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JimmyTwoTimes37

01-16-2013, 04:49 PM

This is getting crazy

http://deadspin.com/5976517

David Pollack ‏@davidpollack47
I'm shocked right now @Deadspin: Manti Te'o's dead GF, most heartbreaking/inspirational story of CFB season, is a hoax.

Clay Travis ‏@ClayTravisBGID
Crazy. RT @wicon81: @Deadspin: Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend, heartbreaking story of football season, is a hoax.

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet
Oh no. RT @Deadspin: Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend, the most ... inspirational story of season, is a hoax.

Miss Enquirer ‏@MissEnquirer
One way or another, this is a heck of a story. MT @Deadspin: Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend... is a hoax.
Gregg Doyel ‏@GreggDoyelCBS

His girlfriend's death was a HOAX? RT @GaryParrishCBS: This Manti Te'o story about the wildest thing I can remember

CollegeFootballTalk ‏@CFTalk
What the... RT @Deadspin: Manti Te'o's dead GF, most heartbreaking/inspirational story of CFB season, is a hoax.

Dan Wetzel ‏@DanWetzel
What a story. Crazy RT ‏@Deadspin Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend is a hoax.

Juice

01-16-2013, 04:57 PM

blueblob06

01-16-2013, 04:59 PM

WTF, glancing through that super long article thoroughly confused me. What a mess.

ArizonaXUGrad

01-16-2013, 05:22 PM

All I can say is wow. What kind of people would come up with this just to gain publicity?

paulxu

01-16-2013, 05:31 PM

ND football this year was a hoax.

GoMuskies

01-16-2013, 05:31 PM

Te'o is either a super sick MF'er or too stupid to live. Take your pick.

BBC 08

01-16-2013, 05:34 PM

Te'o is either a super sick MF'er or too stupid to live. Take your pick.

I'll go with extremely overrated football player that shouldn't have been a Heisman finalist.

SixFig

01-16-2013, 05:37 PM

I thought DC Muskie was the only one with made up girlfriends?

Juice

01-16-2013, 05:39 PM

ND's statement on the matter just made it worse:

Notre Dame Statement: Manti Te’o

On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te’o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia. The University immediately initiated an investigation to assist Manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of this hoax. While the proper authorities will continue to investigate this troubling matter, this appears to be, at a minimum, a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators.

Dennis Brown
University Spokesman | Assistant Vice President

Teo told stories of talking to her on the phone and her being in his actual physical presence. It's not a hoax when you tell people you've spoken and been with her.

xubball1993

01-16-2013, 06:13 PM

Must be "Fraud Week" - first Lance now Manti!

Masterofreality

01-16-2013, 06:15 PM

Blackburn Review is having an hilarious time on Twitter with this.

Can't wait to see his article!

Masterofreality

01-16-2013, 06:19 PM

Not original from me, but oh, so true:

RT @kfcbarstool: Notre Dame - where they sweep real, actual deaths under the rug and glorify fake ones”

Muskied

01-16-2013, 06:31 PM

Maybe she was Keyser Soze.......has anyone thought of that? completely reasonable why she doesn't exist.

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-16-2013, 06:37 PM

Seth Meyers ‏@sethmeyers21

These Te'o jokes are all very funny but let's all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead.

Hahaha

SixFig

01-16-2013, 06:58 PM

The NRA put out a statement today:

"Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend would not have died if she had a gun"

Xavgrad08

01-16-2013, 07:50 PM

This story is truly strange. Notre Dame's comment tries to make Teo the victim. That is going to make this situation worse in my opinion. It will be interesting how this story plays out. Also, what does this say about the state of traditional journalism. CBS, ESPN and many others wrote stories about his dead gilfriend. Nobody sought out the parents or fact checked?

