball family, with at least one of the girls being 6'1" and playing top level collegiate volleyball.

If we're going to be creepy:  http://www.gotoros.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1137&path=vball (http://www.gotoros.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1137&path=vball)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Spaces on January 17, 2013, 11:41:01 AM
:horrorsurprise:

Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

I will be releasing a statement, via twitter, between 11am and noon today.
  :excited:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 11:46:16 AM
ok_cat's notre dame friend is 100% on the opinion that notre dame was about to bust this whole thing open and save the day.

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: theKSU on January 17, 2013, 11:47:29 AM
If there's anyone more delusional than a Kansas fan, it's a Notre Dame fan. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 17, 2013, 11:47:52 AM
Is there a Fake_fake_Teo'sGF twitter yet?
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 17, 2013, 11:48:36 AM
Paging Dr. Spaceman

:users:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 17, 2013, 11:48:58 AM
I was waiting for this: http://www.nma.tv/manti-teo-notre-dame-football-star-hoaxed-hoaxster/
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Willesgirl on January 17, 2013, 11:49:28 AM
hindsight being 20/20 it was kind of unusual for ESPN or NBC to not trot out the dead girl's parents and/or friends to talk about how great of a guy Te'o was and how he helped her during her battle with cancer.

Quote
http://ESPN's Gene Wojciechowski, who voiced a five-minute video feature on Te'o's tragic losses, says he was unable to find Lennay Kekua's obituary or documentation of her car accident. He didn't follow up, though, because the Notre Dame player "said the family would prefer not to be contacted" and "at that moment, you simply think that you have to respect those wishes."

Yeah because you know journalists, they always respect peoples wishes and don't go too far.  I mean they did interview first graders who saw their friends die but interviewing the parents of a football players dead girlfriend is off limits.

Not defending these "journalists" (:lol: at calling sports reporters journalists, but anyway...) BUT I can see how a reporter would honor that wish. You wouldn't want to hurt fake-dead-girlfriend's family by dragging it all up, and you need to maintain a good working relationship and access to Notre Dame and Te'o.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 11:50:32 AM
irony:  fanning's fake girlfriend is posting in this thread

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: star seed 7 on January 17, 2013, 11:54:22 AM
irony:  fanning's fake girlfriend is posting in this thread

 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 17, 2013, 11:57:14 AM
irony:  fanning's fake girlfriend is posting in this thread

 :lol:

fanning has asked that you respect her privacy and her family's feelings by not making further inquiries as to her existence. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 11:59:17 AM
why was fanning/willesgirl so mean to Frank this morning?  :sdeek:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 17, 2013, 12:00:30 PM
why was fanning/willesgirl so mean to Frank this morning?  :sdeek:

The teo outing really put them on edge.  There but for the grace of gE go them. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Willesgirl on January 17, 2013, 12:02:33 PM
why was fanning/willesgirl so mean to Frank this morning?  :sdeek:

The teo outing really put them on edge.  There but for the grace of gE go them.

I really have no idea what exactly the "Frank" stuff means. But Bread, you made me laugh with the "There-but-for-the-grace-of-gE-go-them." I think it's the "them" part that really made me :lol: So :cheers:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 17, 2013, 12:02:51 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 17, 2013, 12:03:10 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

 :runaway: :runaway: :runaway:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 17, 2013, 12:07:34 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

Best episode of Catfish ever.  Nev would have to do some serious reverse Google imaging for that one. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 12:07:47 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

 :horrorsurprise:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Doberman_CATS!!! on January 17, 2013, 12:16:06 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 12:17:25 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

ba-dum-psshhhh
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on January 17, 2013, 12:17:51 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 17, 2013, 12:23:40 PM
:horrorsurprise:

Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

I will be releasing a statement, via twitter, between 11am and noon today.
  :excited:

:tappingfootguy: :looksatwatchguy:

trolled again?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 12:25:01 PM
:horrorsurprise:

Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

I will be releasing a statement, via twitter, between 11am and noon today.
  :excited:

:tappingfootguy: :looksatwatchguy:

trolled again?

Pacific time. She attends Stanford.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheHamburglar on January 17, 2013, 12:25:04 PM
:horrorsurprise:

Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

I will be releasing a statement, via twitter, between 11am and noon today.
  :excited:

:tappingfootguy: :looksatwatchguy:

trolled again?

pst.  2pm cst
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 17, 2013, 12:25:12 PM
good grief.

http://deadspin.com/5976666/heres-everything-the-media-screwed-up-in-reporting-the-story-of-manti-teos-fake-dead-girlfriend?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 12:25:18 PM
:horrorsurprise:

Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

I will be releasing a statement, via twitter, between 11am and noon today.
  :excited:

:tappingfootguy: :looksatwatchguy:

trolled again?

between 11 and 12 pacific time.  so 1-2 central.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 17, 2013, 12:26:25 PM
lol whoops
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: doom on January 17, 2013, 12:26:59 PM
If Te'o were duped and I were the person responsible, I would, like right now, get on top of it and claim Te'o knew so he'd be crucified in my stead.   :dunno:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 12:29:44 PM
If Te'o were duped and I were the person responsible, I would, like right now, get on top of it and claim Te'o knew so he'd be crucified in my stead.   :dunno:

totally. They have nothing to gain by saying Teo wasn't in on it. But he was in on it so it doesn't really matter.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 12:31:10 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

My favorite post of the thread, well done sir
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: slobber on January 17, 2013, 12:34:54 PM
good grief.

http://deadspin.com/5976666/heres-everything-the-media-screwed-up-in-reporting-the-story-of-manti-teos-fake-dead-girlfriend?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
From the comments:
Quote
I think he faked her death to protect her from Brent Musburger.
:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Pete on January 17, 2013, 12:37:50 PM
I think a fun fake twitter account would be from the perspective of the game ball that Brian Kelley game Teo after the Michigan State win, where Kelley told him to take it back to Hawaii to Lennay ("her grave").

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 12:41:44 PM
good grief.

http://deadspin.com/5976666/heres-everything-the-media-screwed-up-in-reporting-the-story-of-manti-teos-fake-dead-girlfriend?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

I hope the South Bend Tribune writer has a backup plan.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: felix rex on January 17, 2013, 12:44:08 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

My favorite post of the thread, well done sir

Yes. Also my favorite comment in the original deadspin article.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 12:48:15 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

My favorite post of the thread, well done sir

Yes. Also my favorite comment in the original deadspin article.

I feel duped  :facepalm: :shakesfist:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 17, 2013, 12:53:43 PM
If you think UND fans are pissed about Lennay not existing, wait until they find out about God.

My favorite post of the thread, well done sir

Yes. Also my favorite comment in the original deadspin article.

I got catfished!  I DIDN'T KNOW!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 12:55:45 PM
my favorite thing so far is when people post pictures of random places or things, like "Here's a picture of Lannay at the Eiffel Tower" and it's just the Eiffel Tower.  I laugh every single time.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 17, 2013, 12:56:40 PM
my favorite thing so far is when people post pictures of random places or things, like "Here's a picture of Lannay at the Eiffel Tower" and it's just the Eiffel Tower.  I laugh every single time.

The best pic so far is the deadspin reply to the Trump tweet.   :lol:
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kitten_mittons on January 17, 2013, 01:03:40 PM
my favorite thing so far is when people post pictures of random places or things, like "Here's a picture of Lannay at the Eiffel Tower" and it's just the Eiffel Tower.  I laugh every single time.

The best pic so far is the deadspin reply to the Trump tweet.   :lol:
:dubious:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 17, 2013, 01:05:42 PM
http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/17/manti-teo-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-scandal-hoax-notre-dame-photo-girlfriend/
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:08:54 PM
http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/17/manti-teo-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-scandal-hoax-notre-dame-photo-girlfriend/

welp
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 17, 2013, 01:09:52 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1207.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb465%2Fbottomofthemap1%2F07DDA56E-3BE3-4C62-837A-D4CB483FF4F3-15375-00000F8708CFECB8.jpg&hash=2a88d42ab1873619b71c6b33153503bfdb838f16)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:11:04 PM
http://deadspin.com/5976822/darnell-dockett-wants-to-cheer-up-manti-teo-by-taking-him-to-the-strip-club?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 17, 2013, 01:11:14 PM
my favorite thing so far is when people post pictures of random places or things, like "Here's a picture of Lannay at the Eiffel Tower" and it's just the Eiffel Tower.  I laugh every single time.

The best pic so far is the deadspin reply to the Trump tweet.   :lol:

The best picture so far is this:
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi45.tinypic.com%2F3492wc2.jpg&hash=4064778efb469796c33a5ba9cbdd5b206b79a558)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 17, 2013, 01:11:52 PM
:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 01:13:46 PM
http://deadspin.com/5976822/darnell-dockett-wants-to-cheer-up-manti-teo-by-taking-him-to-the-strip-club?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

DARNELL DOCKETT?
@ddockett

@MTeo_5 bro we all make mistakes, eff it, Mann lets just go to KOD and ill find u what u looking for. You like midgets got a bad one 4 you.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 17, 2013, 01:16:25 PM
http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/17/manti-teo-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-scandal-hoax-notre-dame-photo-girlfriend/

welp

I'm just glad we kicked the crap out of this guy's cousin in the Holiday Bowl.

 :billdance:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 17, 2013, 01:19:51 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-turnstile/where-does-manti-te-o-girlfriend-story-rank-140115493.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-turnstile/where-does-manti-te-o-girlfriend-story-rank-140115493.html)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: XocolateThundarr on January 17, 2013, 01:26:42 PM
http://deadspin.com/5976822/darnell-dockett-wants-to-cheer-up-manti-teo-by-taking-him-to-the-strip-club?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

DARNELL DOCKETT?
@ddockett

@MTeo_5 bro we all make mistakes, eff it, Mann lets just go to KOD and ill find u what u looking for. You like midgets got a bad one 4 you.


 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:33:21 PM
Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

My statement: This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but I have been told by Alabama's offense that Manti Te'o is not real.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 01:33:48 PM
lame
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:33:55 PM
holy hell that's great

 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:34:20 PM
the fake girlfriend's twitter is making jokes.  just one more twist   :lol:
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 17, 2013, 01:37:16 PM
What do you think the mood was like in the Notre Dame athletic department offices yesterday morning? Did they know Deadspin would expose it later that day, or did they have no idea? I could see them just having their phony press conference ready to go whenever they finally got outed, but man. Either way, I can't imagine the oh-holy-eff scene in that office once the crap hit the Deadspin fan.

Also how much money did Deadspin make yesterday? And how much legitimacy did they gain? Answer: frackloads to both, probably.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:38:25 PM
"supposedly" notre dame was waiting to announce anything until te'o announced it first....but he never did, and then deadspin beat them to it.  notre dame wanted te'o to say something on monday.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 01:39:22 PM
So whoever is behind that twitter account is still giving the world two freedom missiles? Fantastic
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 17, 2013, 01:41:12 PM
"supposedly" notre dame was waiting to announce anything until te'o announced it first....but he never did, and then deadspin beat them to it.  notre dame wanted te'o to say something on monday.

Yeah. Swarbrick: "No I swear we were toooootally gonna tell you guys about it next week, I swear."
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:41:58 PM
So whoever is behind that twitter account is still giving the world two freedom missiles? Fantastic

probably a fake account

still funny
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 01:42:34 PM
So whoever is behind that twitter account is still giving the world two freedom missiles? Fantastic

probably a fake account

still funny

pretty sure its the same acct that Teo was tweeting at long ago
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 01:45:55 PM
http://deadspin.com/5976822/darnell-dockett-wants-to-cheer-up-manti-teo-by-taking-him-to-the-strip-club?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

DARNELL DOCKETT?
@ddockett

@MTeo_5 bro we all make mistakes, eff it, Mann lets just go to KOD and ill find u what u looking for. You like midgets got a bad one 4 you.

If there's anything this season has taught me, it's that Darnell Dockett likes the King of Diamonds.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 17, 2013, 01:46:39 PM
Quote
L K ?@LennayKay

My statement: This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but I have been told by Alabama's offense that Manti Te'o is not real.

So this was the most elaborate troll job in the history of histories?

Does this mean we have to take down our trophies?

This feels like sixth grade all over again. I throw up damn near a hundred pounds on the bench and get all kinds of high fives from my buddies, only to have that one kid who finished puberty throw up a bill-80 and laugh in my face. Do NOT like this feeling.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:47:41 PM
yeah, the level of trolling in this thing puts goEMAW to shame 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Fedor on January 17, 2013, 01:48:15 PM
So whoever is behind that twitter account is still giving the world two freedom missiles? Fantastic

probably a fake account

still funny

pretty sure its the same acct that Teo was tweeting at long ago
I thought that one was @lovalovaloveyou or something similar.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 17, 2013, 01:48:48 PM
The original LennayKay twitter was deleted.  It was registered again yesterday when the news broke.  It isn't the original person.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 17, 2013, 01:49:24 PM
So whoever is behind that twitter account is still giving the world two freedom missiles? Fantastic

probably a fake account

still funny

pretty sure its the same acct that Teo was tweeting at long ago
I thought that one was @lovalovaloveyou or something similar.

It was a long time ago before they changed it to @LennayKay

Come on guys, keep up here
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Fedor on January 17, 2013, 01:49:39 PM
The original LennayKay twitter was deleted.  It was registered again yesterday when the news broke.  It isn't the original person.
Yup
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:50:12 PM
it's still hilarious, regardless.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 01:50:25 PM
ok NO MORE @Lennaykay tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 01:52:54 PM
ok NO MORE @Lennaykay tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already

it's all part of the experience
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 01:53:14 PM
You can change your "@" on twitter guys
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 01:55:34 PM
Quote from: @mocat
d @Lennaykay ok NO MORE tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already #gE #life
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 01:57:06 PM
I really hope that the motive behind this is because Teo chose ND over USC
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ksu101 on January 17, 2013, 01:58:38 PM

Quote
When I was a young man, I had a relationship over the phone with a girl I had never met. We got way too serious and started talking about getting married. She had someone call me and tell me she had died. I was torn to pieces, but luckily I had a friend who called the hospitals and the police and none of her story checked out. In fact her name was fake and she was using her friends identity.

Long story short. People who think they are anonymous can do some f'd up things and young men can be pretty gullible.
   

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 17, 2013, 01:59:43 PM
The reaction of Notre Dame fans is fascinating to me.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on January 17, 2013, 02:03:02 PM

Quote
When I was a young man, I had a relationship over the phone with a girl I had never met. We got way too serious and started talking about getting married. She had someone call me and tell me she had died. I was torn to pieces, but luckily I had a friend who called the hospitals and the police and none of her story checked out. In fact her name was fake and she was using her friends identity.

Long story short. People who think they are anonymous can do some f'd up things and young men can be pretty gullible.
   

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

If I had a nickle for everytime my internet girlfriend that I never met tragically died......
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 17, 2013, 02:03:45 PM
I really hope that the motive behind this is because Teo chose ND over USC

This would be amazing

I love college football with all my heart and to see it become a sport where lazy, ugly ESPN "journalist" imply is only relavent in the racist, backwoods of the southeastern part of the country has been dishearting. Having a lone gunman out there proving crazy is not relegated to those that habitate the poor, inbred and illeterate part of this great country is heartwarming.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 02:04:27 PM
The original LennayKay twitter was deleted.  It was registered again yesterday when the news broke.  It isn't the original person.

I was catfished by a fake catfish.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: _33 on January 17, 2013, 02:06:24 PM
I really hope that the motive behind this is because Teo chose ND over USC

This would be amazing

I love college football with all my heart and to see it become a sport where lazy, ugly ESPN "journalist" imply is only relavent in the racist, backwoods of the southeastern part of the country has been dishearting. Having a lone gunman out there proving crazy is not relegated to those that habitate the poor, inbred and illeterate part of this great country is heartwarming.

huh?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: pissclams on January 17, 2013, 02:17:56 PM
_33 if you can't make sense of that post then i'm not sure about you anymore because it's very clear what qatzmanchu is saying
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 17, 2013, 02:18:06 PM
Quote
SportsCenter ?@SportsCenter
NEW DEVELOPMENT - Former ND teammate tells ESPN's Bob Holtzman that many players knew Lennay Kekua wasn't really Manti Te'o's girlfriend.

