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OT: T'eo a fraud?

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UConnSportsGuy said:
Here is my favorite quote from the Notre Dame board:

Only thing that this story proves is that he's a naïve and good kid
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Perfect. They own this kid and his story, it looks like they are willing to go down with the ship. No doubt Mike Golic will be blubbering his way around this story on the radio tomorrow, defending Teo's character. After all, he's a ND football player, so don't believe your lying eyes.
 
Fishy said:
Why?

Using the steroid kerfuffles as a guide, it's probably time we stop pissing money like a fountain on these jock-sniffing escapades.

But this is a weird duck*ing story.
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And leave the SID out of it. The kid told his own made-up story about his own personal life. Not like the SID is going to doubt him and investigate it. This wasn't something that causes your "b.s. sensors" to activate.

Now if this was the SID's plot to get phony publicity and Te'o went along, that's another matter entirely.

Sad part is next time the media does an inspirational story like this, they'll have to ask for death certificates or photos from the open-casket funeral. "Sorry, ma'am, those could be anyone's ashes in that urn. I need proof."
 
formerlurker said:
I feel for the kid and don't think he's a fraud.

I met my current girlfriend online. She's Ugandan royalty and I just wired her $4000 so she could escape the turmoil in her country and come spend the rest of her life with me! I don't want to jinx it but by this time next week I should have enough cash to complete the BB practice facility, buy out our current FB staff AND expand The Rent. Fingers crossed!
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Post of the year.
 
Kind of makes Gottlieb look like an amateur by ND fraud standards.
 
UConnSportsGuy said:
Notre Dame is having a press conference at 8pm tonight...this should be interesting!

What are the odd's that they allow questions?! ;)
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10% chance that Notre Dame will allow questions.

90% chance Notre Dame dug up a corpse in a potter's field and will just point to it and yell, "SEE? She's real!", and then walk out of the room.
 
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Don't feel bad for the kid. He's already got himself a new love of his life...
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@mh-ver-3 hearing that the b10 is no longer interested in courting #ND. they will stop at 14 for good now.
 
I love that ESPN is being forced to run with a Deadspin story, I know this must burn their soul. They spent a good 15 minutes talking about Chip Kelly to lead off the 6pm SC knowing they had to eventually get to this.
 
The best thing that ND and Te'o could do is come clean now.

That being said, I really really really really hope they continue to defend Te'o and his reputation. Because then, we all win in the end.
 
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Religious family, religious school, playing a sport with no actively gay players...

Kinda crazy that in this day and age he thought his best bet was to invent a girlfriend, but...

Well, let's just see what happens.

 
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formerlurker said:
I feel for the kid and don't think he's a fraud.

I met my current girlfriend online. She's Ugandan royalty and I just wired her $4000 so she could escape the turmoil in her country and come spend the rest of her life with me! I don't want to jinx it but by this time next week I should have enough cash to complete the BB practice facility, buy out our current FB staff AND expand The Rent. Fingers crossed!
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Come on man. We've been over this, the Rent doesn't need to be expanded until we can fill it up.
 
8893 said:
@sethmeyers21:" 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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Good stuff right there.

What a bizarre story.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
The best thing that ND and Te'o could do is come clean now.

That being said, I really really really really hope they continue to defend Te'o and his reputation. Because then, we all win in the end.
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They will play the ictim card. ND is far too invested in Manti and the fake death to admit that they knew. Deny deny deny.
 
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ND claiming student privacy right. We really need a ROTFL emoticon.
 
NO WAY the proof that manti didn't create this is because there is a documentary that Dr Phil covered extensively. This is great
 
Wow, crazy story and some funny stuff in this thread. I don't care what ND or Teo say at this point, this was a 3 year "relationship". And he called her his girlfriend. The kid was a Notre Dame football player, he could have gotten laid during church service if he wanted. There is no way, none, that he was duped. I'm going with the gay theory and Tuiasosopo's kid is his bf.
 
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Where was the student privacy when the ND PR machine was spreading this story all over the world to get the kid a Heisman?
 
"We swear,we were going to release all of this information next week"

-ND
 
These reporters are saying Manti told them explicitly that he and the girl had met/spent time together. ND is backpedaling fast. This is pure gold.
 
I felt bad for Manti when I first heard about this and thought he got fooled, but now I think him and ND were in on the whole thing.
 
CAHUSKY said:
Doesn't anyone here watch the show "Catfish" on MTV? This happens regularly apparently. Amazing that people are so gullible but it seems pretty commonplace. http://www.mtv.com/shows/catfish/series.jhtml

(yes, i am 44 and still watch teenage programing on MTV. I know im a loser)

EDIT: After reading the entire Deadspin article it doesn't sound like a "catfish" situation took place. This is one crazy story.
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The ND AD referenced Catfish in his press conference. If a heavy hitter in the world of college athletics watches that show also, I'm pretty sure you're not a loser. :)
 
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