Manti Te'o thread below

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Another reason why I hate everything Notre Dame. Even Rudy was a fake as Joe Montana i think said they carried him off the field as a joke not out of respect.. Makes me appreciate the greatness of being a Michigan Wolverine...

So... was it an actual hoax or no? I'm still reading and not understanding it all. thanks!

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From Notre Dame spokesperson Dennis Brown:

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.

 

So, there's that.  Let the Leprechaun tears start flowing.

It's too early to make a solid decision on this. All I know is like the Catholic Church, ND will cover their ass and throw whomever they need under the bus to make this go away. Remember the rape and suicide? No one else does. If this is true, it's beyond whack.

for the Craig James connection to this story.  That is about the only thing that could make it more weird.

This is incredible. How can this be true?

Bizarre, to say the least. What motive, if not insurance fraud, extortion, etc? Perhaps a twisted plot to boost Te'o's Heisman candidacy.

Te'o issued a statement Tuesday afternoon:

"This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her.

"To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.

"It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life.

"I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been.

"In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was.

"Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft."

 

Interesting that both ND and Teo were press-ready with statements, and that neither Teo nor ND came forward with news of the deception until after the NC game and after Deadspin came out with all the facts.

My guess is that there is more reporting to be done on this one.

My plausible but completely baseless story is that he genuinely thought he was talking to this girl online but had never met her. When he could otherwise be swimming in a pool of pussy and choses not to in the macho environment of a college football locker room, he embellishes this to include meeting, talking every night, etc so the story sounds more socially acceptable. Then he is the victim of the death hoax. So I'm guessing it's the story of an insecure immature child, in which case i really feel bad for him to have to go through this so publicly

ND will release a statement saying that joe theisman's name didn't rhyme with heisman.

Need to hire an investigator to get to the bottom of this. Just weird because I heard him on the Jim Rome radio show in Sept/Oct and he sounded like it was a "real" relationship. If his explanation is true then it is sad. If it is not true then oh boy...

I thought I read when the story first broke back in September when she supposedly died that they had been dating since they were in high school. But now it's being said they met online and never met in person. I'm confused.

Lou Holtz is actually a marionette?

Neg me to oblivion but this is some sick shit.

Wait.......

So Grizzly Adams did have a beard??