Just rough ridin' say you lied, Manti.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 02:24:55 PM
 :popcorn:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: one time gella on January 17, 2013, 02:52:56 PM
Any chance that T'eo is a pathological liar?
I had one for a roommate in college one time.
You name it and that kid had done it... and he always had to try to one-up you
Shrine Bowl- check
flew a plane- check
bought a jet ski last weekend- check
won a crapload of money on Secretariat- check (even though he was only 3 years old at the time)
funniest was he had a hot cousin and someone mentioned they wouldn't mind bagging her...  Yep, he said he did it  :horrorsurprise:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 17, 2013, 02:57:29 PM
Any chance that T'eo is a pathological liar?
I had one for a roommate in college one time.
You name it and that kid had done it... and he always had to try to one-up you
Shrine Bowl- check
flew a plane- check
bought a jet ski last weekend- check
won a crapload of money on Secretariat- check (even though he was only 3 years old at the time)
funniest was he had a hot cousin and someone mentioned they wouldn't mind bagging her...  Yep, he said he did it  :horrorsurprise:

I've done all those things, twice
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 17, 2013, 02:59:14 PM
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdAuxdaDQhAWjwGHkh_GpnOSRikA-092qD_-0qtEc_Xh42At01sQ)

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 03:00:11 PM
Any chance that T'eo is a pathological liar?
I had one for a roommate in college one time.
You name it and that kid had done it... and he always had to try to one-up you
Shrine Bowl- check
flew a plane- check
bought a jet ski last weekend- check
won a crapload of money on Secretariat- check (even though he was only 3 years old at the time)
funniest was he had a hot cousin and someone mentioned they wouldn't mind bagging her...  Yep, he said he did it  :horrorsurprise:

I've done all those things, twice
The Dos Equis Guy has led a pretty lame life.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 17, 2013, 03:00:17 PM
Did Te'o's girlfriend fake her orgasums?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 17, 2013, 03:00:31 PM
Quote
SportsCenter ?@SportsCenter
NEW DEVELOPMENT - Former ND teammate tells ESPN's Bob Holtzman that many players knew Lennay Kekua wasn't really Manti Te'o's girlfriend.

Just rough ridin' say you lied, Manti.

Leader.

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 03:02:48 PM
Quote from: @mocat
d @Lennaykay ok NO MORE tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already #gE #life

what were you trying to say here madcat?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: PoetWarrior on January 17, 2013, 03:03:19 PM
When did lying become something that people believe is wrong?

On what basis have they decided it is wrong?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: one time gella on January 17, 2013, 03:05:48 PM
Did Te'o's girlfriend fake her orgasums?
A double fake would be like a double negative, so they would cancel each other out...
So no, she couldn't fake her orgasms...
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Brock Landers on January 17, 2013, 03:19:34 PM
Quote from: @mocat
d @Lennaykay ok NO MORE tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already #gE #life

what were you trying to say here madcat?


Why in the world would you want this person to stop tweeting?  My goodness.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 03:22:18 PM
Literally 3 or 4 jokes about this have not made me laugh, everything else has been gold
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 17, 2013, 03:46:54 PM
Quote from: @mocat
d @Lennaykay ok NO MORE tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already #gE #life

what were you trying to say here madcat?


Why in the world would you want this person to stop tweeting?  My goodness.

I didn't tweet that person, i was just saying i dont want to see any more tweets on goEMAW from that person because it's not the real person but whatevs, as okcat said its all part of the experience. I just dont know why madcat quoted my post as if it were a tweet
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 03:48:58 PM
Quote from: @mocat
d @Lennaykay ok NO MORE tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already #gE #life

what were you trying to say here madcat?


Why in the world would you want this person to stop tweeting?  My goodness.

I didn't tweet that person, i was just saying i dont want to see any more tweets on goEMAW from that person because it's not the real person but whatevs, as okcat said its all part of the experience. I just dont know why madcat quoted my post as if it were a tweet

Just kidding around
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 17, 2013, 03:49:13 PM
Quote from: @mocat
d @Lennaykay ok NO MORE tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already #gE #life

what were you trying to say here madcat?


Why in the world would you want this person to stop tweeting?  My goodness.

I didn't tweet that person, i was just saying i dont want to see any more tweets on goEMAW from that person because it's not the real person but whatevs, as okcat said its all part of the experience. I just dont know why madcat quoted my post as if it were a tweet

but manti tweeted that person 71 days ago, how did they fake that?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 17, 2013, 03:50:17 PM
Think I figured it out. It only takes a few assumptions.

Being a homosexual, Tuiosisopo is almost assuredly huge Meg Ryan fan (its the curly hair)

Being a Meg Ryan fan means one has to love "You Got Mail"

As you all know in that movie, the protaganist falls in love with online version of the antagonist of the movie whom she hates with the passion in real life.

To make a long story short, Tuiossisiissoppo made Mantai fall in-love with his online persona and if it hadnt been for those meddiling Deadspinners he would have got Mantai into a park with Brinkley saying " I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly"

The true tradgedy of this whole situation is that a love story will now not ever be a love story.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 03:55:21 PM
I was thinking Tuiasosopo was a huge Tom Hanks fan and was friends with fake Lennay the volleyball player due to the connections of Wilson from Cast Away.  More or less the same story though.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Kat Kid on January 17, 2013, 03:59:30 PM
When did lying become something that people believe is wrong?

On what basis have they decided it is wrong?

Deceit was punished well before the ten commandments.  HTH
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: one time gella on January 17, 2013, 04:00:26 PM
Speaking of movies, how soon before this one is made...
and will it appear on Lifetime or will they try to spin it into the next Rudy movie?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 17, 2013, 04:02:10 PM
I was thinking Tuiasosopo was a huge Tom Hanks fan and was friends with fake Lennay the volleyball player due to the connections of Wilson from Cast Away.  More or less the same story though.

Also possible. Almost impossible not to be Tom Hanks fan regardless of the connections.

I think we can agree though it most certainly was Mantai as the protagonist who loved the on-line version of the antagonist Tuiossissopo, but hated the real life version of him cause he was a USC fan and possibly because he was male.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 04:02:46 PM
When did lying become something that people believe is wrong?

On what basis have they decided it is wrong?

Deceit was punished well before the ten commandments.  HTH

I think back then it was just vengeance for getting butthurt.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on January 17, 2013, 04:08:36 PM
Speaking of movies, how soon before this one is made...
and will it appear on Lifetime or will they try to spin it into the next Rudy movie?


30 for 30
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: one time gella on January 17, 2013, 04:09:01 PM
I'm definitely gonna have MT on my fantasy football team next year...
He should dominate  :excited:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Ghost of Stan Parrish on January 17, 2013, 04:09:12 PM
When did lying become something that people believe is wrong?

On what basis have they decided it is wrong?

Deceit was punished well before the ten commandments.  HTH

I think back then it was just vengeance for getting butthurt.

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancienttranslations.com%2Fcontent%2Fset9.gif&hash=02899b3ce8c70a4f56a7dd3d13c95a8baf8c7409)

translation (approximate): "U MAD BRO?"
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 17, 2013, 04:24:07 PM
I feel like this thread should already have a million more pages by now.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 17, 2013, 04:28:02 PM
http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/17/manti-teo-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-scandal-hoax-notre-dame-photo-girlfriend/

And the beat goes on.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 04:39:16 PM
i like how now the media clowns like mandel are going on and on about how it's not realistic that te'o was in on it.....because, ya know, this is a completely normal situation.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 04:42:17 PM
http://www.headingfortheexits.com/hfte-exclusive-chat-transcript-between-manti-teo-and-lennay-kekua/

heh
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 17, 2013, 04:45:29 PM
i like how now the media clowns like mandel are going on and on about how it's not realistic that te'o was in on it.....because, ya know, this is a completely normal situation.

Mandel has been exceptionally Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) about this.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 17, 2013, 04:45:41 PM
http://www.headingfortheexits.com/hfte-exclusive-chat-transcript-between-manti-teo-and-lennay-kekua/

heh

Quote
Manti: stop car

Lenny: The car hit me and I died of cancer.

Manti: no

Lenny: I’m dead now. I have died.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 17, 2013, 04:47:01 PM
i like how now the media clowns like mandel are going on and on about how it's not realistic that te'o was in on it.....because, ya know, this is a completely normal situation.

The more he was hoaxed, the less wrong the media is in their own eyes.

as far as the media goes, either they were directly used by an evil genius looking for pub to help his status, or they reported details of some schmuck that turned out to be a bamboozled idiot.

In the former, the media is the idiot.  In the later, it's Te'o.  The media would rather Te'o be the idiot.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 17, 2013, 04:50:07 PM
Guys this is so awesome but imagine how much more awesome it would be if he had won the Heisman and thanked her in the speech.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 04:50:37 PM
http://www.headingfortheexits.com/hfte-exclusive-chat-transcript-between-manti-teo-and-lennay-kekua/

heh

 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Lenny: The car hit me and I died of cancer.
 
Manti: no
 
Lenny: I’m dead now. I have died.
 
Manti: no lennay
 
Lenny: I am dead. Goodbye forever.
 
Manti: no
 
Manti: pizza with cheese meat peperronii to south bend
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 04:51:18 PM
i'm waiting for a reverse hoax, where the real lanney comes out of hiding and is proven to be a real person, and that she pretended to die because he was annoying her with the mormon stuff.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Johnny Wichita on January 17, 2013, 04:52:40 PM
SI’s Pete Thamel Released the Transcript of His Interview with Manti Te’o About His Dead Fake Girlfriend
College Football, Death, Manti Te'o, Media Gossip/Musings Stephen Douglas January 17th. 2013, 5:11pm

Sports Illustrated has released the full trascript of Pete Thamel’s interview with Manti Te’o. You can read Thamel’s interview, along with some more notes at Sports Illustrated.com. I have picked out a few select portions that I found interesting. From Sports Illustrated:

SI: How did you meet her?

TE’O: We met just, ummmm, just she knew my cousin. And kind of saw me there so. Just kind of regular.

SI: How long were you dating? I know that can be a complicated question.

TE’O: Oct. 15 was the official date. Of last year. I’ve known her for four years. So we’ve been friends.

SI: So you dated for about a year.

TE’O: Yeah.

—–

SI: She has a Hawaiian sounding name. Is she from there?

TE’O: Her real name is actually Melelengei, but her friends couldn’t say that so they just called her Lennay.

SI: What did she do?

TE’O: She actually just graduated from Stanford. She worked at Clark’s Construction Company, I think. She replaced her dad after her dad passed.

SI: When did her dad pass?

TE’O: In October. She took that mantle for him.

SI: Does the family own a construction business?

TE’O: No. But they’re part of the whole administration, the higher-ups. Their family worked really hard and worked their way up. She’s very smart, very smart and very intellectual. She worked there but her main dream was to work with kids. She traveled all around. She taught at elementary schools. She flew to New Zealand to just work with kids. That’s what she loved to do, work with children.

—–

SI: What did she study?

TE’O: She graduated in 2011 or 2010. 2011.

SI: What was her major?

TE’O: Her major was in English and something. I’ll double check.

SI: I can call Stanford and check. They have to have some record or note that she passed.

SI: So long distance relationship?

TE’O: She was supposed to come [to visit me at Notre Dame]. She was just cleared to come to the Wake Forest game, my senior game. It was mainly just on the phone, every day.

—–

SI: Where did you meet her in California?

TE’O: She actually came to one of the games. She saw me at one of the games.

SI: October 15, I assume is USC?

TE’O: That was in November. But she saw me at the USC game of my sophomore year. We were still just friends, we were acquaintances.

There you go. Te’o told Thamel that he would talk to his girlfriend while she was in her coma and her breathing would increase. She was given a job at a construction company that her father had held. He didn’t know when she graduated or what she majored in despite the fact that they talked on the phone nonstop? Of course, if he was in on it, he would have an answer for every question. Right? This is still really weird.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 17, 2013, 04:56:47 PM
There you go. Te’o told Thamel that he would talk to his girlfriend while she was in her coma and her breathing would increase. She was given a job at a construction company that her father had held. He didn’t know when she graduated or what she majored in despite the fact that they talked on the phone nonstop? Of course, if he was in on it, he would have an answer for every question. Right? This is still really weird.

The only weird thing is people that think Te'o didn't know she was fake.  Well that and the whole idea of faking it in the first place.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 17, 2013, 04:57:40 PM
Too much hesitation and inconsistencies in his answers to make it seem like he was hoaxed. Too many details (job, dad dying) to think he was covering up being embarrassed by getting hoaxed. He was in on it 100%
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 17, 2013, 05:02:08 PM
Guys this is so awesome but imagine how much more awesome it would be if he had won the Heisman and thanked her in the speech.

 :thumbs:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 17, 2013, 05:04:33 PM
Too much hesitation and inconsistencies in his answers to make it seem like he was hoaxed. Too many details (job, dad dying) to think he was covering up being embarrassed by getting hoaxed. He was in on it 100%

Yep.  Way too much detail in back story. 

Also, the thing not focused on in the media I have heard today is that the guy behind the hoax(supposedly) was supposedly a very good friend of Te'o.

In hoaxes, there has to be a payoff.  Financially, emotionally, something.  What was the payoff for a guy to get pics from some old classmate, alter said pics enough to not have Google Image eff up his fun, hire a chick to act like some fake chick for a year on the phone daily, make multiple fake social media accts, call up Te'o's pops and fam and have convos, etc.

That is a deep detailed long con and I just don't see what the payoff is.  It certainly is a lot of work to just call someone a dumbass and laugh.

The pay off that makes sense is that the con was on the media and the nation and that the payoff is increased hype for Te'o for awards and draft status.  All the media I have heard today blow this off as not being feasible because it supposedly started 3 yrs ago.  Well, his own story says that the gf part of the relationship started this year, so I would guess the con started this year and the other 2 yrs are simply back story.

I just don't see anyway this is anything else at this point.

Even the gay thing seems much less likely for some reason now.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Fedor on January 17, 2013, 05:11:26 PM
Too much hesitation and inconsistencies in his answers to make it seem like he was hoaxed. Too many details (job, dad dying) to think he was covering up being embarrassed by getting hoaxed. He was in on it 100%

Yep.  Way too much detail in back story. 

Also, the thing not focused on in the media I have heard today is that the guy behind the hoax(supposedly) was supposedly a very good friend of Te'o.

In hoaxes, there has to be a payoff.  Financially, emotionally, something.  What was the payoff for a guy to get pics from some old classmate, alter said pics enough to not have Google Image eff up his fun, hire a chick to act like some fake chick for a year on the phone daily, make multiple fake social media accts, call up Te'o's pops and fam and have convos, etc.

That is a deep detailed long con and I just don't see what the payoff is.  It certainly is a lot of work to just call someone a dumbass and laugh.

The pay off that makes sense is that the con was on the media and the nation and that the payoff is increased hype for Te'o for awards and draft status.  All the media I have heard today blow this off as not being feasible because it supposedly started 3 yrs ago.  Well, his own story says that the gf part of the relationship started this year, so I would guess the con started this year and the other 2 yrs are simply back story.

I just don't see anyway this is anything else at this point.

Even the gay thing seems much less likely for some reason now.
There was an article that stated it was common knowledge on campus that he was banging hoes.  While this does not disprove the gay theory, it makes it more unlikely than I previously thought.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 17, 2013, 05:16:03 PM
Speaking of movies, how soon before this one is made...
and will it appear on Lifetime or will they try to spin it into the next Rudy movie?

