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Quote from: qatzmanchu on January 17, 2013, 06:52:06 PMQuote from: rick daris on January 17, 2013, 06:49:32 PMQuote from: ChiCat on January 17, 2013, 06:04:30 PMQuote from: theKSU on January 17, 2013, 06:01:40 PMWhy 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!! )The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accidenti 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.
Quote from: rick daris on January 17, 2013, 06:49:32 PMQuote from: ChiCat on January 17, 2013, 06:04:30 PMQuote from: theKSU on January 17, 2013, 06:01:40 PMWhy 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!! )The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accidenti 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.
Quote from: ChiCat on January 17, 2013, 06:04:30 PMQuote from: theKSU on January 17, 2013, 06:01:40 PMWhy 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!! )The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accidenti liked the part where the dying cancer victim had a normal conversation with him less than 24 hours before passing.
Quote from: theKSU on January 17, 2013, 06:01:40 PMWhy 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!! )The story was they discovered the leukemia when she was recovering from a car accident
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!! )
Entire Usual Suspects gif.
hoaxed me again!!
MANTI MINUS LENNAY
Aelma Te'o, Manti's unclehttp://1280thezone.com/index.php/audio/listen/alema_teoPete Thamelhttp://www.csnchicago.com/ncaa/notre-dame/irish-talk/Radio-interview-sheds-light-on-Teos-rela?blockID=824541&feedID=630
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
Another perspective about the Teo mess that most won't read. But its good.
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.
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.
I can't look at that cartoon without thinking that I must be missing something.
Quote from: chum1 on January 18, 2013, 12:34:21 PMI 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?
Quote from: Jakesie60 on January 18, 2013, 12:35:31 PMQuote from: chum1 on January 18, 2013, 12:34:21 PMI 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!
At the bottom:QuoteUntil 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.
Quote from: MadCat on January 18, 2013, 11:11:47 AMAt the bottom:QuoteUntil 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.
