Thursday Open Manti Te'o Notre Dame Leenay Kekau Thread
Put all of your thoughts, comments, questions, concerns, and general what-have-yous here.
Personally, I still don't know what the heck is going on. The only thing I know is that he might still have a girlfriend (the Leenay Kekau imposter that he fell in love with (?) is still alive!)? Or is the hoax a default break-up? My mind hurts.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:10 AM ^
Honestly Bo had it right when he said to hell with Notre Dame...
January 17th, 2013 at 10:54 AM ^
This fake girlfriend gets around!
January 17th, 2013 at 12:05 PM ^
I hope they wore their fake condoms while they were not having sex with her.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:12 AM ^
One does not simply met Manti Teo's girlfriend. Her black gates are guarded by more than just orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep. The great eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire, ash, and dust. The very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand men could you do this. It is folly.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:17 AM ^
how Manti was lured there.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:34 AM ^
That would make Manti's man parts a hobbit, and I feel like that is not a good thing.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:14 AM ^
Someone needs to explain to me, WTF is going on?????????
*Extra question marks signify what a moran I be.
OH andn I know I could google this, but that's not as much fun as talking to you fine MGoFolks
January 17th, 2013 at 10:26 AM ^
Assuming you are being serious... In short:
Manti Te'o's dead GF isn't real. This was proven by Deadspin. There remains some question as to whether he was a victim of an elaborate online hoax (or Catfish) or he was in on the hoax in order to play up his image/profile for Heisman votes.
Some remaining theories are: 1) He is gay and this was his cover-up that got out of control. 2) He was in on it, but didn't expect it to be such a story that got out of control. 3) He didn't know about it until later, once it was too big to come out with until after the season. I am sure there are more, but that's the gist.
EDIT: I should add that Te'o made a statement that was endorsed in some capacity by the ND AD in a press conference.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:25 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 10:29 AM ^
I fucking knew Elvis was dirty. BTW I lub u
January 17th, 2013 at 12:40 PM ^
I lub u, too, guy who I usually can't figure out but sometimes find funny.
January 17th, 2013 at 1:07 PM ^
most of the time I can't figure myself out either.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:31 AM ^
No one really knows what is going on.
Most likely scenarios:
1. Manti done goofed and created himself a fake girlfriend (for whatever reason) and the story was picked up by the national media and has spun completely out of his control.
2. Manti got trolled for 4 years by some ruthless mofos, and is such a rube that he never picked up on it.
3. Manti is gay, and this was a huge cover up to hide his sexuality, given his religion and what he does.
4. Manti made this up as a publicity stunt, and his family/friends (and possibly ND) were somewhat complicit in it.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:34 AM ^
i'd like to parlay #1 and #3.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:52 AM ^
I think we can almost certainly rule out #2, given that Tuiasosopo (Te'o's friend) was apparently the real "Lennay".
January 17th, 2013 at 12:02 PM ^
Hasn't Tuiasosopo been confirmed as gay? So if that is true, it would add another layer to this story and point towards option #3.
I also believe that Mike Freeman (of CBS Sports) confirmed a report about an anonymous interivew with a ND player stating players on the team knew Manti's girlfriend wasn't real, and knew that Manti made up the story.
January 17th, 2013 at 4:45 PM ^
I haven't seen anything that confirms that Tuiasospo is gay.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:51 AM ^
Don't feel bad...I've been around the interwebz this entire week and don't understand a thing. I went to bed early last night and awoke to a complete sh#tstorm of Te'o-related info.
I'm also feeling quite old because I'm not sure what this Catfish thing is all about. Maybe Herm can clarify.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:14 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 10:18 AM ^
amount to a "double post-bang"?
January 17th, 2013 at 10:18 AM ^
Only 10?
January 17th, 2013 at 10:23 AM ^
Considering the real Lennay is a dude named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, I'll pass
January 17th, 2013 at 10:31 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 10:19 AM ^
Count me in. How far do I have to, er, "go" with her to get the points?
January 17th, 2013 at 10:36 AM ^
You've got to kill ONE hooker first. Child's play.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:37 AM ^
I am not sure the Hookers you killed are real now.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:46 AM ^
Bastard.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:27 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 10:34 AM ^
Thats funny because I alledged once knew one (or was it five?) of them too.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:41 AM ^
I've been chatting with her on twitter. We're going to meet up in Hawaii pretty soon. What girl won't give it up in Hawaii?
January 17th, 2013 at 10:49 AM ^
who is rocking a set of twigs and berries.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:15 AM ^
I posted this in another thread but it is just too hilarious to let it get buried.
http://www.terezowens.com/manti-teo-memes/
January 17th, 2013 at 10:55 AM ^
in LightTheLamp's post above. These are very funny.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
my favorite one of those:
January 17th, 2013 at 11:50 AM ^
i prefer
January 17th, 2013 at 12:06 PM ^
I liked this one:
January 17th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
shrinking your willy way.
January 17th, 2013 at 1:18 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 10:15 AM ^
Mike Greenburg (Mike & Mike) actually believes in Te'o now that Swarbrick stood up and defended him last night.
Ditto for Pat Forde on Yahoo Sports.
That is simply mind-boggling to me. Do these guys have to pick a side and stick with it regardless of what they believe? Is that how the MSM operates?
January 17th, 2013 at 10:22 AM ^
Sadly, I think the decisions Forde and Greenburg have come to have more to do with self-preservation of their careers than any actual belief that Teo was a victim.
They need access to Notre Dame, its players, and Swarbrick more than they need to be right. Publicly buying Swarbrick/Teo's version will keep their pipeline open and probably help them secure future stories, etc.
There is no such thing as MSM journalistic integrity anymore. Those guys, the ones who take unpopular sides that may offend the people with money, don't work for ESPN or Yahoo anymore - they are liabilities to in an industry that now values fluff over content.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:47 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 11:44 AM ^
I guess I shouldn't paint with such a broad brush. There are still a few real journalists out there and some of them even work for ESPN or Yahoo. Robinson would be one. The OTL crew from ESPN would be another. But for the most part, the known personalities working for these outlets are fluff regurgitators who seem to find themselves catering to the publicity needs of players and teams rather than seeking and reporting truth.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:25 AM ^
I listened to him this morning on the way to work and what he said was that one thing in favor of believing the story was that Swarbrick said what he did last night. He still is waiting for the rest of the story to come out, but his reasoning was it would be more detrimental to ND for Swarbrick to have backed up Te'o and be wrong than it was to simply say, 'eh, the kid messed up.'
Pat Forde is an idiot anyway, so....yeah.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:25 AM ^
Mike and Mike are unabashed ND homers and root openly for ND. Their opinion is garbage
January 17th, 2013 at 10:29 AM ^
There are squirrels that are more insightful than those two.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:32 AM ^
Golic is a grad. What do you expect?
And Greenberg is Golic's friend...he may not openly root or root against him, but in interest of the show's dynamic, he keeps the peace by not being anti-ND. And, its my personaly opinion Greenberg keeps an open mind about most things, even if he is a bit naive about many things.