I'll bet Rudy is plenty pissed.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 17, 2013, 05:21:48 PM
Speaking of movies, how soon before this one is made...
and will it appear on Lifetime or will they try to spin it into the next Rudy movie?

I'll bet Rudy is plenty pissed.

every notre dame story is completely fake.  rudy is fake.  "win one for the gipper" is fake.

they are all a bunch of dumbass liars.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 05:24:51 PM
Speaking of movies, how soon before this one is made...
and will it appear on Lifetime or will they try to spin it into the next Rudy movie?

I'll bet Rudy is plenty pissed.

every notre dame story is completely fake.  rudy is fake.  "win one for the gipper" is fake.

they are all a bunch of dumbass liars.

Jesus doesn't give a eff about touchdowns.  Don't eff with the Jesus
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 17, 2013, 05:34:55 PM
Too much hesitation and inconsistencies in his answers to make it seem like he was hoaxed. Too many details (job, dad dying) to think he was covering up being embarrassed by getting hoaxed. He was in on it 100%

Well, that and the fact that he and Notre Dame knew it was a hoax of some sort and he continued to lie about it.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: steve dave on January 17, 2013, 05:36:10 PM
Too much hesitation and inconsistencies in his answers to make it seem like he was hoaxed. Too many details (job, dad dying) to think he was covering up being embarrassed by getting hoaxed. He was in on it 100%

Well, that and the fact that he and Notre Dame knew it was a hoax of some sort and he continued to lie about it.

This is obviously true btw.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: pvegs on January 17, 2013, 05:36:34 PM
-Doesn't know what year she graduated
-Confused about her major
-Doesn't know exactly how she died or what injuries she sustained from the car accident

He's fine with the generic details, like her "godliness" for example, but has zero insight into anything else about her illness or life. There's no way you can read that interview and find his catfish/victim explanation more credible.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: steve dave on January 17, 2013, 05:36:49 PM
Not that I needed to say that because it was stud poster michigancat who originally said it. But why not!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 17, 2013, 05:44:19 PM
Too much hesitation and inconsistencies in his answers to make it seem like he was hoaxed. Too many details (job, dad dying) to think he was covering up being embarrassed by getting hoaxed. He was in on it 100%

Yep.  Way too much detail in back story. 

Also, the thing not focused on in the media I have heard today is that the guy behind the hoax(supposedly) was supposedly a very good friend of Te'o.

In hoaxes, there has to be a payoff.  Financially, emotionally, something.  What was the payoff for a guy to get pics from some old classmate, alter said pics enough to not have Google Image eff up his fun, hire a chick to act like some fake chick for a year on the phone daily, make multiple fake social media accts, call up Te'o's pops and fam and have convos, etc.

That is a deep detailed long con and I just don't see what the payoff is.  It certainly is a lot of work to just call someone a dumbass and laugh.

The pay off that makes sense is that the con was on the media and the nation and that the payoff is increased hype for Te'o for awards and draft status.  All the media I have heard today blow this off as not being feasible because it supposedly started 3 yrs ago.  Well, his own story says that the gf part of the relationship started this year, so I would guess the con started this year and the other 2 yrs are simply back story.

I just don't see anyway this is anything else at this point.

Even the gay thing seems much less likely for some reason now.

Don't underestimate how weird people can be.  It's very possible that during this long timeframe, Ronaiah could have easily filled in all of those details.  I mean, there's already good evidence he had elaborate hoaxes going on with other people for no reason.  This is how he gets his kicks. 

I'm not saying that Manti didn't know about it, but Ronaiah is obviously a psycho and Manti is obviously dumb so it isn't that cut and dry.

EDIT:  Manti is also a huge and possibly compulsive liar which makes the situation even more confusing.  His lies would seemingly implicate him, but I'm just not sure he was smart enough to know when to stop lying even after knowing she was fake.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 17, 2013, 05:53:47 PM
Except it is because Te'o was super duper in on it.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: j-von on January 17, 2013, 05:54:51 PM
Except it is because Te'o was super duper in on it.

I really do hope it's this.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: theKSU on January 17, 2013, 06:01:40 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on January 17, 2013, 06:04:30 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accident
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 17, 2013, 06:05:09 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

She had a leukemia attack, which caused a car accident, and then it grew into cancer I think  :dunno:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OB_Won on January 17, 2013, 06:05:56 PM
Except it is because Te'o was super duper in on it.
His feet stank and he don't kno Jesus!
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 17, 2013, 06:08:36 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

She had a leukemia attack, which caused a car accident, and then it grew into cancer I think  :dunno:

That will be Te'o's next explanation.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 17, 2013, 06:27:47 PM
Quote from: @mocat
d @Lennaykay ok NO MORE tweets pls & TY. I have been trolled too much already #gE #life

what were you trying to say here madcat?


Why in the world would you want this person to stop tweeting?  My goodness.

I didn't tweet that person, i was just saying i dont want to see any more tweets on goEMAW from that person because it's not the real person but whatevs, as okcat said its all part of the experience. I just dont know why madcat quoted my post as if it were a tweet

but manti tweeted that person 71 days ago, how did they fake that?

it was a retweet.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 17, 2013, 06:29:32 PM
hoaxed me again!!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 17, 2013, 06:48:52 PM
So anyone else wondering if the drunk who hit Lalana and discovered her lukemia should get a retrial. I mean new crap has come to light! And crap... man, she faked herself. Well sure, man. Look at it... a young internet girlfriend, in the parlance of our times, you know, and she, uh, uh, makes stuff up all over twitter, including to known samoans, and that's cool... that's, that's cool, I'm, I'm saying, she needs validation, man. And of course they're going to say that they didn't meet her, because... she wants more, man! She's got to feed the monkey, I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on January 17, 2013, 06:49:32 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accident

i liked the part where the dying cancer victim had a normal conversation with him less than 24 hours before passing.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on January 17, 2013, 06:51:22 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accident

i liked the part where the dying cancer victim had a normal conversation with him less than 24 hours before passing.

Yea, called his family to offer condolences on the Grandma.  Pretty absurd
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 17, 2013, 06:52:06 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accident

i liked the part where the dying cancer victim had a normal conversation with him less than 24 hours before passing.

Yeah on a serious note, my 52 year old grandmother died of cancer, and I got to see her like 2 days before she passed and she was a shriveled up ball, doped up real good and in a comatose state. I call BS on her talking mere hours before her death.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on January 17, 2013, 06:58:23 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accident

i liked the part where the dying cancer victim had a normal conversation with him less than 24 hours before passing.

Yeah on a serious note, my 52 year old grandmother died of cancer, and I got to see her like 2 days before she passed and she was a shriveled up ball, doped up real good and in a comatose state. I call BS on her talking mere hours before her death.

yes. people in their last few days while dying from a terminal illness go through stages and one of the stages is not to pick up the phone and call someone ten states away to tell them how sad you are to hear about their grandmother passing. i mean there are parts of the story that are ridiculous, but that is one of if not the most ridiculous.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: slobber on January 17, 2013, 07:18:08 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

She had a leukemia attack, which caused a car accident, and then it grew into cancer I think  :dunno:
MantiTe'oisInnocent has nailed this one. There really can be no other explanation.  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 07:45:56 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic03.mediaite.com%2Fsportsgrid%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F01%2Fusual-e1358440789148.jpg&hash=3c8a42ee2bfbc1473e2aa3da6e887ca05c45ed40)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 17, 2013, 07:55:42 PM
Why did nobody catch the fact that she died of Leukemia because of a car accident?  This is where somebody should done some digging. (Pete Thamel!!  :shakesfist: )

The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accident

i liked the part where the dying cancer victim had a normal conversation with him less than 24 hours before passing.

Yeah on a serious note, my 52 year old grandmother died of cancer, and I got to see her like 2 days before she passed and she was a shriveled up ball, doped up real good and in a comatose state. I call BS on her talking mere hours before her death.

yes. people in their last few days while dying from a terminal illness go through stages and one of the stages is not to pick up the phone and call someone ten states away to tell them how sad you are to hear about their grandmother passing. i mean there are parts of the story that are ridiculous, but that is one of if not the most ridiculous.

The "my voice kept her alive." is tops for me.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Institutional Control on January 17, 2013, 08:03:55 PM
Entire Usual Suspects gif.

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 17, 2013, 09:59:48 PM
Entire Usual Suspects gif.

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I already posted it today.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: LickNeckey on January 17, 2013, 10:05:12 PM
hoaxed me again!!

well played sir
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: _33 on January 17, 2013, 11:11:22 PM
MANTI MINUS LENNAY

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Tobias on January 17, 2013, 11:13:24 PM
MANTI MINUS LENNAY

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8053%2F8391671696_a758aea2e1_b.jpg&hash=1db2d57043a7c6259af31855d9f0cd66a5427cc1)

:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 17, 2013, 11:31:39 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 17, 2013, 11:33:33 PM
Aelma Te'o, Manti's uncle
http://1280thezone.com/index.php/audio/listen/alema_teo (http://1280thezone.com/index.php/audio/listen/alema_teo)

Pete Thamel
http://www.csnchicago.com/ncaa/notre-dame/irish-talk/Radio-interview-sheds-light-on-Teos-rela?blockID=824541&feedID=630 (http://www.csnchicago.com/ncaa/notre-dame/irish-talk/Radio-interview-sheds-light-on-Teos-rela?blockID=824541&feedID=630)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 18, 2013, 12:46:43 AM
Te'o should be this company's celebrity endorser

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/website-selling-fake-facebook-girlfriends-232429663--abc-news-topstories.html
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 18, 2013, 07:30:55 AM
Aelma Te'o, Manti's uncle
http://1280thezone.com/index.php/audio/listen/alema_teo (http://1280thezone.com/index.php/audio/listen/alema_teo)

Pete Thamel
http://www.csnchicago.com/ncaa/notre-dame/irish-talk/Radio-interview-sheds-light-on-Teos-rela?blockID=824541&feedID=630 (http://www.csnchicago.com/ncaa/notre-dame/irish-talk/Radio-interview-sheds-light-on-Teos-rela?blockID=824541&feedID=630)

I appreciate that ND is sending the uncle out to clean up some inconsistencies.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 18, 2013, 08:33:45 AM
I didn't understand any of that.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SabiNation on January 18, 2013, 09:25:48 AM
Guys, this isn't even a big deal.  I only know a few of you IRL, yet I love every single one of you.  It's the same thing
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheHamburglar on January 18, 2013, 09:27:29 AM
Guys, this isn't even a big deal.  I only know a few of you IRL, yet I love every single one of you.  It's the same thing

You wouldn't go to every national new outlet you could find to cry about a sock dying, even if you knew it was a sock.  You're a decent human being. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 18, 2013, 10:44:58 AM
Another perspective (http://basketballpredictions.blogspot.com/2013/01/hero-worship-sabermetrics-and-strange.html) about the Teo mess that most won't read.

But its good.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 18, 2013, 11:03:44 AM
Another perspective (http://basketballpredictions.blogspot.com/2013/01/hero-worship-sabermetrics-and-strange.html) about the Teo mess that most won't read.

But its good.

That was a good read.  Here's a few paragraphs:
Quote
So why does this matter? Why did Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend matter at all? It mattered because in sports, that stuff matters a ton. And nowhere more than college football, where the short season and the fact that top teams almost never play top teams from other conferences means that we really have no idea which teams and which players are the best. So the sport revolves around hype, personal stories and hero worship. Go look at Manti Te'o's stats. He's indistinguishable for 20 other linebackers around the country. If he had the identical season for Arizona or Wisconsin, he probably wouldn't have been an All-American, let alone be considered for Heisman votes after truly dominant defenders like Ndamukong Suh couldn't win the award. But he played for Notre Dame, he talked about God a lot, and he had this tremendous back story. And that gave him hype, and that gave him all of the recognition, attention and rewards.

At this point, we don't yet know if Te'o completely manufactured the girlfriend, or if he was indeed duped at first into believing he was dating a girl who didn't exist. But what we know for sure is that he played it up for show. And we also know that at some point he figured it out, and his teammates figured it out, yet everybody kept pretending to the media that the girl was real. Te'o has already admitted to finding out that the girl was a fake by December 6th, yet two days later he talked about her to ESPN at the Heisman ceremony. And I'm betting that by the time this is all said and done that we'll know that he knew she was a fake at least a few months prior. Anonymous players have already said that they suspected something months ago.

So let's take Te'o's side of the story. Let's say that he really believed the girl was real, but around the time she was "dying" he finally figured out that she wasn't. Why did he continue to play it up? Why did he keep giving national interviews about it? Make everybody wear leis? Give team speeches about it? Because he knew it worked in his benefit. The dead girlfriend story was his ticket to being overrated, to winning more awards and more attention than he otherwise would have gotten for his play alone. The media gave him every incentive to lie.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 18, 2013, 11:11:47 AM
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Until we stop making people Heisman finalists because their jersey says "Notre Dame" instead of "Kansas State", and because of dead girlfriends instead of tackles or sacks, there will be another Manti Te'o and then another. So don't blame Te'o and don't blame the media. Blame the culture of narratives.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: _33 on January 18, 2013, 12:23:12 PM
MANTI MINUS LENNAY

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This is hilarious you morons. I'm so pissed at you guys right now.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 18, 2013, 12:34:21 PM
I can't look at that cartoon without thinking that I must be missing something.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 18, 2013, 12:35:31 PM
I can't look at that cartoon without thinking that I must be missing something.

Have you ever seen the site that has Garfield cartoons without Garfield?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 18, 2013, 12:37:38 PM
I laughed
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 18, 2013, 12:39:09 PM
I can't look at that cartoon without thinking that I must be missing something.

Have you ever seen the site that has Garfield cartoons without Garfield?

No.  BUT THAT SOUNDS HILARIOUS!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: _33 on January 18, 2013, 12:40:12 PM
I can't look at that cartoon without thinking that I must be missing something.

Have you ever seen the site that has Garfield cartoons without Garfield?

No.  BUT THAT SOUNDS HILARIOUS!

DAMMIT. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 18, 2013, 01:01:15 PM
I can't look at that cartoon without thinking that I must be missing something.

Have you ever seen the site that has Garfield cartoons without Garfield?

I have not, but now I have.
I lol'd at this one:

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 18, 2013, 01:05:32 PM
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Until we stop making people Heisman finalists because their jersey says "Notre Dame" instead of "Kansas State", and because of dead girlfriends instead of tackles or sacks, there will be another Manti Te'o and then another. So don't blame Te'o and don't blame the media. Blame the culture of narratives.

Umm...what?  The media is 100% to blame for Heisman votes based on jerseys instead of actual stats and accomplishments.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 18, 2013, 01:10:35 PM
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Until we stop making people Heisman finalists because their jersey says "Notre Dame" instead of "Kansas State", and because of dead girlfriends instead of tackles or sacks, there will be another Manti Te'o and then another. So don't blame Te'o and don't blame the media. Blame the culture of narratives.

Umm...what?  The media is 100% to blame for Heisman votes based on jerseys instead of actual stats and accomplishments.

The point was that the average sports consumer values the narratives, and the media (and Teo) played to that.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 18, 2013, 01:35:28 PM
Interesting...

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Dan Tudesco, a 2006 graduate who now works in public relations in New York, set up an online account at fundraising website indiegogo.com on Jan. 9 to solicit $5,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Inc. The initial pitch said donations would go to the society in memory of Lennay Kekua and in honor of Te'o, "two individuals who have been an inspiration to us through an iconic season."

Tudesco said he and three friends got the fundraising idea after seeing a video that went viral of Te'o holding his head in dismay during the Irish's 42-14 loss to Alabama in the national championship game.

The goal was to turn the loss -- and the player's sudden popularity -- into something positive.

