Manti Te'o a fraud?

http://m.deadspin.com/597...tball-season-is-a-hoax

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Ohio St.'s actions are not unlike their lower intestine: stinky and loaded with danger.

#Catfished

aMAIZEing
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"Every time I come to Michigan all they want to do is Screw me, Screw me Screw me"! Wayne Hayes AKA the devil.

not surprised.  people will do anything to make notre dame relevant.

His draft stock continues to sink.

 

WolvyMike


not surprised.  people will do anything to make notre dame relevant.

 
Ha! 

                      

Story is blowing up! 

 

Dear Mr. Te'o,
 
Thank you.
 
Your friend Lance Armstrong

He just needs to go on Oprah now. 

 

I for one hope that he was "the victim" in this. Otherwise he was in on it the whole time and holy cow, that's just a level of sick and twisted-ness that I haven't seen. 

Michigan Alum
Class of 2008
 
   

BigHouseFootball


I for one hope that he was "the victim" in this. Otherwise he was in on it the whole time and holy cow, that's just a level of sick and twisted-ness that I haven't seen. 

He was not, although LESPN is already trying to make it out like that. 
 
This was done on purpose. A family friend (Tuiasosopo) set up a fake twitter account... Teo and his dad went along with it. Full path of lies. 

 

Lost in all of this is the fact that the media apparently did zero fact checking before putting it on broadcast after broadcast.   Great job.

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Maybe she and Obama switched SS#'s? JUST KIDDING!

Seriously, this story is super messed up. Wouldn't suprise me if she was alive and well, in one of the many alphabet soup agencies somewhere. This time I'm not kidding, Stanford is one of the many "hot beds" of recruiting. ;)

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Lost in all of this is the fact that the media apparently did zero fact checking before putting it on broadcast after broadcast.   Great job.

It's even worse than that. According to The Big Lead (the same website that broke the news that the Harbaugh deal with Michigan had fallen apart), ESPN knew about this 10 days ago but decided to sit on the story.

McMurtry1

zjgm02


Lost in all of this is the fact that the media apparently did zero fact checking before putting it on broadcast after broadcast.   Great job.

It's even worse than that. According to The Big Lead (the same website that broke the news that the Harbaugh deal with Michigan had fallen apart), ESPN knew about this 10 days ago but decided to sit on the story.

 
Hmm, and what was 10 days ago...
 
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Ohio St.'s actions are not unlike their lower intestine: stinky and loaded with danger.

jthorp24

BigHouseFootball


I for one hope that he was "the victim" in this. Otherwise he was in on it the whole time and holy cow, that's just a level of sick and twisted-ness that I haven't seen. 

He was not, although ESPN is already trying to make it out like that. 

This was done on purpose. A family friend (Tuiasosopo) set up a fake twitter account... Teo and his dad went along with it. Full path of lies. 

 
Yes, I read the article. Just hoping against hope I guess. What some people are capable of is unsettling. 

Michigan Alum
Class of 2008
 
   

From the **always** reliable Incarcerated Bob:
 
"BREAKING NCAAF NEWS...Source: Confirms 3 ND players have come forward to implicate "Manti Te'o" on GF hoax (Running joke in locker-room)"
 
https://twitter.com/incarceratedbob

Thank god he didn't win the Heisman!  I mean, this whole bullsh!t story was half the reason he was even being considered as a Heisman hopeful to begin with?!  Dude has lost any respect I had for him...

 

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ND news conference on ESPNEWS...

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Ohio St.'s actions are not unlike their lower intestine: stinky and loaded with danger.

ScottsdaleBlue


ND news conference on ESPNEWS...

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My god. This trainwreck of a presser is worse than Gordon Gee's a couple of years ago.

McMurtry1

ScottsdaleBlue


ND news conference on ESPNEWS...

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My god. This trainwreck of a presser is worse than Gordon Gee's a couple of years ago.

No kidding...that was pathetic!

Go Blue!!

Ohio St.'s actions are not unlike their lower intestine: stinky and loaded with danger.

ND is really sticking their neck out for this kid, better hope he is telling the truth.

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He's 100% complicit in this and that's very disturbing. There's no possible way he isn't... What a loser.

Of course he was in on it. The alternative is that he's stupid and a loser. It's so weird. Almost like the hoax that we all fell for that ND was good and Te'o could tackle.