SixFig

01-16-2013, 08:28 PM

Apparently when Notre Dame woke up the echos they woke up the fake girlfriends

Cheesehead

01-16-2013, 09:45 PM

and Syd Finch as been called up by the Reds

DC Muskie

01-16-2013, 09:48 PM

I thought DC Muskie was the only one with made up girlfriends?

Yeah but at least mine never die of leukemia.

XUglow

01-16-2013, 10:03 PM

Let's all be thankful McCarron's g/f is real.

GuyFawkes38

01-16-2013, 10:43 PM

The state of sports journalism is awful. Thank god for Deadspin.

GoMuskies

01-16-2013, 11:08 PM

Did anyone else find the headline CBS kept running on their bottom line tonight equal parts ludicrous and hilarious?

"Mantai Te'o's late girlfriend did not exist"

danaandvictory

01-16-2013, 11:24 PM

Te'o is either a sociopath or the world's biggest dumbass, and why ND elected to nail the flag to the mast is befuddling to me.

ammtd34

01-17-2013, 08:03 AM

Looking more like he was duped and extremely naive.

http://everyfacetofthegame.blogspot.com/2013/01/catfished.html?m=1

Masterofreality

01-17-2013, 08:15 AM

Looking more like he was duped and extremely naive.

http://everyfacetofthegame.blogspot.com/2013/01/catfished.html?m=1

Duped? That's not what his friend who "created" this alleged girlfriend said. Te'o also did nothing all year to dispel the hype.

The Not-re Dome spin machine is in full cycle.

ammtd34

01-17-2013, 08:34 AM

Duped? That's not what his friend who "created" this alleged girlfriend said. Te'o also did nothing all year to dispel the hype.

The Not-re Dome spin machine is in full cycle.

If you're referring to the person 80% sure he knew, it was a friend of Tuiasosopo who said that. If he actually thought she died - I'm not saying he didn't know she was fake - what would there be to dispel? I understand your dislike for Notre Dame, but this story is possible though admittedly implausible.

kyxu

01-17-2013, 08:37 AM

"80% sure" from an unnamed friend of a con is not exactly convincing

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-17-2013, 08:53 AM

The South Bend tribune, which wrote that article on where/how Te'o and this 'girl' met, how they hung out in Hawaii, etc, said they were provided the information by Te'o's father. So either
A) Te'o's father was in on it
B) Te'o's father was not in on it and was just going by what his son told him

Either way, someone is lying. Te'o said in interviews he met her. He said she was the love of his life. Te'o himself is in numerous articles stated that he sat with her and held her hand. I thought it was ridiculous that he would not attend the 'love of his life's' funeral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF21-7PdqO8

Aaron Blake ‏@FixAaron
Twitter account linked to Manti Te'o's fake dead girlfriend says it will clear up the "myths" today at noon PST. http://bit.ly/XGeCCm

Gregg Doyel ‏@GreggDoyelCBS
So Bend Tribune has pulled story that exposes Te'o as a liar. The one where he met the girl. THAT's interesting.

To me, It's more embarrassing if he's telling the truth(which I doubt)

Either way, the jokes are incredible:

Seth Meyers ‏@sethmeyers21
These Te'o jokes are all very funny but let's all try and remember that a person who never existed is dead.

johntdrake ‏@johntdrake
@sethmeyers21 don't speak ill of the imaginary.

Siafa Lewis ‏@siafalewis
@sethmeyers21 TOO soon.

-----

Kevin Van Valkenburg ‏@KVanValkenburg
If Te'o's story does check out and he was totally duped, an NFL team should draft him high bcuz it's likely you can sign him w/ magic beans.

----

Not Bill Walton ‏@NotBillWalton
That awkward moment when you realize Manti Te'o's GF DOES actually exist; you just have to sing the State Farm jingle to see her.