"I think we were all kind of disappointed in the result of the game ... and the Manti story was very inspirational," Tudesco told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Notre Dame took notice of Tudesco's tweets about the fund drive and sent a university videographer to shoot an interview with him. The video was posted on the Notre Dame athletics YouTube channel Tuesday.

Tudesco said he didn't believe Notre Dame was aware of the hoax when it promoted his fundraiser.

"It would surprise me that Notre Dame would want to promote this if they knew something like this was going on," Tudesco said.


However, Notre Dame officials said Wednesday that they became aware of the hoax on Dec. 26, nearly two weeks before the championship game. University spokesman Dennis Brown didn't immediately respond to a request seeking comment Thursday.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8854472/teammate-manti-teo-says-player-played-girlfriend-angle
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 18, 2013, 01:38:14 PM
reports coming out now that there are first hand accounts that tuisasasopo (sp?) confessed to them that he was behind it and that te'o had no idea.  said it started out as a joke and got out of hand.

seems reasonable, i guess.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 18, 2013, 01:40:52 PM
reports coming out now that there are first hand accounts that tuisasasopo (sp?) confessed to them that he was behind it and that te'o had no idea.  said it started out as a joke and got out of hand.

seems reasonable, i guess.

I have no idea what's reasonable any more.

Its still just as reasonable they are in on it together and Teo convinced Marques' cousin to take the fall for a portion of his coming NFL payday.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 18, 2013, 01:41:24 PM
Sounds like this scumbag has done this to others as well. People that do this crap should just kill themselves, seriously. rough ridin' garbage human beings
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 18, 2013, 01:42:05 PM
Sounds like this scumbag has done this to others as well. People that do this crap should just kill themselves, seriously. rough ridin' garbage human beings

says a poster on goEMAW.com
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 18, 2013, 01:42:56 PM
Sounds like this scumbag has done this to others as well. People that do this crap should just kill themselves, seriously. rough ridin' garbage human beings

How much time do you get for killing a fake person?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 18, 2013, 01:43:10 PM
So you guys think Te'o really believed she was the love of his life even though they never met? Why even talk about a girlfriend on national TV that you have never met? And she was in the hospital in CA when he went home. No way he would just stop by for a day or two before going home?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 18, 2013, 01:44:41 PM
Sounds like this scumbag has done this to others as well. People that do this crap should just kill themselves, seriously. rough ridin' garbage human beings

says Steve Dave's friend on goEMAW.com

fyp
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllToPay on January 18, 2013, 01:45:11 PM
So you guys think Te'o really believed she was the love of his life even though they never met? Why even talk about a girlfriend on national TV that you have never met? And she was in the hospital in CA when he went home. No way he would just stop by for a day or two before going home?

people are weird, dude.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 18, 2013, 01:45:45 PM
So you guys think Te'o really believed she was the love of his life even though they never met? Why even talk about a girlfriend on national TV that you have never met? And she was in the hospital in CA when he went home. No way he would just stop by for a day or two before going home?

here's what most people seem to think is the real story:

te'o had a relationship online and on the phone with a woman.  he liked her.  she "died."  he made it a bigger thing then it was.  the media ate it up.  he noticed that, and kept digging a hole and getting deeper and deeper. 

as unbelievable as this story is, it's a fairly believable theory.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 18, 2013, 01:46:10 PM
Sounds like this scumbag has done this to others as well. People that do this crap should just kill themselves, seriously. rough ridin' garbage human beings

How much time do you get for killing a fake person?
Maybe they give you the fake death penalty.  :dunno:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 18, 2013, 01:46:29 PM
So you guys think Te'o really believed she was the love of his life even though they never met? Why even talk about a girlfriend on national TV that you have never met? And she was in the hospital in CA when he went home. No way he would just stop by for a day or two before going home?

yeah, eff people giving Te'o a free pass. He's an attention whore piece of crap who was in on it, and is a gigantic piece of crap even if he wasn't (he is).
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 18, 2013, 01:49:35 PM
So you guys think Te'o really believed she was the love of his life even though they never met? Why even talk about a girlfriend on national TV that you have never met? And she was in the hospital in CA when he went home. No way he would just stop by for a day or two before going home?

yeah, eff people giving Te'o a free pass. He's an attention whore piece of crap who was in on it, and is a gigantic piece of crap even if he wasn't (he is).

Completely agree.

The amount of detail he gave in the Thamel interviews from SI was enough for me.

"Oh yeah, she went to a coma after the accident and before the cancer and almost died too, I think I forgot to tell you that."

Give me a break.

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 18, 2013, 01:51:06 PM


Manti Te'o
Rebounded w/ ACTUAL Girl
After Fake GF 'Died'

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EXCLUSIVE


Manti Te'o quietly began dating an actual living, breathing female human being ... shortly after he learned "Lennay Kekua" had died from cancer ... and the rebound chick is HOT ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Manti tell us ... the Notre Dame star met Alexandra del Pilar the weekend of November 10 -- when Notre Dame played Boston College.

Alexandra, 21, is a student at St. Mary's College in Indiana -- which is close to Notre Dame.

We're told Alexandra and Manti dated for nearly 2 months, but broke up recently.   

There are rumors swirling that Manti created a fictitious GF to take the pressure off him from teammates and others who felt he should be dating, but his relationship with a real woman calls those rumors into doubt..

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 18, 2013, 01:51:58 PM
In retrospect, how did it take so long to come out that it was fake?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 18, 2013, 01:53:25 PM
In retrospect, how did it take so long to come out that it was fake?

A month and a half, supposedly Te'o knew December 6th and told ND on Dec 26th
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WildcatNkilt on January 18, 2013, 01:56:18 PM
I bet he had to lie to his new GF all the time when his dead GF came up in convo.  How awkward. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 18, 2013, 01:56:23 PM
Good collection of memes. Some reposts, but also some LOLs.

http://www.sportsgrid.com/ncaa-football/manti-teo-meme/ (http://www.sportsgrid.com/ncaa-football/manti-teo-meme/)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 18, 2013, 02:01:07 PM
I bet he had to lie to his new GF all the time when his dead GF came up in convo.  How awkward.

Considering he is about to earn a substantial NFL salary, I don't think she will care too much
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bigwillie20 on January 18, 2013, 02:47:58 PM
I bet he had to lie to his new GF all the time when his dead GF came up in convo.  How awkward.

Considering he is about to earn a substantial NFL salary, I don't think she will care too much

Unless he hires someone to kill her off  :surprised:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 18, 2013, 03:02:47 PM
http://deadspin.com/5977167/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on January 18, 2013, 03:52:12 PM
Do I have to be the bad person who raises the question "did this impact Klein having a real shot at the heisman?". I haven't checked other threads but I hope I'm luking this. I mean, presumably Klein was splitting votes with a guy who had no business being on that podium. I did not see the final ballot count, I don't know if it was even close but I can't help but wonder. Sorry for being that guy but I can't help myself and I haven't seen it broached elsewhere
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: XocolateThundarr on January 18, 2013, 03:58:21 PM
Do I have to be the bad person who raises the question "did this impact Klein having a real shot at the heisman?". I haven't checked other threads but I hope I'm luking this. I mean, presumably Klein was splitting votes with a guy who had no business being on that podium. I did not see the final ballot count, I don't know if it was even close but I can't help but wonder. Sorry for being that guy but I can't help myself and I haven't seen it broached elsewhere

The right finalist ended up winning the award.  Even though he is a douchenozzle.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 18, 2013, 04:04:05 PM
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130118_EXCLUSIVE_Woman_tried_new_hoax_in_December_call_to_Teo.html?id=187505701&mobile=true
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: XocolateThundarr on January 18, 2013, 04:07:06 PM
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130118_EXCLUSIVE_Woman_tried_new_hoax_in_December_call_to_Teo.html?id=187505701&mobile=true


Right.....had to fake my death.  That's the ticket.

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 18, 2013, 04:12:59 PM
I think Mantai cost Collin some votes because alot of the anti manziel camp had to do with him being a racist, pimple faced boxer. SO yeah, Collin split votes with Manti.

I hated that Johny Rockets won the heisman,that being said I have come to embrace it.

I think Johny Racist is the anti Tebow and for that I am grateful. He is going to smash hotties, spend copious amounts of money and generally behave in a manner I only wish I could have gotten away with in college. I cant wait to watch the 30 for 30 on Johny football where he describes how he fell alseep mid-coitus with some freshman cause he got tired and bored at how easy these broads where.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SwiftCat on January 18, 2013, 04:39:12 PM
Why do all of the tucks hate Johnny Manziel? He was the best football player this year hands down.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 18, 2013, 04:52:11 PM
I think alot of the tucks hated manziel cause he was not the proper christian role model that Collin was and Manti was purported to be.

I hated him only cause I wanted so badly for KState to get a heisman. I still feel like we are owed for Sproles, cause he was hands down the best player in college football in 03'.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kim carnes on January 18, 2013, 08:48:50 PM
why do people keep calling johnny manziel racist?  do people think that is funny?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 18, 2013, 08:56:25 PM
Why do all of the tucks hate Johnny Manziel? He was the best football player this year hands down.

Tyler Dreiling has become obsessed. It's getting ridiculous.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 18, 2013, 09:21:52 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BA8QlN7CUAAjGBD.jpg:large)
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@JeremySchaap and Manti Te'o w/attorney during interview. Details on @SportsCenter after Dal/OKC
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 18, 2013, 09:29:57 PM
why do people keep calling johnny manziel racist?  do people think that is funny?

Because he got arrested for yelling the "n" word in a bar and getting in a fight with the people he was calling the "n" word.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 18, 2013, 09:40:36 PM
why do people keep calling johnny manziel racist?  do people think that is funny?

Because he got arrested for yelling the "n" word in a bar and getting in a fight with the people he was calling the "n" word.

This completely confirmed report, and then the unconfirmed reports that he has been a gross racist in high school and also was a dirtbag since he was old eough to walk.

But besides that, no reason.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kim carnes on January 18, 2013, 09:42:22 PM
why do people keep calling johnny manziel racist?  do people think that is funny?

Because he got arrested for yelling the "n" word in a bar and getting in a fight with the people he was calling the "n" word.

ok, so people think it is funny.  i feel differently
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: DOD Take 2 on January 18, 2013, 09:47:02 PM
why do people keep calling johnny manziel racist?  do people think that is funny?

Because he got arrested for yelling the "n" word in a bar and getting in a fight with the people he was calling the "n" word.

ok, so people think it is funny.  i feel differently

Yup, because nobody on this site thinks its funny to call people racist...
 :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kim carnes on January 18, 2013, 09:50:04 PM
why do people keep calling johnny manziel racist?  do people think that is funny?

Because he got arrested for yelling the "n" word in a bar and getting in a fight with the people he was calling the "n" word.

ok, so people think it is funny.  i feel differently

Yup, because nobody on this site thinks its funny to call people racist...
 :rolleyes:

i don't call people (bucket) racist to be funny.  i call them racist because they are actually racist.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 18, 2013, 09:54:46 PM
why do people keep calling johnny manziel racist?  do people think that is funny?

Because he got arrested for yelling the "n" word in a bar and getting in a fight with the people he was calling the "n" word.

ok, so people think it is funny.  i feel differently

Yup, because nobody on this site thinks its funny to call people racist...
 :rolleyes:

Actually, people on this site think it's funny when racists get caught being racists.  You gotta admit, when a gross racist gets caught it is LOL funny.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 06wildcat on January 18, 2013, 11:09:41 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BA8QlN7CUAAjGBD.jpg:large)
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@JeremySchaap and Manti Te'o w/attorney during interview. Details on @SportsCenter after Dal/OKC

Nothing says innocent like getting all lawyer'd up
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 18, 2013, 11:17:09 PM
I am officially starting to feel bad for the huge liar Manti T'eo
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 18, 2013, 11:47:39 PM
His latest:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8859077/manti-teo-notre-dame-fighting-irish-denies-being-part-hoax-late-girlfriend

Sorry, Te'o, I'm not convinced.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 18, 2013, 11:50:23 PM
With the 1st pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select,  MANTI T'EO, LINEBACKER, NOTRE DAME
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 18, 2013, 11:54:34 PM
That "interview" with Schapp did nothing but convince me he's a crap human who was totally in on it.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 19, 2013, 12:00:52 AM
With the 1st pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select,  MANTI T'EO, LINEBACKER, NOTRE DAME

No. Please, no.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 19, 2013, 12:01:04 AM
All I want to see is a flower receipt and some phone records, man.  And I deserve that, right?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 19, 2013, 12:02:27 AM
All I want to see is a flower receipt and some phone records, man.  And I deserve that, right?

This. Also, where is that game ball he was supposed to give to the girlfriend?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: k-state87 on January 19, 2013, 12:11:53 AM
With the 1st pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select,  MANTI T'EO, LINEBACKER, NOTRE DAME

No. Please, no.

With the 1st pick of the 2nd Round in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select,  MANTI T'EO, LINEBACKER, NOTRE DAME
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bones129 on January 19, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
With the 1st pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select,  MANTI T'EO, LINEBACKER, NOTRE DAME

No. Please, no.

With the 1st pick of the 2nd Round in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select,  MANTI T'EO, LINEBACKER, NOTRE DAME

Still no. Too many issues.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 19, 2013, 12:23:56 AM
With the 1st pick in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select,  MANTI T'EO, LINEBACKER, NOTRE DAME

No. Please, no.

With the 1st pick of the 2nd Round in the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select,  MANTI T'EO, LINEBACKER, NOTRE DAME

Still no. Too many issues.

eff the issues.  He was dogshit against Alabama's players.  Alabama's future NFL players.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: k-state87 on January 19, 2013, 12:36:07 AM
I do not have a favorite NFL team (root for EMAW players in the NFL). I just hope that Te'o is on a team that I hate & has no EMAWs on it. Schaap was rambling on SC sounding like an idiot trying to explain the interview & what Te'o was saying.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MakeItRain on January 19, 2013, 02:09:25 AM
His latest:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8859077/manti-teo-notre-dame-fighting-irish-denies-being-part-hoax-late-girlfriend

Sorry, Te'o, I'm not convinced.

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• The first time he met Tuiasosopo was after Notre Dame beat USC on Nov. 24. Tuiasosopo is the man Deadspin and others have said was behind the hoax. Earlier Friday, ESPN's "Outside The Lines" reported that Tuiasosopo called a church friend in early December crying and admitted to duping Te'o. The friend, a woman in her mid-20s, agreed to be interviewed under the condition that she not be identified, saying she was fearful for her family's safety because of the overwhelming publicity the story has generated.

Didn't Deasdpin find communication between these two well before this?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 19, 2013, 02:42:28 AM
That anonymous girl seems like a very reliable source.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 19, 2013, 03:56:58 AM
Quote from: @bubbaprog
We checked Te'o's follow list Tuesday & found no Ronaiah. How'd Ronaiah send the apology DM?

So, we all agree that Te'o is paying these people to fess up, right?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: wetwillie on January 19, 2013, 07:50:41 AM
Quote from: @bubbaprog
We checked Te'o's follow list Tuesday & found no Ronaiah. How'd Ronaiah send the apology DM?

So, we all agree that Te'o notre dame is paying these people to fess up, right?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: mocat on January 19, 2013, 07:57:26 AM
Ugh, Jeremy schaap is the absolute worst
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: troubledscribe on January 19, 2013, 08:10:17 AM
This new crap just makes him look even more guilty. Insane
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 19, 2013, 08:30:43 AM
Would anyone believe anything he says now? Even if he confessed to being in on it? I would not, he's a Pathological Liar.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 06wildcat on January 19, 2013, 08:56:48 AM
So he still believed the love of his life actually existed until two days ago? JFC if you've hired a lawyer, hire a PR firm to so you can get your story straight with the AD.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 19, 2013, 09:11:53 AM
All I want to see is a flower receipt and some phone records, man.  And I deserve that, right?