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Ohio St.'s actions are not unlike their lower intestine: stinky and loaded with danger.

Te'o is obviously a Seinfeld fan. Reminds of the episode where George fakes having a dead supermodel girlfriend to gain sympathy and access to a club.
 
"Remember Jerry: 'It's not a lie if you believe it.'"

Didn't he say in one of his interviews that he got a call from his cousin or brother and that is how he found out she died.  Crazy ass Islanders/Samoans!  I lived in Hawaii and deployed with a unit that was about 85% Pacific Islander with a 45% Samoan population and honestly this kind of dumb stuff happens with them all the time.
 
I can hear it now "Hoh brah those dumbass Haoles they fell for it big yeah brah!"
 
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Shoot, I missed the press conference. Could someone give the cliff notes version? 

Michigan Alum
Class of 2008
 
   

Cliff note version:
 
 
T'eo is an idiot

BHF, the AD really stuck his neck out for Te'o and insisted that he was the victim. Deflected a lot of story detail questions for Manti to answer at a future time. 

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Creator of The Boys of Fall Blog: Preaching the truth about college football. Visit at:  http://theboysoffallblog.blogspot.com/

Jack Swarbrick started crying and essentially put his career and credibility on the line.

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Ohio St.'s actions are not unlike their lower intestine: stinky and loaded with danger.

...wow. 
 
I mean, I want to believe Te'o. But in order to do that I have to believe that a person had an online relationship with someone that they never, ever, actually met in person. And this went on for years? He was so emotionally connected to her that he was thinking of marrying her?...but he never met her? That's a stretch. 
 
And, if I want to believe that then I have to believe that Te'o lied about actually meeting her, because there are articles all over that say he met her after the Stanford game in California. AND then what do I make of his Dad being quoted as saying that she would fly to Hawaii and meet Te'o?? I mean, how did that go? "Dad, I really like her, but the world wouldn't understand, could you just say that you've met her?" 
 
I mean, I want to her from Te'o for sure, but holy cow, sure seems like he was in on it and what kind of sick and twisted person would do that? Maybe it was a little lie that got out of hand? But why start it in the first place. As sad as it is, it looks like it was all about promoting himself, and if he did that then isn't fair to say that he even used the (real) death of his grandmother in much the same way?? 

Michigan Alum
Class of 2008
 
   

Classic ND fans...here's a quote from a friend of mine in Chicago after I've been busting his balls all night:

"Whatever! Keep reaching for mediocrity"

Go Blue!!

Ohio St.'s actions are not unlike their lower intestine: stinky and loaded with danger.

So them finishing #2 one year brings them away from being mediocre? In 06 we essentially finished #2 and should have been in the title game.

What a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive!

Jack Swarbrick

"The single most trusting human being that I have ever met, will never be able to trust again," said Swarbrick as he became visibly emotional as he took questions.

I'm going to laugh my balls off when Te'o is exposed as a fraud and Swarbrick looks back on this moment.

Go Blue!!

Ohio St.'s actions are not unlike their lower intestine: stinky and loaded with danger.

ScottsdaleBlue

Jack Swarbrick

"The single most trusting human being that I have ever met, will never be able to trust again," said Swarbrick as he became visibly emotional as he took questions.

I'm going to laugh my balls off when Te'o is exposed as a fraud and Swarbrick looks back on this moment.

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No kidding!! He left himself no way out!

A Rundown Of Notre Dame's Crazy Manti Te'o Press Conference
 

And of course, this isn't the only weird additional wrinkle to come out tonight. A fullback on the Arizona Cardinals named Reagan Mauia claims that he knew Lennay Kekua, who almost everyone agrees at this point does not exist. According to ESPN, "When told by a reporter that she apparently might not have existed, Mauia said: 'No, she is real.'"

 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/k...s-conference-was-the-w

Phil Callihan    Editor-in-Chief   UMGoBlue.COM

If you followed Te'o up through HS you know he likes attention. His signing day presser was a circus. There's no doubt in my mind that he was involved.
 
Big man on campus needs an online GF when he could pull any chick in South Bend??? I`m no detective but I know BS when I see it.

 

 Gregg Doyel lowers the boom on Swarbrick.
 
http://www.cbssports.com/...s-trust-in-him/nrelate