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Urban Meyer ‏@OsuUrbanMeyer
R.I.P. Manti Te'o's girlfriend (Never - Now)

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Evil Mike Tomlin ‏@EvilMikeTomlin
Manti Te'o just changed his Facebook status to 'its complicated'

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Juke Left ‏@JukeLeft
Luckily Manti Te'o's a Mormon, so he's probably got 5 or 6 other imaginary ladies he can fall back on. #sisterwives

XUglow

01-17-2013, 09:06 AM

Come on. The picture of her he had in his wallet should have been the first clue.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwfEMoL11gaGRHM0apZbytVdJaS4xdw 8Y5WNizOQAxfKCPHwST

Hudson

01-17-2013, 09:18 AM

The state of sports journalism is awful. Thank god for Deadspin.

Agreed. Deadspin is just on another level, they are probably the only journalists who do any investigating.

Here are my theories: 1) Te'o is the biggest idiot/weirdo ever. Who would make the death of someone they've never met such a huge deal? 2) He's in on it, something happened where him and this person felt it necessary to 'kill off' this false character. 2a) He found out she was fake and they felt her fake death was a way out of the lie and embarrassment. 2b) The whole thing was fabricated since the beginning, possibly to hide a real relationship(possibly homosexual?).

I know that last theory is highly suggestive and built on little fact, but at this point nothing would surprise me.

EDIT: Also, Te'o's NFL marketability is completely gone. Maybe he can get sponsored by eHarmony if he's lucky.

ammtd34

01-17-2013, 09:24 AM

Oh he definitely lied. At best, he lied about meeting/seeing her and the extent of the relationship. At worst, he made up the whole thing and is a sociopath.

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-17-2013, 09:43 AM

Clay Travis makes some good points:
http://outkickthecoverage.com/manti-teos-fake-dead-girlfriend-breaks-the-internet.php

1. According to Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick, Mant'i Teo had a three year "exclusively online relationship."

If you believe there is a straight man on earth not currently in prison who has a three year exclusively online relationship, then you're a damn fool.

Period.

There's just no way this actually happens.

Especially for a college kid who happens to be the best player on a football mad campus.

It also conflicts with a South Bend Tribune story that included the following details about Te'o meeting his girlfriend in person:

"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. And we came to the realization that she could be our daughter-in-law. Sadly, it won't happen now.'"

You have to read this article about the relationship. Much of the explication of the meeting is done without quotes. Which leaves us with two questions: a. Was Te'o telling this story to the reporter, in which case he fabricated the entire meeting? or b. Was his father telling this story? In which case, Te'o would be lying to his father about how he met his girlfriend.

Either way this story directly implicates Te'o in telling a lie about how he met his girlfriend, either to his father, the reporter, or Jack Swarbrick.

So Notre Dame's contention that Te'o never lied is 100% false.

2. Te'o never met his girlfriend in person.

I just can't get past this detail.

What's more, she purportedly canceled several face-to-face meetings with him. At some point if you're remotely intelligent -- or even just a horny college student -- don't you start to question a relationship when your online girlfriend won't meet you? Also, did Te'o and his girlfriend not Skype? (We know that Te'o Skyped because the South Bend Tribune story says that he Skype'd with his parents.) Did his girlfriend ever video chat with him? If not, wouldn't you find this pretty suspicious as well?) Did they video chat on iPhone? Is his girlfriend really not on Facebook? Are you really telling me that a straight football player has a relationship in this technological era and never asks for sexy pics of his girlfriend if they aren't meeting in person? (Somewhere Tiger Woods is shaking his head in disgust).

I mean, come on this story is just flat out unbelievable.

6) According to multiple sources inside the network, ESPN had the story, but was waiting on Te'o for a sit-down interview.

Per the Big Lead, ESPN had the story for ten days.

That would mean that ESPN first got wind of the story before the BCS title game.

Ouch.

7. Notre Dame encouraged Te'o to lie about the story.

This will be overshadowed, but once Notre Dame knew that the dead girlfriend story was a hoax on December 27th, it allowed the dead girlfriend hoax to be perpetuated through the BCS title game. In fact, AD Swarbrick said he told Te'o not to address the issue specifically if he was asked about it.