Prob agents numbers in that record.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CyberToothCat on January 19, 2013, 09:18:41 AM
Watching this on SportsCenter. 

Te'o is still full of it.  As has been the case all along, he's telling the story he wants us to hear, not what actually happened.

I still think he's gay and that the person he met at Stanford and who later came to Hawaii was his gay lover.  That's why he never introduced the person to his family (mormon) or his friends (catholic).
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 19, 2013, 10:34:14 AM
Watching this on SportsCenter. 

Te'o is still full of it.  As has been the case all along, he's telling the story he wants us to hear, not what actually happened.

I still think he's gay and that the person he met at Stanford and who later came to Hawaii was his gay lover.  That's why he never introduced the person to his family (mormon) or his friends (catholic).

Never thought about that angle. All this is true except he is talking about a guy. Maybe even the guy did die of Leukemia but the whole guy being a girl is the coverup.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kostakio on January 19, 2013, 10:37:58 AM
Watching this on SportsCenter. 

Te'o is still full of it.  As has been the case all along, he's telling the story he wants us to hear, not what actually happened.

I still think he's gay and that the person he met at Stanford and who later came to Hawaii was his gay lover.  That's why he never introduced the person to his family (mormon) or his friends (catholic).

Nah I've seen it written he was with girls on Notre DAme all the time and it was widely known on campus that he lying about the girl from online being the "love of his life".  I don't know if Notre Dame knew the girl was completely made up but they all knew he was lying about the nature of the relationship.   

Notre Dame is pretty much dead to me apparently they kill people, rape people, and make up stories about fake girlfriends to try and stay relevant.  If they would have known they were going to go undefeated they probably wouldn't have played up this story like they did.   
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 19, 2013, 10:40:47 AM
Ugh, Jeremy schaap is the absolute worst

This.  He did more damage than help
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 19, 2013, 11:17:59 AM
hmm.. still on the fence. :shakesfist:

However, Manti is still a losery loser.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 19, 2013, 11:42:28 AM
Teo may be ridiculously gullible and naive, but he also continues to bury himself deeper with everything he dies. I refuse to let him be the victim he so badly wants the world to believe he is.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 19, 2013, 11:44:41 AM
Teo may be ridiculously gullible and naive, but he also continues to bury himself deeper with everything he dies*. I refuse to let him be the victim he so badly wants the world to believe he is.

*fake dies
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 19, 2013, 11:46:04 AM
Now, via ESPN, there's some photoshopped timeline of what's supposed to be Lennay DMs to Te'o.  See Bomani Jones twitter for it and reasons why it's phony.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 19, 2013, 11:46:31 AM
Teo may be ridiculously gullible and naive, but he also continues to bury himself deeper with everything he dies*. I refuse to let him be the victim he so badly wants the world to believe he is.

*fake dies

Wow, that was a good unintended autocorrect.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 19, 2013, 12:05:58 PM
It's like, you're not going to convince me that you weren't trying to play me before by appearing to be trying to play me now.  You going to make me think the opposite.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 20, 2013, 08:39:39 AM
Any updates on this recently?
:billypopcorn:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 06wildcat on January 20, 2013, 09:15:37 AM
Any updates on this recently?
:billypopcorn:

Te'o spoke as late Friday night as possible. This story is over. College basketball yesterday, div. champ games today the news cycle is flooded, no room for liars.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 20, 2013, 09:49:36 AM
I don't want it to be over. :(
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 20, 2013, 10:23:50 AM
I don't want it to be over. :(

Deadspin will never let it go. Mainstream media seems eager to bury it though.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SlipperyPete on January 20, 2013, 11:01:31 AM
I don't want it to be over. :(

Deadspin will never let it go. Mainstream media seems eager to bury it though.

Deadspin hasn't said a lot on Te'o since this total embarrassment:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/aGoVSEpy7cA
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 20, 2013, 11:04:43 AM
I don't want it to be over. :(

Deadspin will never let it go. Mainstream media seems eager to bury it though.

this is in the media's face almost as much as Te'o. 
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 20, 2013, 11:29:50 AM
I don't want it to be over. :(

Deadspin will never let it go. Mainstream media seems eager to bury it though.

Deadspin hasn't said a lot on Te'o since this total embarrassment:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/aGoVSEpy7cA

Lol I saw that live.  Exactly what I would expect to happen when you put a blogger on TV
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on January 20, 2013, 11:33:06 AM
Deadspin telling Trump to go eff himself after Trump compliments them on twitter was pretty awesome
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kim carnes on January 20, 2013, 11:37:25 AM
Deadspin telling Trump to go eff himself after Trump compliments them on twitter was pretty awesome

it doesn't sound awesome.  it sounds like they can't take a compliment.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 20, 2013, 11:48:27 AM
Deadspin telling Trump to go eff himself after Trump compliments them on twitter was pretty awesome

It's awesome because of not giving a eff.  But it's also genius because of the way Trump himself invents feuds for the sake of publicity.  So, it sort of mocks him.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on January 20, 2013, 02:24:55 PM
Deadspin telling Trump to go eff himself after Trump compliments them on twitter was pretty awesome

it doesn't sound awesome.  it sounds like they can't take a compliment.

Sounds to me like they hated him before and won't change that position based on publicity.  It was awesome because Trump flipped out afterwards.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: The Whale on January 20, 2013, 03:16:22 PM
So at this point, the only explanation his defenders are left with is: "Hey, people still get defrauded by Nigerian princes -- if that can happen, why not this?"

Except there's a financial incentive for the "prince".  Who's the only person who benefits from the fake girlfriend's death?  The lying liar.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Hurricane Cat on January 20, 2013, 08:09:06 PM
Deadspin telling Trump to go eff himself after Trump compliments them on twitter was pretty awesome

it doesn't sound awesome.  it sounds like they can't take a compliment.

Denied.....it was incredibly awesome
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: HeinBallz on January 20, 2013, 09:01:15 PM
Beginning to think he thought it was real, but turns out he's just rough ridin' schizophrenic type crazy and he's now on meds or something.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: TheHamburglar on January 20, 2013, 09:06:46 PM
The best part about this is what he told Schap.  Nothing funnier than a 21 year old man saying he lied to his father about meeting his girlfriend in person when she didn't show because he was worried his father, from 4,300 miles away, would shut down his online relationship because he would find it suspicious. 

"I'm 21 and scared my dad would make be breakup with my online girlfriend from 4,000 miles away".   :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Trim on January 21, 2013, 02:28:39 AM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1107250/1/index.htm
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 21, 2013, 08:56:43 AM
If we beat PigAggie, that article would have totally been written about us.   :bawl:

Bill is holding goEMAW back.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 21, 2013, 10:00:37 AM
Lol Cartier!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: fr@ck me on January 21, 2013, 10:04:48 AM
I don't want it to be over. :(

Deadspin will never let it go. Mainstream media seems eager to bury it though.

Deadspin hasn't said a lot on Te'o since this total embarrassment:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/aGoVSEpy7cA

Lol I saw that live.  Exactly what I would expect to happen when you put a blogger on TV

I bet that guy does well with the laides...  :gocho:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Dugout DickStone on January 21, 2013, 10:50:46 AM
If we beat PigAggie, that article would have totally been written about us.   :bawl:

Bill is holding goEMAW back.

It's 6 years old
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 21, 2013, 01:24:06 PM
I don't want it to be over. :(

Deadspin will never let it go. Mainstream media seems eager to bury it though.

this is in the media's face almost as much as Te'o.

People keep saying this, but I'm not sure it's true. The media's job is to report. When you have an anonymous source, sure you need to do a lot of fact checking to make sure that the facts are accurate. However, when you have a named source, like Manti Teo, all you are really doing is putting his story out there for everyone to see. Regardless of the facts, his lie is his story, and you shouldn't have to go out and verify that this girl really existed. The truth would, and did, come out and expose Te'o for the liar that his is. If there is any egg on the media's face, it is from them taking the liar's side in all of this and not crucifying him for being a lying bad person.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 21, 2013, 01:34:35 PM
I heard an interview with the SI reporter that did the "Full Manti" cover story.  He said that he did do a fact check and couldn't find a record of the wreck, of her attending Stanford, of her death, etc but went ahead with the story blaming deadlines.

He said he actually called the SID guy, or someone, at Stanford to get some info on her for the story and the guy said that he couldn't find her student info in the system and that he was surprised that a Stanford student was dating a high profile Notre Dame player without him having heard about it and how that usually doesn't happen since their campus isn't overly huge.

Just seems like a lot of flags to completely ignore.   :dunno:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Stevesie60 on January 21, 2013, 01:41:44 PM
Had to double check that this wasn't The Onion.

http://deadspin.com/5977723/?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 21, 2013, 01:46:33 PM
http://deadspin.com/5977546/manti-teos-mom-tried-to-convert-lennay-kekua-to-mormonism-via-text-message (http://deadspin.com/5977546/manti-teos-mom-tried-to-convert-lennay-kekua-to-mormonism-via-text-message)

Trolling the Teo's sounds like a lot of fun.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 21, 2013, 01:52:32 PM
http://deadspin.com/5977546/manti-teos-mom-tried-to-convert-lennay-kekua-to-mormonism-via-text-message (http://deadspin.com/5977546/manti-teos-mom-tried-to-convert-lennay-kekua-to-mormonism-via-text-message)

Trolling the Teo's sounds like a lot of fun.

Quote
MANTI TE'O: Every day. She would send me a scripture, and we'd do the same thing. And I'd send her a scripture the next day. It was funny because a couple days later, my dad would say to me, what do you think of saying this with the old man, and share spiritual shots and I would say, "Hey, Dad, guess what? Lennay and I are doing something similar called SOAP." And he was like, "Can I join in?" And I said sure. So my dad joins in, and so so does my mom and my sister. So we have this big group going on. This big SOAP group, sending scriptures to each other … observations. I still have them on my phone.

 :sdeek:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 21, 2013, 02:16:47 PM
So at this point, the only explanation his defenders are left with is: "Hey, people still get defrauded by Nigerian princes -- if that can happen, why not this?"

Except there's a financial incentive for the "prince".  Who's the only person who benefits from the fake girlfriend's death?  The lying liar.

Unless Lance Armstrong was actually doing the catfishing. Hmmm . . .
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 22, 2013, 08:40:17 AM
http://deadspin.com/5977387/lennay-and-manti-and-ronaiah-a-love-story-in-tweets (http://deadspin.com/5977387/lennay-and-manti-and-ronaiah-a-love-story-in-tweets)

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: steve dave on January 22, 2013, 08:58:03 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 22, 2013, 09:06:43 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

Yeah, he's like Forrest Gump, but the deal with Jenny didn't end well. Crazy story.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 22, 2013, 09:10:08 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

Yeah, he's like Forrest Gump, but the deal with Jenny didn't end well. Crazy story.

Fake baby Te'o?

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 22, 2013, 09:10:33 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

Yeah, he's like Forrest Gump, but the deal with Jenny didn't end well. Crazy story.

Jenny was real, so I think Forrest was a little bit smarter.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 22, 2013, 09:21:28 AM
http://journo2go.com/blog/2013/1/21/guest-post-ryan-jones-exclusive-with-manti-teo
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 22, 2013, 09:49:02 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

Yeah, he's like Forrest Gump, but the deal with Jenny didn't end well. Crazy story.

Jenny was real, so I think Forrest was a little bit smarter.

Plus Forrest Gump was a more believable story.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 22, 2013, 11:16:28 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

nope, still a huge rough ridin' liar. I don't think he's a dumbfuck - playing up that crap made him the Heisman runner-up.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: steve dave on January 22, 2013, 11:19:44 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

nope, still a huge rough ridin' liar. I don't think he's a dumbfuck - playing up that crap made him the Heisman runner-up.

obviously he's a huge rough ridin' liar. if he was just a huge rough ridin' liar then he's smart as crap because he got himself a second place finish in the heisman race. my point (and the point of the "relatively" in my post) was that he's a dumbfuck who was fooled by this ridiculousness before going past the point of no return and just lying from there on out.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 22, 2013, 11:22:19 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

nope, still a huge rough ridin' liar. I don't think he's a dumbfuck - playing up that crap made him the Heisman runner-up.

obviously he's a huge rough ridin' liar. if he was just a huge rough ridin' liar then he's smart as crap because he got himself a second place finish in the heisman race. my point (and the point of the "relatively" in my post) was that he's a dumbfuck who was fooled by this ridiculousness before going past the point of no return and just lying from there on out.

If you think he was really fooled, I think what he did was even worse.

(I'm still convinced he knew.)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: steve dave on January 22, 2013, 11:24:14 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

nope, still a huge rough ridin' liar. I don't think he's a dumbfuck - playing up that crap made him the Heisman runner-up.

obviously he's a huge rough ridin' liar. if he was just a huge rough ridin' liar then he's smart as crap because he got himself a second place finish in the heisman race. my point (and the point of the "relatively" in my post) was that he's a dumbfuck who was fooled by this ridiculousness before going past the point of no return and just lying from there on out.

If you think he was really fooled, I think what he did was even worse.

(I'm still convinced he knew.)

I'm not discussing what was worse'er. I'm saying he was a dumbfuck on top of being a liar.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 22, 2013, 11:26:37 AM
he's a complete dumbfuck and a minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar. sucks for him.

nope, still a huge rough ridin' liar. I don't think he's a dumbfuck - playing up that crap made him the Heisman runner-up.

obviously he's a huge rough ridin' liar. if he was just a huge rough ridin' liar then he's smart as crap because he got himself a second place finish in the heisman race. my point (and the point of the "relatively" in my post) was that he's a dumbfuck who was fooled by this ridiculousness before going past the point of no return and just lying from there on out.

If you think he was really fooled, I think what he did was even worse.

(I'm still convinced he knew.)

I'm not discussing what was worse'er. I'm saying he was a dumbfuck on top of being a liar.

Oh, I thought that was what you were doing when you said he was a "minor (relatively) liar instead of a huge liar." never mind.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 22, 2013, 12:06:05 PM
The fact that the story they want you to believe is that he got duped/he's dumb is sufficient reason not to believe it.  They don't exactly appear to be coming clean here.  You should at least question the story while withholding belief.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 22, 2013, 12:11:19 PM
The fact that the story they want you to believe is that he got duped/he's dumb is sufficient reason not to believe it.  They don't exactly appear to be coming clean here.  You should at least question the story while withholding belief.

Yeah, haven't really read/listened to anything about the Schaap interview, but I'm going to assume his dates are fuzzy there, as well. (because he's a liar)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SlipperyPete on January 22, 2013, 12:21:54 PM
Honestly, other than lying about meeting the girl, I don't even know what Te'o is supposed to have done anymore. This thing is like someone telling you how 9/11 was an inside job, where's there's no real outline of how it was pulled off, just "well what about THIS weird thing?" and a general insistance that it happened.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 23, 2013, 09:27:55 AM
http://abcnews.go.com/US/manti-teo-tells-katie-couric-briefly-lied-girlfriend/story?id=18290412 (http://abcnews.go.com/US/manti-teo-tells-katie-couric-briefly-lied-girlfriend/story?id=18290412)

Lying about lying. Good job Te'o
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: pissclams on January 23, 2013, 09:38:58 AM
nice cardigan, dumbass

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.abcnews.com%2Fimages%2FUS%2Fabc_manti_teo_dm_130123_wg.jpg&hash=40b23b46f2487f32af60eb060ba9ca4d49c73ca0)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 23, 2013, 09:40:53 AM
I like that Teo's PR spin story is pretty much "yes, I'm am idiot."
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 23, 2013, 09:41:51 AM
NFL linebacker lol, Marshawn Lynch and Adrian Peterson are drooling at the thought of playing this guy
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: slobber on January 23, 2013, 09:42:14 AM
nice cardigan, dumbass

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.abcnews.com%2Fimages%2FUS%2Fabc_manti_teo_dm_130123_wg.jpg&hash=40b23b46f2487f32af60eb060ba9ca4d49c73ca0)
It was a gift from Lenay. Be more sensitive you mean person.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 23, 2013, 09:43:32 AM
nice cardigan, dumbass

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.abcnews.com%2Fimages%2FUS%2Fabc_manti_teo_dm_130123_wg.jpg&hash=40b23b46f2487f32af60eb060ba9ca4d49c73ca0)
It was a gift from Lenay. Be more sensitive you mean person.

