Manti Te'o a fraud?

[GGGG]

This guy is the biggest sports slimeball since Lance Johnson...

THAT BASTARD!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Johnson

[brewcity77]

THAT BASTARD!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Johnson

LOL! Edited, thanks

[warriorchick]

Here is the question I have:

This girl was allegedly either a Stanford graduate or a Stanford student (depending on which version of the story you were listening to).

If you were the editor of the Stanford Daily this fall and heard this story, wouldn't you want to do an article on her?  Maybe interview some of her friends and professors?  How long would it have taken someone at Stanford to figure out that she never was a student there?

You've got to know that in student apartments all over Palo Alto, future unemployed English Majors are kicking themselves for failing to break one of the biggest stories of the year.

[MarsupialMadness]

I agree Warriorchick, you would think someone at Stanford would have looked into this, considering it was such a widely reported story. 

But maybe it was something that was looked into briefly, they didn't find her name in any search, and they gave up at that point.

[Benny B]

I agree Warriorchick, you would think someone at Stanford would have looked into this, considering it was such a widely reported story. 

But maybe it was something that was looked into briefly, they didn't find her name in any search, and they gave up at that point.

And such explains why those particular English majors are unemployed today.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Are we sure he lied?  Maybe, but I don't know. 

This new item casts some doubt, potentially.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8857057/friend-says-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-confessed-manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax

[leever]

Are we sure he lied?  Maybe, but I don't know. 

This new item casts some doubt, potentially.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8857057/friend-says-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-confessed-manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax

Not sure he lied, but this does cast some doubt - the most doubt I'vr had since the Hoopaloop mystery

[LON]

Are we sure he lied?  Maybe, but I don't know. 

This new item casts some doubt, potentially.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8857057/friend-says-ronaiah-tuiasosopo-confessed-manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax

FALL GUY!

[MerrittsMustache]

If anyone thinks he was duped, sorry, but I think you're being suckered. Come on...he didn't know when she graduated, what her major was, or how she died? And he gave three different stories of how they met. Add in his dad lying about her visiting him and it's pretty clear Te'o and his family were in on it.

Lennay Kekua was his beard either to hide a gay lifestyle or to cover up him slitting around Notre Dame while keeping his "good Mormon boy" image. And he would've got away with it too, if not for Deadspin!

If you think he was a victim then I really think you're just as big a sucker as Te'o wants you to believe he is. This guy is the biggest sports slimeball since Lance Armstrong...okay, I realize that was only a day before, but Te'o is scum and reveling in it.

I really do think he was duped. I just don't think this girl became his girlfriend and the love of his life until it started bringing him more and more attention. She was, at best, an online acquaintance who died and he played up her death for his own personal gain, which is deplorable if you really think about it. This would also explain why he didn't really know that much about her and why he never visited her when she was injured or dying.

[Dish]

Said it yesterday, worth saying again...

Every hour that goes by that he doesn't talk, makes him look less believable when he eventually talks. Again, if he was duped on this, how in the hell are you not out in front of this asap? Especially with the biggest job interviews of your life quickly approaching?

I hope he gets invited to the draft, sits in the green room for a while, and there happens to be an open/empty chair next to him. Now THAT will be funny.

[Hards Alumni]

Said it yesterday, worth saying again...

Every hour that goes by that he doesn't talk, makes him look less believable when he eventually talks. Again, if he was duped on this, how in the hell are you not out in front of this asap? Especially with the biggest job interviews of your life quickly approaching?

I hope he gets invited to the draft, sits in the green room for a while, and there happens to be an open/empty chair next to him. Now THAT will be funny.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[ChicosBailBonds]

I really do think he was duped. I just don't think this girl became his girlfriend and the love of his life until it started bringing him more and more attention. She was, at best, an online acquaintance who died and he played up her death for his own personal gain, which is deplorable if you really think about it. This would also explain why he didn't really know that much about her and why he never visited her when she was injured or dying.

Well articulated and as good a hypothesis as I have read anywhere.

[Lennys Tap]

THAT BASTARD!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Johnson

One Dog was one of Hawk's favorite players.

[MarsupialMadness]

One Dog was one of Hawk's favorite players.

And mine.

[honkytonk]

Gimme a break. Manti hasnt spoken yet because he doesnt have all of his "facts" straight/made-up yet. From here on out, whatever anybody says that is tied to this story will be words filtered by attorneys and PR machines. Do some of you really think you will get the truth presented to you on a silver platter? Right now, the money is being collected from ND alums and the individuals that will receive a piece of the pie are being identified and vetted. From there, a cute story will paint him as a victim and every insanely naive person that listens to the news or reads articles that will be published in the coming days/weeks wont realize that what they are reading is the best fabricated story that money can buy. ND apologists will spread it and defend it. And Ill laugh my ass off. 

[only a warrior]

God forbid they tried Facetime, Skype or any other easily available video technology.....  This whole thing stinks

[jficke13]

I hope he gets invited to the draft, sits in the green room for a while, and there happens to be an open/empty chair next to him. Now THAT will be funny.

A friend of mine took a picture of her with her arm around an imaginary person and captioned it #Te'o-ing.

[MerrittsMustache]

A friend of mine took a picture of her with her arm around an imaginary person and captioned it #Te'o-ing.

So did a million other people in the last 48 hours.

[Lennys Tap]

Gimme a break. Manti hasnt spoken yet because he doesnt have all of his "facts" straight/made-up yet. From here on out, whatever anybody says that is tied to this story will be words filtered by attorneys and PR machines. Do some of you really think you will get the truth presented to you on a silver platter? Right now, the money is being collected from ND alums and the individuals that will receive a piece of the pie are being identified and vetted. From there, a cute story will paint him as a victim and every insanely naive person that listens to the news or reads articles that will be published in the coming days/weeks wont realize that what they are reading is the best fabricated story that money can buy. ND apologists will spread it and defend it. And Ill laugh my ass off. 

A conspiracy theorist laughing at the gullibility/naivete of the rest of the world - that's irony.

[honkytonk]

A conspiracy theorist laughing at the gullibility/naivete of the rest of the world - that's irony.

Conspiracy? Oh, I guess you dont believe this will all get cleaned up by attorneys and PR reps. Nah, stuff like that NEVER happens when a public figure does something stupid. Please put your head back in the sand.

[Dish]

So Teo does a very late night interview on a Friday night. Off camera.

Cowardly.

[chapman]

So Teo does a very late night interview on a Friday night. Off camera.

Cowardly.

Yeah, he's missing date night.  His girlfriend looks pretty annoyed in the chair behind him.

[Dish]

If you can't go on camera, and speak to everyone about this, I don't want you playing for me on Sunday's.

[Dish]

2 days ago?!?! Seriously?!??!

Paging Jack Swarbrick...care to recant?

Un f'n real. Un f'n real.

[🏀]

2 days ago?!?! Seriously?!??!

Paging Jack Swarbrick...care to recant?

Un f'n real. Un f'n real.

This is insane. Don't you think the NFL interviews will tear this crap apart?