When he was asked about it at the BCS title pregame, Te'o said, "That event is well-documented and, you know, I think my team was always there for me and my family was always there for me....We all know about that and how I went through that and I don't think I need to say much about that."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Upat2Lzfucs

paulxu

01-17-2013, 10:03 AM

All we need now in this circle jerk is for some girl to pop up at 12 noon today and say....I was the girl who perpetrated the hoax.
That will be priceless.

What is undeniable, regardless of any NFL career, Manti Te'o has become an urban legend punch line...like Tebow.
It'll be with us for years.

ammtd34

01-17-2013, 10:12 AM

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-17-2013, 10:31 AM

Todd Jones ‏@Todd_Jones
Te'o told she wasn't real Dec. 6. Te'o said Dec. 8: "I don't like cancer at all. I lost both my grandparents and my girlfriend to cancer."

Todd Jones ‏@Todd_Jones
@LetsGoRVin @Todd_Jones Notre Dame says Te'o was told on Dec. 6 in phone call at awards show and he told coaches Dec. 26

danaandvictory

01-17-2013, 10:37 AM

Even if it was a hoax and this strapping Mormon messianic Faulkernian idiot-child was completely duped, it still doesn't explain why he and Notre Dame lied their asses off about it once they knew.

Jack Swarbrick's crying jag last night, I mean, good God man, you're an adult. There are people watching.

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-17-2013, 01:28 PM

It just got the Taiwanese Animation treatment
http://www.nma.tv/manti-teo-notre-dame-football-star-hoaxed-hoaxster/

The fake dead girl's twitter account is making an announcement via twitter between 2-3pm today

PMI

01-17-2013, 01:37 PM

This is one of the weirder, most interesting stories I've heard in awhile. How can he be so dumb? Or is this just more common than I thought? Are any of you people even real?

SixFig

01-17-2013, 01:40 PM

This guy is crazy like a fox.

Make up a fake dead girlfriend = unlimited use of "I just don't think I can be alone tonight"

Nigel Tufnel

01-17-2013, 01:49 PM

Agreed. Deadspin is just on another level, they are probably the only journalists who do any investigating.

Here are my theories: 1) Te'o is the biggest idiot/weirdo ever. Who would make the death of someone they've never met such a huge deal? 2) He's in on it, something happened where him and this person felt it necessary to 'kill off' this false character. 2a) He found out she was fake and they felt her fake death was a way out of the lie and embarrassment. 2b) The whole thing was fabricated since the beginning, possibly to hide a real relationship(possibly homosexual?).

I know that last theory is highly suggestive and built on little fact, but at this point nothing would surprise me.

EDIT: Also, Te'o's NFL marketability is completely gone. Maybe he can get sponsored by eHarmony if he's lucky.

Have a buddy who graduated from Notre Dame and is a big Irish fan. He agrees with you.

He's either:

1) naive and dumb beyond comprehension (not likely);
2) was involved to garner sympathy Heisman votes and good press (sociopath); or
3) gay. Use girlfriend story as a cover due to Mormon/ND ties (still makes him a sociopath, IMHO).

MHettel

01-17-2013, 01:51 PM

Anyone want to make a bet if this results in some degree of investigation by congress. This is the exact type of thing that our govt wastes their time on.

Maybe the governor of Indiana will initiate a federal investigation or something.

WHO F'In cares! T'eo is an idiot, one way or another.

MHettel

01-17-2013, 01:55 PM

Also, this really reminds me of the 2 guys about 6 years ago who claimed to have found a dead "bigfoot" and put it in a deep freezer. They got a crackpot Bigfoot "expert" to buy off on the story and he stood behind the guys.

They scheduled a press conference to unveil the thawed out beast. It was awesome. I was riveted. The thing came to a pinnacle. Either we had a real life specimen of Bigfoot, which would validate centuries of folklore......or the 2 idiots would have to come clean on the hoax.