Pffft. I know a lot of people are saying these jokes are getting old, but I don't think I will ever be able to get enough of them.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 23, 2013, 10:04:35 AM
I like that Teo's PR spin story is pretty much "yes, I'm am idiot."

This is fantastic.  Love that the best case scenario is to call yourself an idiot rather than a compulsive liar that lies so much he may actually have a mental/personality disorder requiring medication. 

What will be fantastic will be when he gets like a 35 on his Wonderlic. 

Also, ND is winning with this idiot defense.  Really erasing the myth of the high standards and how it may/may not limit it's recruiting.  Don't feel like your kid could make it work at ND due to academics?  Well, Te'o did fine and he is the biggest idiot of 2012.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 23, 2013, 12:36:19 PM
nice cardigan, dumbass

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.abcnews.com%2Fimages%2FUS%2Fabc_manti_teo_dm_130123_wg.jpg&hash=40b23b46f2487f32af60eb060ba9ca4d49c73ca0)
It was a gift from Lenay. Be more sensitive you mean person.

Pffft. I know a lot of people are saying these jokes are getting old, but I don't think I will ever be able to get enough of them.

Yep, it's a pretty nice cardigan.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 23, 2013, 02:17:19 PM
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/294160799562350593/photo/1
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 23, 2013, 02:20:32 PM
Still a big fat liar
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 23, 2013, 03:44:40 PM
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/294160799562350593/photo/1

Wonder how much faked phone records cost these days.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 23, 2013, 03:57:23 PM
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/294160799562350593/photo/1

It's funny, the more proof that comes out supporting the theory that he got hoaxed the more proof there is that he is a complete beta dork loser.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 23, 2013, 03:58:04 PM
No wonder the fake girlfriend killed herself. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2013, 04:05:04 PM
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/294160799562350593/photo/1

who was he talking to? surely not marques's dude cousin? Also, I'm sure the phone records were shopped or the number was Teo's cousin or mom or something.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Kat Kid on January 23, 2013, 04:06:48 PM
http://deadspin.com/5978410/espn-has-manti-teos-phone-records (http://deadspin.com/5978410/espn-has-manti-teos-phone-records)

O

M

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 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2013, 04:09:10 PM
http://deadspin.com/5978410/espn-has-manti-teos-phone-records (http://deadspin.com/5978410/espn-has-manti-teos-phone-records)

O

M

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 :lol:

ha ha ha
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 23, 2013, 04:12:00 PM
my nd friend is blowing up my phone this afternoon with this espn phone stuff.

i don't know why he is still trying to defend the guy.  he's a liar and a dumbass regardless.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 23, 2013, 04:15:07 PM
http://deadspin.com/5978410/espn-has-manti-teos-phone-records (http://deadspin.com/5978410/espn-has-manti-teos-phone-records)

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Update, 3:25 EST: Apparently, ESPN doesn't have the actual phone records. They have "a spreadsheet" from their source, which claims it represents Te'o's phone records. We've changed our headline to reflect this.

 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Kat Kid on January 23, 2013, 04:17:26 PM
Quote from: ESPN
Their veracity could not be independently confirmed, but the source insisted they are genuine.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 23, 2013, 04:18:14 PM
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Gooch on January 23, 2013, 04:20:33 PM
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:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: GBEMAW on January 23, 2013, 04:42:56 PM
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So on average, his calls are an hour, but only 11% of them are over an hour?  The median length would be far more interesting
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2013, 04:44:36 PM
Quote from: ESPN
Their veracity could not be independently confirmed, but the source insisted they are genuine.

well if we've learned anything in this saga it's that you don't have to confirm the "veracity" of your sources.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cartierfor3 on January 23, 2013, 04:47:03 PM
ESPN keeps getting a clown suit put on its already ridiculous clown suit and kicked in the face with clown sized sneakers.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 06wildcat on January 23, 2013, 04:51:32 PM
ESPN keeps getting a clown suit put on its already ridiculous clown suit and kicked in the face with clown sized sneakers.

ESPN the entity doesn't care, and at the end of the day, the majority of people who work there don't care as long as the check clears.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Kat Kid on January 23, 2013, 04:54:59 PM
ESPN is in the entertainment biz.  Any development, no matter the source, is news and news gets reported.  Especially if they can line up an exclusive interview with the news.  If they can't, they'll sit and negotiate until the news breaks, then they will report that there are "reports" out about the news and then will use this leverage to get the news to come in and give their exclusive interview.

It is a never ending clown suit loop.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 23, 2013, 05:04:52 PM
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I love the From portion

Mark "A Source" (wink-wink)

Classic :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 23, 2013, 05:11:02 PM
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I love the From portion

Mark "A Source" (wink-wink)

Classic :lol: :lol: :lol:

The crossed out name is Manti, fwiw.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Shacks on January 23, 2013, 05:17:22 PM
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I love the From portion

Mark "A Source" (wink-wink)

Classic :lol: :lol: :lol:

The crossed out name is Manti, fwiw.

Well damn, the cross out was more effective than I thought
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 23, 2013, 06:21:04 PM
If there actually were phone calls, there's no other explanation than he's gay, right?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: AbeFroman on January 23, 2013, 06:32:39 PM
If there actually were phone calls, there's no other explanation than he's gay, right?

No, it means he's the biggest dumbass of all time (BDOAT)

"Manti I can't fall asleep without hearing your voice"
"ok baby, just set the phone down next to you"
*hoaxer puts phone down, leaves*
....and Manti proceeds to talk to dead air for an hour every night
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 23, 2013, 06:33:46 PM
So was hoaxer faking a girl voice?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 23, 2013, 06:39:18 PM
Well damn, the cross out was more effective than I thought

 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 23, 2013, 06:41:10 PM
If there actually were phone calls, there's no other explanation than he's gay, right?

Yea he's a homosexual. Too much time to collaborate and this "spreadsheet" of phone calls today gmafb. No brainer imo
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 23, 2013, 07:02:01 PM
So was hoaxer faking a girl voice?

Seems almost impossible that if this was a hoax that this much time and effort for 1000 several over an hour long all for, ha got ya.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: star seed 7 on January 23, 2013, 07:27:03 PM
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 3maw on January 23, 2013, 07:55:25 PM
Watching this on SportsCenter. 

Te'o is still full of it.  As has been the case all along, he's telling the story he wants us to hear, not what actually happened.

I still think he's gay and that the person he met at Stanford and who later came to Hawaii was his gay lover.  That's why he never introduced the person to his family (mormon) or his friends (catholic).

didn't he give johnny racist flowers at the heisman presentation?
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 23, 2013, 08:45:07 PM
So was hoaxer faking a girl voice?

I really hope so,  for my own entertainment.
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 23, 2013, 08:48:39 PM
So was hoaxer faking a girl voice?

I really hope so,  for my own entertainment.
I hope it was super fake falsetto.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on January 23, 2013, 10:59:25 PM
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HA!
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 23, 2013, 11:26:48 PM
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HA!

Maths jokes!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 07:29:36 AM
Dont know guys. I could see it taking an hour plus to get through:

"La la la lennay , you ma ma make my eyes rain" - Mongloid Manti, friend and second pea in the pod of Simple Jack
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 24, 2013, 08:39:18 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/hear-te-hoax-perpetrator-impersonated-female-voice-phone-article-1.1246480
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 24, 2013, 08:46:07 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/hear-te-hoax-perpetrator-impersonated-female-voice-phone-article-1.1246480

Any one have a depth mesurment of hole Te'o is digging? Are we through the mantle yet?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 24, 2013, 08:50:27 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/hear-te-hoax-perpetrator-impersonated-female-voice-phone-article-1.1246480

HAHAHAHA :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 24, 2013, 08:53:44 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/hear-te-hoax-perpetrator-impersonated-female-voice-phone-article-1.1246480

HAHAHAHA :lol:

I feel sorry for anyone who actually believes Te'o now, gmafb  :lol:

Protip: HE IS GAY
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 24, 2013, 08:54:17 AM
Wait a minute. Is Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Manti's boyfriend? Did Manti's parents inquire who he was calling and instead of coming out, Manti and Ronaiah came up with Lennay Kekua as Manti's girlfriend to keep him from coming out?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 24, 2013, 08:56:11 AM
i hope he gets drafted and gets gauranteed money and has a great rookie season then comes out as gay


Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 24, 2013, 08:57:29 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/hear-te-hoax-perpetrator-impersonated-female-voice-phone-article-1.1246480

Any one have a depth mesurment of hole Te'o is digging? Are we through the mantle yet?

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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 24, 2013, 09:05:57 AM
Wait a minute. Is Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Manti's boyfriend? Did Manti's parents inquire who he was calling and instead of coming out, Manti and Ronaiah came up with Lennay Kekua as Manti's girlfriend to keep him from coming out?

Would not surprise me.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 24, 2013, 09:07:13 AM
Wait a minute. Is Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Manti's boyfriend? Did Manti's parents inquire who he was calling and instead of coming out, Manti and Ronaiah came up with Lennay Kekua as Manti's girlfriend to keep him from coming out?

Would not surprise me.

I've accepted that Te'o is gay, why can't he?  I'm even like one of those midwestern values kinda guy and I would much rather Te'o be gay than a filthy liar.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 24, 2013, 09:07:34 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/hear-te-hoax-perpetrator-impersonated-female-voice-phone-article-1.1246480

Any one have a depth mesurment of hole Te'o is digging? Are we through the mantle yet?

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi113.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn216%2Fwrfrancis%2FOther%2Fjump.png&hash=b4ae62806547e60fde921a363c0abcb0a1767b89)

were getting there, but not quite yet.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 24, 2013, 09:09:21 AM
Fake Teo girlfriend just called into Border Patrol.  :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 24, 2013, 09:10:19 AM
Wait a minute. Is Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Manti's boyfriend? Did Manti's parents inquire who he was calling and instead of coming out, Manti and Ronaiah came up with Lennay Kekua as Manti's girlfriend to keep him from coming out?

Would not surprise me.

I've accepted that Te'o is gay, why can't he?  I'm even like one of those midwestern values kinda guy and I would much rather Te'o be gay than a filthy liar.

Next we are going to find out that Manti had sexual relations with Lennay but she was never totally naked so he had no idea that she actually had a dong.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 24, 2013, 09:10:37 AM
Fake Teo girlfriend just called into Border Patrol.  :lol:

There better be a podcast!  :shakesfist:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ben ji on January 24, 2013, 09:12:45 AM
Te’o: Wow you sound so hot.

Tuiasosopo: Mmmm hmmmm.

Te’o: Oh, Lennay! You make me want to do things I’ve never done before.

Tuiasosopo: Like having phone sex with a man? .. Or tackling someone on Alabama?

Te’o: Stop ruining this for me Ronaiah!


Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 09:47:57 AM
Im telling you guys, its a remake of a remake. Straight from IMBD:

Still not revealing that he's Lennay, Ronniah makes a concerted effort to become friends with Manti. Manti sends her flowers when "she" has lukemia and dies and accepts "her" criticism of his "It's not personal, it's business" philosophy. When he reveals that he only knows the girl he was expecting in Hawaii from e-mail, Tuiosisoppo encourages him to meet her. Ronianiah gently stops Manti as he's about to make a crack about homosexuals he knows he'll later regret, and they are both surprised by the intimacy of the moment. On following days, he manages to spend more time with him, showing that he can be amusing and supportive. Manti mentions that he is making progress to a children's reading level and that Lennay had given him the idea to try. One day, he tells Ronianianh that he in finally going to meet the now undeceased Lenay later that afternoon,  Roninaniah expresses his regrets about being male at the beginning of their relationship, and says if it hadn't been for this, he would have asked him out "for as long as we both shall live". Manti is moved, but has to leave for his rendezvous. This time there are no tricks, and when he sees Rondianh and realizes what this means, he tells him "I wanted it to be you." They kiss - a bit awkwardly at first, but then with conviction.

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 09:49:15 AM
I only edited the italacized portions. This rondinah guy isnt even original. Was following the script to a T
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MakeItRain on January 24, 2013, 10:31:49 AM
Has it been discussed why he picked Katie for his interview?  They both use the same agent group, CAA. CAA is a great agency I don't know why they are allowing Te'o to screw this up so badly. The GM interviews at the combine are going to be hell for him.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 10:43:55 AM
Has it been discussed why he picked Katie for his interview?  They both use the same agent group, CAA. CAA is a great agency I don't know why they are allowing Te'o to screw this up so badly. The GM interviews at the combine are going to be hell for him.

CAA was also Nora Ephron's agent, whom you might all know directed "Youve Got Mail" also they are Tom Hanks and Meg Ryans agent. Coinceidence?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 10:46:48 AM
i still don't understand the gay angle that you guys are taking.  nothing in this story screams gay.

People are forgetting that this guy is a mormon, and mormons are perhaps the most sheltered people in the world.  very naive, generally.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 24, 2013, 10:47:50 AM
i still don't understand the gay angle that you guys are taking.  nothing in this story screams gay.

People are forgetting that this guy is a mormon, and mormons are perhaps the most sheltered people in the world.  very naive, generally.

Utah downloads more porn that any other state in the nation.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 10:53:35 AM
Im not implying that Manti was homosexual. Im implying Ronianiah was and wanted so badly for Manti to be his boyfriend that he pretended to be his girlfriend. Thats what Im implying.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 24, 2013, 10:55:37 AM
Im not implying that Manti was homosexual. Im implying Ronianiah was and wanted so badly for Manti to be his boyfriend that he pretended to be his girlfriend. Thats what Im implying.

At the very least, Tuiasosopo is gay like you're saying and Te'o is a giant rough ridin' idiot
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 24, 2013, 10:57:23 AM
I don't know what you guys are covering up for Manti being gay.  I'm okay with it, and you should be, too.  It's 2013!  It's totally okay to be gay! 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 24, 2013, 11:01:16 AM
Im not implying that Manti was homosexual. Im implying Ronianiah was and wanted so badly for Manti to be his boyfriend that he pretended to be his girlfriend. Thats what Im implying.

At the very least, Tuiasosopo is gay like you're saying and Te'o is a giant rough ridin' idiot

But I still think they are boyfriend and boyfriend
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 11:01:52 AM
Also being a sheltered mormon does not make it any more or less likely that he was a part of the population that is homosexual. As far as I know, homosexuality as a variable is independent of  religious affiliation.

Ostracizing and shaming by said religion(s) is what leads peolpe to go to great lengths to cover up their true self and could lead others to plasuibly believe that he was a closeted homosexual hiding his relationship.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 24, 2013, 11:02:42 AM
Has it been discussed why he picked Katie for his interview?  They both use the same agent group, CAA. CAA is a great agency I don't know why they are allowing Te'o to screw this up so badly. The GM interviews at the combine are going to be hell for him.

This story says Tom Condon told ESPN about the hoax (before the Deadspin story), which I thought was kind of weird, too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/sports/ncaafootball/as-debate-raged-at-espn-manti-teo-story-slipped-from-its-hands.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=todayspaper&
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 11:04:07 AM
Also being a sheltered mormon does not make it any more or less likely that he was a part of the population that is homosexual. As far as I know, homosexuality as a variable is independent of  religious affiliation.