They came clean. Awesome theatre.

BMoreX

01-17-2013, 02:00 PM

The debate among teammates wasn't whether or not Manti actually knew this girl - it was clear that they had been in contact; no, players just didn't think that it was fair to call Lennay Kekua Manti's girlfriend, period (it is well-known on campus that he has had relations with other girls during his time at Notre Dame). They recognized what was going on for what it was - a terrible publicity stunt used to fuel Manti Te'o's Heisman campaign. In fact, many of the players privately commented that they didn't want the students to wear leis in support of Manti and wouldn't participate themselves - they cited that the team never responded so publicly to tragic events for other players. But there was also the feeling that Manti didn't deserve to benefit from publicity from the death of somebody he barely knew.

http://deadspin.com/5976762/manti-teos-teammates-had-their-doubts-about-lennay-kekua

paulxu

01-17-2013, 02:03 PM

I was convinced that Snipe and Kahns were made up...for a long time.
Then I met 2 guys who claimed to be them at a WW.
I'm still not convinced about GO and DC...they could be figments of MadX's fertile imagination.

I sure hope Lady Muskie is real and we haven't been Te'oed.

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-17-2013, 02:11 PM

Teoing is taking the country by storm

http://teoing.tumblr.com/

http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c074d63e414599a9a3f4270a9962740/tumblr_mgrcwtJsaw1s3b9u6o1_500.png

http://25.media.tumblr.com/427f44eb36ac556e5815388e6a21e274/tumblr_mgrfn7V8Nr1s3b9u6o1_500.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/86866a71147bf48b5be7a979dff2d5a6/tumblr_mgrgvlRBOx1s3b9u6o1_500.jpg

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-17-2013, 02:35 PM

The fake dead girlfriend speaks:

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.

They are trolling the national media. This is hilarious

paulxu

01-17-2013, 03:16 PM

Jimmy,
I went to that twitter, and didn't see this at first. So I thought you were being sarcastic.
But now it's there.

You are absolutely right. They (she) Te'oed the whole frigging country. Well played.

bobbiemcgee

01-17-2013, 03:30 PM

Masterofreality

01-17-2013, 05:00 PM

Brutally honest assessment of Not-re Dome's conduct....from a Domer.

Vicious, but true.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/01/17/a-fake-tragedy-gets-more-tears-than-a-real-one/

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-17-2013, 05:23 PM

Quotes from Pete Thamel:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130117/manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax-quotes/

There's some crazy quotes in there from Te'o

SI: She was buried in California?
TE'O: She was always in California. Her family is from Hawaii but they live in California.
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.

GoMuskies

01-17-2013, 05:25 PM

Thamel should probably just go ahead and quit. His credibility from now on is zero. Too bad, because I enjoyed him trying to crush Calipari.

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-17-2013, 06:49 PM

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/manti-teo-girlfriends-death-apparently-hoax

Te'o spoke of his "girlfriend" at least twice after learning she never existed:

Not once but twice after he supposedly discovered his online girlfriend of three years never even existed, Notre Dame All-American linebacker Manti Te'o perpetuated the heartbreaking story about her death.

An Associated Press review of news coverage found that the Heisman Trophy runner-up talked about his doomed love in a Web interview on Dec. 8 and again in a newspaper interview published Dec. 11. He and the university said Wednesday that he learned on Dec. 6 that it was all a hoax, that not only wasn't she dead, she wasn't real.

xubrew

01-17-2013, 08:15 PM

Thamel should probably just go ahead and quit. His credibility from now on is zero. Too bad, because I enjoyed him trying to crush Calipari.

Somehow, Calipari is connected to this.

People lie all the time. I've known people to make up relationships that they were supposedly in. They wanted a girfriend or boyfriend, but didn't have one, so they just told everyone else they had did one and pretended like it was true. I've known people to lie about jobs they've had, or schools they've gone to, or places they've gone to, or places they've lived, or people they've known, or women they've banged, or all kinds of crazy stuff.

I'm not saying it isn't absurd, or ridiculous, or wrong, or normal. I'm just saying that Te'o is hardly alone when it comes to lying. People lie all the time. People will talk about something that never happened as if it were completely true. There are probably half a million people that claim they were at Game Six of the 1986 World Series and vividly talk about it as if they actually were. Maybe they've even convinced themselves to a degree. Maybe they just like feeling more important or relevant or interesting than they actually are.

What makes this lie so great is how the media ate it up. They believed it. The story was too good to fact check, so they didn't. We haven't had a good hoax like this in awhile. With all due respect to the fake tragic passing of his fake girlfriend, I for one and thoroughly enjoying this. The other great sports hoax was the kid from out west who claimed he wsa being recruited by several major football schools, and actually held a press conference that many major media outlets attended. He committed to Cal. Cal had no idea who he was. It was great. This is the first good hoax we've had since then.

He has no chance at training camp. He's going to be hazed around the clock the entire time. I can only imagine it. By the time they get through with him I think we'll be able to call it even.

XU 87

01-17-2013, 09:32 PM

People lie all the time. I've known people to make up relationships that they were supposedly in. They wanted a girfriend or boyfriend, but didn't have one, so they just told everyone else they had did one and pretended like it was true.

True. This Te'o lie is the worst since Jan Brady lied about her new boyfriend, George Glass.

SixFig

01-18-2013, 12:30 AM

This is GENIUS!

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8855822/florence-freedom-ballclub-manti-teo-girlfriend-bobblehead-day

Nigel Tufnel

01-18-2013, 12:31 AM

True. This Te'o lie is the worst since Jan Brady lied about her new boyfriend, George Glass.

Thanks for this. Made my day. George Glass....awesome.

Pablo's Brother

01-18-2013, 12:38 AM

Would anyone be surprised if the bengals drafted him?

GoMuskies

01-18-2013, 12:56 AM

This is GENIUS!

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8855822/florence-freedom-ballclub-manti-teo-girlfriend-bobblehead-day

If you go, can you pick one of those up for me?

chico

01-18-2013, 10:02 AM

This is GENIUS!

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8855822/florence-freedom-ballclub-manti-teo-girlfriend-bobblehead-day

If they really wanted to take it to the extreme there would be no game that night.

You knew this was coming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da_2ZAOsoSs&feature=youtu.be

GoMuskies

01-18-2013, 10:06 AM

From one of the ESPN articles. This tends to lend credence to the idea that Notre Dame never planned to disclose any of this until they were forced:

"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."

blueblob06

01-18-2013, 10:48 AM

This insane story has provided some of the best comedy I've seen/read in a long time. Thank you ND and Teo for being a complete joke!

gladdenguy

01-18-2013, 08:52 PM

One of the best jokes or creative lines I've heard from the whole situation......."All those missed tackles in the National Championship was really Manti Teo hugging his girlfriend"

chico

01-18-2013, 09:17 PM

True. This Te'o lie is the worst since Jan Brady lied about her new boyfriend, George Glass.

Nice one. I was thinking of the Capt. Tuttle episode from M*A*S*H but yours applies much better.

gladdenguy

01-18-2013, 09:41 PM

http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQDb2oeLrQkfOsDQ&url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-3-4b4qOsThY%2FUPe8r4ZwhrI%2FAAAAAAAADSY%2F61foWM_PSN E%2Fs640%2Flike_a_champion.jpg

X-band '01

01-19-2013, 06:54 AM

Nice one. I was thinking of the Capt. Tuttle episode from M*A*S*H but yours applies much better.

At least Tuttle got credited at the end of that episode. Major Murdock, on the other hand...

GoMuskies

01-19-2013, 06:21 PM

There's a college football all-star game today in Carson, CA that's playing on ESPN2 right now. That's where Te'o's fake girlfriend's fake funeral took place.