Ostracizing and shaming by said religion(s) is what leads peolpe to go to great lengths to cover up their true self and could lead others to plasuibly believe that he was a closeted homosexual hiding his relationship.

sure.

i'm just saying that you guys are idiots.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 11:05:14 AM
I don't know what you guys are covering up for Manti being gay.  I'm okay with it, and you should be, too.  It's 2013!  It's totally okay to be gay!

I agree with this. I kind of hope for his sake he is a homosexual hiding his identity and can just clean about it. This would be alot better then being as stupid as he would have been (and still would be) to have trully believed this was a girl he was having a relationship with.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 24, 2013, 11:05:53 AM
Has it been discussed why he picked Katie for his interview?  They both use the same agent group, CAA. CAA is a great agency I don't know why they are allowing Te'o to screw this up so badly. The GM interviews at the combine are going to be hell for him.

This story says Tom Condon told ESPN about the hoax (before the Deadspin story), which I thought was kind of weird, too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/sports/ncaafootball/as-debate-raged-at-espn-manti-teo-story-slipped-from-its-hands.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=todayspaper&

also, at the bottom of the article:

Quote
Correction: January 22, 2013

An earlier version of this article misspelled the surname of the girlfriend in the hoax involving Manti Te’o. It is Lennay Kekua, not Kakua.

:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EuroCat on January 24, 2013, 11:36:51 AM
Also being a sheltered mormon does not make it any more or less likely that he was a part of the population that is homosexual. As far as I know, homosexuality as a variable is independent of  religious affiliation.
Religious people are far more likely to cover up their homosexuality. It's hard to have a crazy cover up story covering up your homosexuality if you're out of the closet.

Not saying he is or isn't, just countering your point.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 11:42:22 AM
Also being a sheltered mormon does not make it any more or less likely that he was a part of the population that is homosexual. As far as I know, homosexuality as a variable is independent of  religious affiliation.
Religious people are far more likely to cover up their homosexuality. It's hard to have a crazy cover up story covering up your homosexuality if you're out of the closet.

Not saying he is or isn't, just countering your point.

Thus the whole comment:

Also being a sheltered mormon does not make it any more or less likely that he was a part of the population that is homosexual. As far as I know, homosexuality as a variable is independent of  religious affiliation.

Ostracizing and shaming by said religion(s) is what leads peolpe to go to great lengths to cover up their true self and could lead others to plasuibly believe that he was a closeted homosexual hiding his relationship.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 24, 2013, 11:45:37 AM
Yeah, the only reason I think his being gay is a somewhat strong possibility is that he's a mormon, and it might sort of explain the huge coverup.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 24, 2013, 11:49:42 AM
Yeah, the only reason I think his being gay is a somewhat strong possibility is that he's a mormon, and it might sort of explain the huge coverup.

yeah, being a big time college football star would have no reason to want to stay in the closet. Didn't you already try to have this conversation and get smacked down?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 24, 2013, 11:56:57 AM
Yeah, the only reason I think his being gay is a somewhat strong possibility is that he's a mormon, and it might sort of explain the huge coverup.

yeah, being a big time college football star at a Catholic Universitywould have no reason to want to stay in the closet. Didn't you already try to have this conversation and get smacked down?

Added to your post: ATYP

I think this a reason ND got involved. It would not look good to their rich alums, of your Catholic school, that donate to have the face of your program come out.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 11:57:48 AM
If he is gay. (A big if) I really think the religion aspect has more to do with it.

This mongloid would probably believe every word that the Westboro baptist would spew at him about how god hates him, and he is personally responsible for the deaths of American troops, etc...

Having god hate you and being responsible for all those deaths is a alot to put on this kids plate. So it makes sense that it would be easier to pretend you werent something and not have to be responsible for it.

Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 24, 2013, 11:58:41 AM
Yeah, the only reason I think his being gay is a somewhat strong possibility is that he's a mormon, and it might sort of explain the huge coverup.

yeah, being a big time college football star would have no reason to want to stay in the closet. Didn't you already try to have this conversation and get smacked down?

No it was AbeFroman who was being the dumbass about it and that got smacked down. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 12:07:16 PM
Also, I think if Manti was gay and just admitted it and then went about his business like it was normal, it wouldnt even be that big of a deal. Everybody would forget about it after awhile. Yeah players would say terrible things about him blaa blaa blaa, but they do and would anyway. Look at KG saying moms taste like cheerios. If the guy is a half decent linebacker and helped his team win, most of his teammates would be like WGAF.

Now if he admitted he was gay and was all up in everyones face with it like Tebow is with his religion, people would be put off.

So i dont think the football thing would be the driving force behind him hiding his homoness (if he is)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 24, 2013, 12:10:31 PM
http://www.katiecouric.com/features/hear-the-voicemails-from-manti-teos-girlfriend-a-katie-exclusive/
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on January 24, 2013, 12:10:36 PM
Everyone shut up.

here are a couple voicemails.

http://www.katiecouric.com/features/hear-the-voicemails-from-manti-teos-girlfriend-a-katie-exclusive/



edit: _FAN! :shakesfist:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 24, 2013, 12:13:10 PM
Haha taht totally sounds like a chick.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 24, 2013, 12:15:35 PM
Also, I think if Manti was gay and just admitted it and then went about his business like it was normal, it wouldnt even be that big of a deal. Everybody would forget about it after awhile. Yeah players would say terrible things about him blaa blaa blaa, but they do and would anyway. Look at KG saying moms taste like cheerios. If the guy is a half decent linebacker and helped his team win, most of his teammates would be like WGAF.

Now if he admitted he was gay and was all up in everyones face with it like Tebow is with his religion, people would be put off.

So i dont think the football thing would be the driving force behind him hiding his homoness (if he is)

I have never thought Tebow was all up in his face with his religion, it was the media that put it out there and Tebow played along.

Same problem would be with Te'o. If he did come out, he would become a pawn of the media "First openly gay football player" and it would be a big deal to the degree that Te'o would go along with it. Hell all this lying and stuff may be leading up to the big reveal and him becoming that face of Gay Football.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 12:22:08 PM
Just listened. Reminds me of a time I got dinner at one of them fancy modern asian places in Chicago. Saw this fine looking piece walking around in a mini skirt, looking absolutely fantastic. Real modern, really well, very tightly dressed asian girl.

As a side note, is it just me or do asian chicks dress "up" and more provocatively then anyother subset of females short of strippers and polish chicks?

Anyway, she gets to my table to drop off the menu, I look up and sure enough there is a healthy amount of 5 oclock shadow.

Just goes to show, only way to know for sure is to slip the old hand down the pants and check for shaft.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: puniraptor on January 24, 2013, 12:23:51 PM
As a side note, is it just me or do asian chicks dress "up" and more provocatively then anyother subset of females short of strippers and polish chicks?

I'm pretty sure you just leer more intensely at asian chicks
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 24, 2013, 12:24:22 PM
The link has gone the way of Lenny.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Bloodfart on January 24, 2013, 12:25:30 PM
Everyone shut up.

here are a couple voicemails.

http://www.katiecouric.com/features/hear-the-voicemails-from-manti-teos-girlfriend-a-katie-exclusive/



edit: _FAN! :shakesfist:

 :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MakeItRain on January 24, 2013, 12:27:24 PM
Just listened. Reminds me of a time I got dinner at one of them fancy modern asian places in Chicago. Saw this fine looking piece walking around in a mini skirt, looking absolutely fantastic. Real modern, really well, very tightly dressed asian girl.

As a side note, is it just me or do asian chicks dress "up" and more provocatively then anyother subset of females short of strippers and polish chicks?

Anyway, she gets to my table to drop off the menu, I look up and sure enough there is a healthy amount of 5 oclock shadow.

Just goes to show, only way to know for sure is to slip the old hand down the pants and check for shaft.

Stop trying so hard
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: 8manpick on January 24, 2013, 12:28:34 PM
The link has gone the way of Lenny.
:lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 24, 2013, 12:29:43 PM
The link has gone the way of Lenny.
:lol:

http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/24/manti-teo-voicemails-katie-couric-lennay-kekua/ (http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/24/manti-teo-voicemails-katie-couric-lennay-kekua/)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 24, 2013, 12:31:19 PM
This is following a fantastic path. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 12:33:15 PM
Just listened. Reminds me of a time I got dinner at one of them fancy modern asian places in Chicago. Saw this fine looking piece walking around in a mini skirt, looking absolutely fantastic. Real modern, really well, very tightly dressed asian girl.

As a side note, is it just me or do asian chicks dress "up" and more provocatively then anyother subset of females short of strippers and polish chicks?

Anyway, she gets to my table to drop off the menu, I look up and sure enough there is a healthy amount of 5 oclock shadow.

Just goes to show, only way to know for sure is to slip the old hand down the pants and check for shaft.

Whoops, missed the important part of the story the waitress sounded exactly like that chick(dude)
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 12:35:44 PM
The link has gone the way of Lenny.
:lol:

 I had to google chrome it, didnt work with explorer for whatever reason
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 12:36:17 PM
there's no way that's a man pretending to be a woman.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 24, 2013, 12:36:27 PM
Just listened. Reminds me of a time I got dinner at one of them fancy modern asian places in Chicago. Saw this fine looking piece walking around in a mini skirt, looking absolutely fantastic. Real modern, really well, very tightly dressed asian girl.

As a side note, is it just me or do asian chicks dress "up" and more provocatively then anyother subset of females short of strippers and polish chicks?

Anyway, she gets to my table to drop off the menu, I look up and sure enough there is a healthy amount of 5 oclock shadow.

Just goes to show, only way to know for sure is to slip the old hand down the pants and check for shaft.

Stop trying so hard

The one thing this thread has accomplished is to out qatzmanchu as a shitty poster. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MakeItRain on January 24, 2013, 12:50:50 PM
there's no way that's a man pretending to be a woman.

Yeah that's actually a woman, I wish this dude would either stop lying or just go away. My bullshit meter broke so long ago with this story that I'm annoyed by it now.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 24, 2013, 01:31:19 PM
Really? To me that's totally a guy.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 01:40:43 PM
no, definitely a girl. 

i love this story...it's like a fun mystery movie where there is a twist ending.  i can't wait!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 24, 2013, 01:43:53 PM
no, definitely a girl. 

i love this story...it's like a fun mystery movie where there is a twist ending.  i can't wait!

....There Will Be Drags
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 24, 2013, 01:46:02 PM
It's a lot more likely that this gay dude Tuiasosopo was pretending to be a chick on the phone than having a real life girl call

This Tuiasosopo character is clearly mumped in the head
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 24, 2013, 01:49:41 PM
It's a lot more likely that this gay dude Tuiasosopo was pretending to be a chick on the phone than having a real life girl call

This Tuiasosopo character is clearly mumped in the head

Irrelevant
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 24, 2013, 01:50:22 PM
It's a lot more likely that this gay dude Tuiasosopo was pretending to be a chick on the phone than having a real life girl call

This Tuiasosopo character is clearly mumped in the head

I don't think anything is clear here, other than the fact that Teo is a big fat lying liar.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on January 24, 2013, 01:53:34 PM
It's a lot more likely that this gay dude Tuiasosopo was pretending to be a chick on the phone than having a real life girl call

This Tuiasosopo character is clearly mumped in the head

I don't think anything is clear here, other than the fact that Teo is a big fat lying liar.

Yeah, he's such a dick.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 24, 2013, 01:53:46 PM
http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/24/ronaiah-tuiasosopo-intense-feelings-manti-teo-hoax/
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 24, 2013, 02:04:27 PM
http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/24/ronaiah-tuiasosopo-intense-feelings-manti-teo-hoax/

Quote
We've confirmed when Ronaiah spoke with Manti as "Lennay Kekua" he used his own voice.



 :surprised:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 02:09:08 PM
they're making it sound like this guy was a crazy weirdo stalker guy.

i still can't believe that's a man talking in those messages.  there is no way.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 24, 2013, 02:10:20 PM
they're making it sound like this guy was a crazy weirdo stalker guy.

i still can't believe that's a man talking in those messages.  there is no way.

Who provided the recordings?  Who confirmed legitimacy? 

How hard would it be to find some girl to leave a message then send said message wherever you want?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 02:13:25 PM
they're making it sound like this guy was a crazy weirdo stalker guy.

i still can't believe that's a man talking in those messages.  there is no way.

Who provided the recordings?  Who confirmed legitimacy? 

How hard would it be to find some girl to leave a message then send said message wherever you want?

thats why this story will never be "finished" because the other side will always claim the proof is fake.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Paul Moscow on January 24, 2013, 02:15:03 PM
they're making it sound like this guy was a crazy weirdo stalker guy.

i still can't believe that's a man talking in those messages.  there is no way.

Who provided the recordings?  Who confirmed legitimacy? 

How hard would it be to find some girl to leave a message then send said message wherever you want?

DOES THE NAME KATIE COURIC DO ANYTHING FOR YA!?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on January 24, 2013, 02:15:26 PM
they're making it sound like this guy was a crazy weirdo stalker guy.

i still can't believe that's a man talking in those messages.  there is no way.

Who provided the recordings?  Who confirmed legitimacy? 

How hard would it be to find some girl to leave a message then send said message wherever you want?

thats why this story will never be "finished" because the other side will always claim the proof is fake.

Have you never heard a feminine sounding homosexual?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 02:16:23 PM
Could diffenetly be Ronianah, saw some of his videos on the Tubes, hes got autotune.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 02:17:01 PM
The one thing this thread has accomplished is to out qatzmanchu as a shitty poster.

Confirmed
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Bqqkie Pimp on January 24, 2013, 02:17:46 PM
In trying to listen to the voicemails, I ended up at the Katie Couric page: http://www.katiecouric.com/on-the-show/2013/01/24/manti-teo-and-his-parents-to-appear-on-katie-in-first-on-camera-interview/ that has a bunch of snippet-vids of the upcoming interview.  The comments at the bottom are priceless and we need to get this guy posting here!

Quote
Adam Kelcourse http://www.facebook.com/adam.kelcourse.5 (http://www.facebook.com/adam.kelcourse.5) · Amesbury High School
Large Marge, He wasn't duped, he's totally involved in this, whether or not he's a pickle smoocher is a different story all together but there's no question he knew that the other pineapple picker was involved. One of two things, he does prefer nuts on the chin and is a carrot muncher, or, he simply pulled off one hell of a hoax with his buddy.
Reply · Like · 33 minutes ago

 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 02:18:38 PM
they're making it sound like this guy was a crazy weirdo stalker guy.

i still can't believe that's a man talking in those messages.  there is no way.

Who provided the recordings?  Who confirmed legitimacy? 

How hard would it be to find some girl to leave a message then send said message wherever you want?

thats why this story will never be "finished" because the other side will always claim the proof is fake.

Have you never heard a feminine sounding homosexual?

yes, but wow.  this guy has some talent, that was very well done.  IF TRUE!
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 02:19:16 PM
In trying to listen to the voicemails, I ended up at the Katie Couric page: http://www.katiecouric.com/on-the-show/2013/01/24/manti-teo-and-his-parents-to-appear-on-katie-in-first-on-camera-interview/ that has a bunch of snippet-vids of the upcoming interview.  The comments at the bottom are priceless and we need to get this guy posting here!

Quote
Adam Kelcourse http://www.facebook.com/adam.kelcourse.5 (http://www.facebook.com/adam.kelcourse.5) · Amesbury High School
Large Marge, He wasn't duped, he's totally involved in this, whether or not he's a pickle smoocher is a different story all together but there's no question he knew that the other pineapple picker was involved. One of two things, he does prefer nuts on the chin and is a carrot muncher, or, he simply pulled off one hell of a hoax with his buddy.
Reply · Like · 33 minutes ago

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

shut the eff up, nobody wants crap like that on this board.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 24, 2013, 02:20:51 PM
they're making it sound like this guy was a crazy weirdo stalker guy.

i still can't believe that's a man talking in those messages.  there is no way.

Who provided the recordings?  Who confirmed legitimacy? 

How hard would it be to find some girl to leave a message then send said message wherever you want?

thats why this story will never be "finished" because the other side will always claim the proof is fake.

Have you never heard a feminine sounding homosexual?

yes, but wow.  this guy has some talent, that was very well done.  IF TRUE!

He's had professional voice training.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 02:22:32 PM
pickle smoocher, pineapple picker, carrot muncher. Good use of imagery. Like it
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 02:33:11 PM
pickle smoocher, pineapple picker, carrot muncher. Good use of imagery. Like it

not shocking
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 24, 2013, 02:33:43 PM
http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-was-one-of-several-people-duped-manti-teo-tells,31020/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=standard-post:headline:default
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 24, 2013, 02:41:00 PM
Can't tell if he hates vegetables or hates gays more.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Bqqkie Pimp on January 24, 2013, 02:49:49 PM
In trying to listen to the voicemails, I ended up at the Katie Couric page: http://www.katiecouric.com/on-the-show/2013/01/24/manti-teo-and-his-parents-to-appear-on-katie-in-first-on-camera-interview/ that has a bunch of snippet-vids of the upcoming interview.  The comments at the bottom are priceless and we need to get this guy posting here!

Quote
Adam Kelcourse http://www.facebook.com/adam.kelcourse.5 (http://www.facebook.com/adam.kelcourse.5) · Amesbury High School
Large Marge, He wasn't duped, he's totally involved in this, whether or not he's a pickle smoocher is a different story all together but there's no question he knew that the other pineapple picker was involved. One of two things, he does prefer nuts on the chin and is a carrot muncher, or, he simply pulled off one hell of a hoax with his buddy.
Reply · Like · 33 minutes ago

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

shut the eff up, nobody wants crap like that on this board.

I love it that you are the self proclaimed gE tuff guy... 

 :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 02:53:50 PM
Can't tell if he hates vegetables or hates gays more.

Its vegetables for sure
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 24, 2013, 02:54:58 PM
This is where SD would usually tell everyone to shut up.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 02:55:30 PM
In trying to listen to the voicemails, I ended up at the Katie Couric page: http://www.katiecouric.com/on-the-show/2013/01/24/manti-teo-and-his-parents-to-appear-on-katie-in-first-on-camera-interview/ that has a bunch of snippet-vids of the upcoming interview.  The comments at the bottom are priceless and we need to get this guy posting here!

Quote
Adam Kelcourse http://www.facebook.com/adam.kelcourse.5 (http://www.facebook.com/adam.kelcourse.5) · Amesbury High School
Large Marge, He wasn't duped, he's totally involved in this, whether or not he's a pickle smoocher is a different story all together but there's no question he knew that the other pineapple picker was involved. One of two things, he does prefer nuts on the chin and is a carrot muncher, or, he simply pulled off one hell of a hoax with his buddy.
Reply · Like · 33 minutes ago

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

shut the eff up, nobody wants crap like that on this board.

I love it that you are the self proclaimed gE tuff guy... 

 :lol: :lol: :lol:

wtf are you talking about, THE ED?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 03:11:01 PM
Back on topic, does everyone think that these tapes confirm that Teo is just a big fat headed dummy that got catfished by a polynesian fanboi and then proceeded to lie about it to promote his own story of preservence thru adversity to help him win some awards? Cause thats where Im at.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 24, 2013, 03:21:21 PM
Back on topic, does everyone think that these tapes confirm that Teo is just a big fat headed dummy that got catfished by a polynesian fanboi and then proceeded to lie about it to promote his own story of preservence thru adversity to help him win some awards? Cause Im a homophobic racist.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 24, 2013, 03:22:00 PM
mr. bread  :lol:


so it sounds like the katie couric interview was as pud as expected.  didn't really change anything.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: qatzmanchu on January 24, 2013, 04:39:56 PM
#farfromgay

guess that about wraps it up
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on January 24, 2013, 06:54:15 PM
Could diffenetly be Ronianah, saw some of his videos on the Tubes, hes got autotune.

ouch.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 25, 2013, 08:39:49 AM
Now, the voicemails supposedly came from Roniah's female cousin in Samoa.  I'm pretty much 100 percent on thinking that Manti and Roniah were conning everyone all along and they're now trying to do it all over again with the story that Manti was the victim of a hoax.  It just looks exactly like a web of lies to me.   
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Kat Kid on January 25, 2013, 09:28:20 AM
Now, the voicemails supposedly came from Roniah's female cousin in Samoa.  I'm pretty much 100 percent on thinking that Manti and Roniah were conning everyone all along and they're now trying to do it all over again with the story that Manti was the victim of a hoax.  It just looks exactly like a web of lies to me.   

Yeah, guaranteed this is a couple of guys playing a lot of rubes.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on January 25, 2013, 10:07:22 AM
Oh you don't think I sound like a girl?  well it was my cousin then.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: OK_Cat on January 25, 2013, 10:41:25 AM
it was 100% not a girl
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on January 25, 2013, 10:44:51 AM
I'm just amazed reporters will report anything that came form the Teo/Tuiasosopo camp.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: fr@ck me on January 25, 2013, 11:06:57 AM
#farfromgay

guess that about wraps it up

Maybe he is so far from gay that he IS gay...
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 25, 2013, 11:08:24 AM
#farfromgay

guess that about wraps it up

Maybe he is so far from gay that he IS gay...

He loves to be with women, especially right after they were just with another man.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Mr Bread on January 25, 2013, 12:14:06 PM
#farfromgay

guess that about wraps it up
Maybe he is so far from gay that he IS gay...
He loves to be with women, especially right after they were just with another man.

I think he's giving the small child a kiss on the mouth after finishing his business  :dunno:
snowballing?
I believe that originated in Illinois. Still the most disgusting thing I ever learned about in sex-ed. Yes we discussed snow balling in 7th grade

Ya that stuff really made me nervous hooking up with older chicks.
You thought they were going to spit a load in your mouth? :sdeek:

I appreciate that things routinely come full circle around here. 
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: star seed 7 on January 25, 2013, 12:23:29 PM
wow, emo emaw really thinks about snowballing a lot.   :confused:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Emo EMAW on January 25, 2013, 01:30:32 PM
Goddamnit  :dubious:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 27, 2013, 12:15:14 AM
bump

http://youtu.be/W5ffHd7O3yQ
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MakeItRain on January 27, 2013, 01:33:39 AM
bump

http://youtu.be/W5ffHd7O3yQ

Thats amazing
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: felix rex on January 27, 2013, 10:44:54 AM
bump

http://youtu.be/W5ffHd7O3yQ

Thats amazing

It was just okay to pretty good until Teo's dad. Then it quickly became amazing.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Cire on January 27, 2013, 09:08:03 PM
Fantastic
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Trim on January 27, 2013, 09:27:34 PM
Has it been discussed why he picked Katie for his interview?  They both use the same agent group, CAA. CAA is a great agency I don't know why they are allowing Te'o to screw this up so badly. The GM interviews at the combine are going to be hell for him.

This story says Tom Condon told ESPN about the hoax (before the Deadspin story), which I thought was kind of weird, too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/sports/ncaafootball/as-debate-raged-at-espn-manti-teo-story-slipped-from-its-hands.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=todayspaper&

That's real weird.  Was it ever explained?
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: chum1 on January 27, 2013, 09:39:55 PM
Has it been discussed why he picked Katie for his interview?  They both use the same agent group, CAA. CAA is a great agency I don't know why they are allowing Te'o to screw this up so badly. The GM interviews at the combine are going to be hell for him.

This story says Tom Condon told ESPN about the hoax (before the Deadspin story), which I thought was kind of weird, too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/sports/ncaafootball/as-debate-raged-at-espn-manti-teo-story-slipped-from-its-hands.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=todayspaper&

That's real weird.  Was it ever explained?

Some thought that ESPN's actions didn't have anything to do with verification, but that they just didn't care about the story if there wasn't a good way they could present it on television.  They wanted to have on camera interviews and stuff.  To me, that seems pretty consistent with their usual priorities.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Trim on January 27, 2013, 09:57:31 PM
Has it been discussed why he picked Katie for his interview?  They both use the same agent group, CAA. CAA is a great agency I don't know why they are allowing Te'o to screw this up so badly. The GM interviews at the combine are going to be hell for him.

This story says Tom Condon told ESPN about the hoax (before the Deadspin story), which I thought was kind of weird, too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/sports/ncaafootball/as-debate-raged-at-espn-manti-teo-story-slipped-from-its-hands.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=todayspaper&

That's real weird.  Was it ever explained?

Some thought that ESPN's actions didn't have anything to do with verification, but that they just didn't care about the story if there wasn't a good way they could present it on television.  They wanted to have on camera interviews and stuff.  To me, that seems pretty consistent with their usual priorities.


No, the part about Teo's agent being the one to tell on him.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Trim on January 27, 2013, 09:57:49 PM
Manti Mayo.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: hemmy on January 27, 2013, 10:10:26 PM
bump

http://youtu.be/W5ffHd7O3yQ

Too uncomfortable for me, couldn't watch it.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kso_FAN on January 28, 2013, 02:33:30 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fimages%2Fcollegefootball%2F13%3A01%3A28-Faking_It_Billboard.jpg&hash=747c959a722bda6c3e4f3970dd2248244c129104)

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/21621141/
Title: Re: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: kitten_mittons on January 28, 2013, 03:22:44 PM
Manti Mayo.
Thread name change.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on January 28, 2013, 04:21:09 PM
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Sometimes I substitute beef or pork for chicken.  I don't need PETA for that tip.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: EMAWmeister on January 30, 2013, 10:01:42 AM
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Deadspin ?@Deadspin

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo tells Dr. Phil that he had romantic feelings for Manti Te'o: http://deadsp.in/qrWu59I

 :bwpopcorn:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: "storm"nut on January 30, 2013, 10:10:41 AM
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Deadspin ?@Deadspin

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo tells Dr. Phil that he had romantic feelings for Manti Te'o: http://deadsp.in/qrWu59I

 :bwpopcorn:

Wonder if ESPN will do an hour long special with Te'o, like they did with LeBron and"The Choice" and call it, "The Coming OUT"


Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
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Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: WillieWatanabe on February 01, 2013, 10:54:00 AM
http://deadspin.com/5980822/heres-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-attempting-to-perform-what-he-claims-is-lennays-voice-on-dr-phil
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on February 01, 2013, 11:55:08 AM
 :surprised:
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on February 01, 2013, 11:57:44 AM
wow, I'm shocked the voicemails that came from Teo match ronniaahas voice
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on February 01, 2013, 12:11:06 PM
wow, I'm shocked the voicemails that came from Teo match ronniaahas voice

 :dubious:

I was more impressed with his ability to sound like that.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on February 01, 2013, 01:06:33 PM
Do the voicemails have timestamps?  Nevermind.  I don't care anymore.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on February 01, 2013, 01:19:39 PM
I think Ronaiah is just pretending to have issues with his sexuality to avoid getting in trouble.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: CNS on February 01, 2013, 01:38:06 PM
I think Ronaiah is just pretending to have issues with his sexuality to avoid getting in trouble.

What trouble?  He didn't scam money or anything.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on February 01, 2013, 04:40:34 PM
I think Ronaiah is just pretending to have issues with his sexuality to avoid getting in trouble.

What trouble?  He didn't scam money or anything.

There are potential civil suits that could be brought if someone were bold enough.  Mostly though, I just mean trouble with the media/public.  People won't attack him as much if they see a troubled, gay man who was molested as a child.  There are too many excuses and delicate social issues at play that it will go away for him fairly quickly
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on February 01, 2013, 08:45:46 PM
Still think Te'o was in on it.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on February 01, 2013, 08:48:35 PM
Still think Te'o was in on it.

I don't even care anymore, but I think he's just an idiot who was duped, then was embarrassed and wanted the Heisman so he lied about it after he figured it out. It's the worst of both worlds, really.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: troubledscribe on February 01, 2013, 09:42:19 PM
The media has thrown out a blinding array of misconstrued evidence to confused the crap out of everyone. Therefor no one even cares anymore because its so filled with bullshit they brought doctor phil in to mind blow everyone.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: ChiComCat on February 02, 2013, 11:02:34 AM
You know its a mumped up media circus of bullshit when the story is this big and they get Dr. Phil instead of Oprah
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: MadCat on February 02, 2013, 02:36:38 PM
You know its a mumped up media circus of bullshit when the story is this big and they get Dr. Phil instead of Oprah
this is what separates Lance Armstrong from the amateurs
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Katpappy on February 02, 2013, 07:18:58 PM
Still think Te'o was in on it.

I don't even care anymore, but I think he's just an idiot who was duped, then was embarrassed and wanted the Heisman so he lied about it after he figured it out. It's the worst of both worlds, really.
That's pretty much what Te'o wants everyone to believe.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on February 05, 2013, 08:20:02 AM
Still think Te'o was in on it.

I don't even care anymore, but I think he's just an idiot who was duped, then was embarrassed and wanted the Heisman so he lied about it after he figured it out. It's the worst of both worlds, really.
That's pretty much what Te'o wants everyone to believe.

Yeah, and that just makes it that much more believable. If I were him, I would have just came out and said that I orchestrated the whole thing. Then I would have still looked like a dirt bag, but at least people wouldn't think I was dumber than Forrest Gump.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Katpappy on February 05, 2013, 09:01:15 AM
Still think Te'o was in on it.

I don't even care anymore, but I think he's just an idiot who was duped, then was embarrassed and wanted the Heisman so he lied about it after he figured it out. It's the worst of both worlds, really.
That's pretty much what Te'o wants everyone to believe.

Yeah, and that just makes it that much more believable. If I were him, I would have just came out and said that I orchestrated the whole thing. Then I would have still looked like a dirt bag, but at least people wouldn't think I was dumber than Forrest Gump.
I think he likes playing the dumb card; it makes him look more innocent and forgivable.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on February 05, 2013, 09:02:07 AM
Still think Te'o was in on it.

I don't even care anymore, but I think he's just an idiot who was duped, then was embarrassed and wanted the Heisman so he lied about it after he figured it out. It's the worst of both worlds, really.
That's pretty much what Te'o wants everyone to believe.

Yeah, and that just makes it that much more believable. If I were him, I would have just came out and said that I orchestrated the whole thing. Then I would have still looked like a dirt bag, but at least people wouldn't think I was dumber than Forrest Gump.
I think he likes playing the dumb card; it makes him look more innocent and forgivable.

He might think that, but it doesn't make him look innocent at all.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: Katpappy on February 05, 2013, 09:06:21 AM
Still think Te'o was in on it.

I don't even care anymore, but I think he's just an idiot who was duped, then was embarrassed and wanted the Heisman so he lied about it after he figured it out. It's the worst of both worlds, really.
That's pretty much what Te'o wants everyone to believe.

Yeah, and that just makes it that much more believable. If I were him, I would have just came out and said that I orchestrated the whole thing. Then I would have still looked like a dirt bag, but at least people wouldn't think I was dumber than Forrest Gump.
I think he likes playing the dumb card; it makes him look more innocent and forgivable.

He might think that, but it doesn't make him look innocent at all.
He has backed himself into a corner.  If he comes clean, you're right, he will make it clear that he is a dirtbag.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: michigancat on February 05, 2013, 09:10:17 AM
He's a dirtbag no matter what happened. And he appears that way.
Title: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: SkinnyBenny on February 05, 2013, 09:34:11 AM
Meh. He still has lots of people snowed.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: PoetWarrior on February 05, 2013, 03:31:46 PM
Te'o lead the nation in tackles as a high school sophomore with 73.
Title: Re: Manti Te'o........WTF??
Post by: bubbles4ksu on March 05, 2013, 12:28:45 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxBkG7zk-Uk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxBkG7zk-Uk)

it's not all pretty, but there is plenty of credit given to emaw and a shot i hadn't seen before at 3:02.