Cheesehead

01-20-2013, 02:11 PM

There's a college football all-star game today in Carson, CA that's playing on ESPN2 right now. That's where Te'o's fake girlfriend's fake funeral took place.

Both teams pretended to observe a moment of silence for her prior to kick off.

Masterofreality

01-20-2013, 04:10 PM

Report:

Mantai Te'o's girlfreind's real name is Fawn Liebowitz.

GoMuskies

01-20-2013, 05:46 PM

We now have a picture from the fake funeral. I heard it was a very touching eulogy.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PY7PHXkXOCw/0.jpg

Nigel Tufnel

01-20-2013, 10:47 PM

We now have a picture from the fake funeral. I heard it was a very touching eulogy.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PY7PHXkXOCw/0.jpg

Not Susie!!!

GoMuskies

01-21-2013, 12:21 AM

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18c3fktfp1jnvjpg/xlarge.jpg

GoMuskies

01-22-2013, 01:07 PM

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1402805/I_MISS_U_LENNAY.gif

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-22-2013, 01:15 PM

http://media.heavy.com/media/2013/01/718898166.gif

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-24-2013, 11:18 AM

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-24-2013, 12:30 PM

Actual headline today:

"Manti Te'o's Fake Dead Girlfriend was a Man"

http://outkickthecoverage.com/manti-teos-fake-dead-girlfriend-was-a-man.php
http://www.nydailynews.com/hear-te-hoax-perpetrator-impersonated-female-voice-phone-article-1.1246480

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-30-2013, 10:45 AM

Story takes another turn:

RONAIAH TUIASOSOPO "I'M GAY... I Think"

"I had romantic feelings for Manti Te'o"

Ronaiah also told McGraw that Te'o was "absolutely, unequivocally" not involved in carrying out the hoax.

http://deadspin.com/5980172/ronaiah-tuiasosopo-tells-dr-phil-that-he-had-romantic-feelings-for-manti-teo

http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/30/dr-phil-ronaiah-tuisosopo-gay-today-video/

Masterofreality

01-30-2013, 10:52 AM

Now we learn that Te'o was talking to a man pretending to be a woman on the phone for "Thousands of Hours"

Hopefully no one tells Manti about the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus

There is no way I believe Te'o is completely innocent in this whole thing.

This.

I'm not buying this Te'o naive/innocent/no knowledge thing either. And watching clips of that interview with Tuiasosopo, the guy is lying through the whole thing. All you gotta do is watch how the eyes keep averting. Body language don't lie, but words do.

My opinion is that Tuiasosopo is taking the fall for his buddy. Not a crime so he won't face any charges. And if Mantai is so upset, how come he's not pressing a fraud charge and why did he keep foisting the lie on everyone for 4 months?

Where the hell is Mike Wallace when you need him?

By the way, after this post, I'm sick of this whole thing and done with it.

JimmyTwoTimes37

01-30-2013, 10:54 AM

This.

I'm not buying this Te'o naive/innocent/no knowledge thing either. And watching clips of that interview with Tuiasosopo, the guy is lying through the whole thing. All you gotta do is watch how the eyes keep averting. Body language don't lie, but words do.

My opinion is that Tuiasosopo is taking the fall for his buddy. Not a crime so he won't face any charges. And if Mantai is so upset, how come he's not pressing a fraud charge and why did he keep foisting the lie on everyone for 4 months?

Where the hell is Mike Wallace when you need him?

By the way, after this post, I'm sick of this whole thing and done with it.

That's a hell of a point.

chico

01-30-2013, 11:11 AM

Now we learn that Te'o was talking to a man pretending to be a woman on the phone for "Thousands of Hours"

Hopefully no one tells Manti about the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus

There is no way I believe Te'o is completely innocent in this whole thing.

I think you'd have to be naive as he claims to be to think he was completely clueless about the whole thing.