Manti Te'o's girlfriend who died... (1 Viewer)

[Abraham]

Wasn't there supposed to be a 12 PM PST press conference today?

FAKE.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

How about all of you leave this poor kid alone?

 

[Billy Bats]

I can't speak to whether or not Te'o was catfished or not, but I can relate my own story of being catfished...

It happened 11 years ago. I met a girl online. We chatted. Talked on the phone. She emailed me pictures. We planned to meet several times, but she cancelled each time for various reasons. We talked for months, every night, and while I definitely had my reservations, I wanted to believe she was telling me the truth. So ignored some things that nagged at me, telling myself that no one would be sick enough to go to such extremes to perpetrate a lie.

Well... long story short... it turned out she did go to such extremes. The name she gave me was false. The pics weren't of her. She told me she lived with her brother and his kids - it was actually her husband and their kids. It was hard to rationalize - the guy who was actually her husband knew she was talking to me, so I figured it had to be her brother. They were in a loveless marriage, just staying together for the kids. The kids would call her by her fake name when I would be on the phone with her - who would be that sick to have their kids call them by a fake name?

Again, I don't know what the full story is with Te'o, but I know that there are people messed up enough to create a scam like this for whatever reason, and there are people who are dumb enough to buy it, at least for a little while, especially those who are young. It was hard to face the truth, especially with my friends and family, so I can imagine the embarrassment Te'o is feeling if this was entirely a scam pulled against him.

I'm sure many of you will flame me, and deservedly so. I was young and stupid and gullible. I'm living proof that stuff like this does happen, as crazy as it sounds.

Appreciate you sharing this, and I'm sure this sort of thing still happens, and if it happened to Te'o I would think his embarrassment would be enough cause for him to keep it under wraps for a while.There is, however, once huge difference between 2002 and 2013- free and readily available video chats. That to me is one of the big questions still out there. I get how this happened often as recently as 2-3 years ago. But I'm not sure about someone keeping this up for more than a month or two in the era of FaceTime and Skype.

Again, there is a chick involved it seems. And I haven't read that they didn't Skype or FaceTime yet, so who knows for sure. But yes it would be weird if they didn't chat live.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Who cares? 16 pages? Really?

It's the lead on sportscenter. It was on all the national morning news shows. He's a projected top 10 pick on the biggest college football program ever. He created a fake human either to hide his sexuality, gain some weird publicity, or for reasons none of us know. He said this fake person had cancer, a real illness that everybody here has been effected by directly or indirectly. This is the strangest sports story I've ever heard and it's certainly a bigger news story than somebody cheating on a freaking bike race.

EoMMan=The Commish alias

 

[Sweet J]

I can't speak to whether or not Te'o was catfished or not, but I can relate my own story of being catfished...

It happened 11 years ago. I met a girl online. We chatted. Talked on the phone. She emailed me pictures. We planned to meet several times, but she cancelled each time for various reasons. We talked for months, every night, and while I definitely had my reservations, I wanted to believe she was telling me the truth. So ignored some things that nagged at me, telling myself that no one would be sick enough to go to such extremes to perpetrate a lie.

Well... long story short... it turned out she did go to such extremes. The name she gave me was false. The pics weren't of her. She told me she lived with her brother and his kids - it was actually her husband and their kids. It was hard to rationalize - the guy who was actually her husband knew she was talking to me, so I figured it had to be her brother. They were in a loveless marriage, just staying together for the kids. The kids would call her by her fake name when I would be on the phone with her - who would be that sick to have their kids call them by a fake name?

Again, I don't know what the full story is with Te'o, but I know that there are people messed up enough to create a scam like this for whatever reason, and there are people who are dumb enough to buy it, at least for a little while, especially those who are young. It was hard to face the truth, especially with my friends and family, so I can imagine the embarrassment Te'o is feeling if this was entirely a scam pulled against him.

I'm sure many of you will flame me, and deservedly so. I was young and stupid and gullible. I'm living proof that stuff like this does happen, as crazy as it sounds.

That. is. AWESOME.Seriously. I don't know why, but I love this story. I need to hear more. How did you find out? Did she come clean? Did you ever see what she looked like? My mind is boggled.

 

[Abraham]

How about all of you leave this poor kid alone?

Don't you have a Cub Scout uniform to iron in anticipation of race day?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

How about all of you leave this poor kid alone?

Don't you have a Cub Scout uniform to iron in anticipation of race day?

I loath the whole BS/CS scout thing. I would feel somewhat differently if they weren't so anti-gay. Somewhat.

 

[Major]

RT @AntonioCromartie I've been paying Lennay Kekua child support for 18 months. Told y'all the baby wasn't mine.

 

[pollardsvision]

Who cares? 16 pages? Really?

It's the lead on sportscenter. It was on all the national morning news shows. He's a projected top 10 pick on the biggest college football program ever. He created a fake human either to hide his sexuality, gain some weird publicity, or for reasons none of us know. He said this fake person had cancer, a real illness that everybody here has been effected by directly or indirectly. This is the strangest sports story I've ever heard and it's certainly a bigger news story than somebody cheating on a freaking bike race.

EoMMan=The Commish alias

I'm with Eo/Commish on this.It's a very odd story, sure, but that still doesn't mean it's worth so many people giving a crap about. Then again, I didn't know he'd had a supposed GF that died in the first place until listening to the radio. I didn't have interest in watching ND-MSU and I certainly wouldn't have watched the pre-game puff piece.

 

[-fish-]

How about all of you leave this poor kid alone?

My link

 

[xulf]

RT @AntonioCromartie I've been paying Lennay Kekua child support for 18 months. Told y'all the baby wasn't mine.

 

[Tom Servo]

The SEC had this to say about this story.

 

[Tom Servo]

Te'o talks about dead GF 2 days AFTER he said he found it was a hoax.

Chris Fowler: There were a lot of cameras around you this year, there was so much public sharing of very private moments, which shared moment will you never forget above the others?



Manti Te'o: I think I'll never forget the time when I found out that, you know, my girlfriend passed away and the first person to run to my aid was my defensive coordinator, Coach [bob] Diaco, and you know he said something very profound to me, he said 'this is where your faith is tested.' Right after that, I ran into the players' lounge and I got on the phone with my parents – and I opened my eyes and my head coach was sitting right there. And so, you know, there are a hundred-plus people on our team and the defensive coordinator and our head coach took time to just go get one [of those players]. You know I think that was the most meaningful to me.

 

[FlapJacks]

Is the T-sopo in this story related to the former Raiders QB?

 

[Daywalker]

If we assume he is the victim, whle we all agree he made the situation worse with his embellishment, and that he is an incredible sucker for falling for this, i still feel very sorry for him.IF he was involved or knew to any degree i do not feel sorry for him, but if he was just a ####### it would suck to have the whole world know you were a ####### and have the innerwebs feasting on your dumbassnessIt'll fade over time, i just hope he has a strong support structure to get him through. I'm laughing as much as anyone at all the MEMEs, but i would hate to see him do anything to himself as a result of this, if he was just a ####### victim

extremely

Hard to imagine the guy could get over the love of himself to do anything like that.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Is the T-sopo in this story related to the former Raiders QB?

it explains how they are related right in the story.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Te'o talks about dead GF 2 days AFTER he said he found it was a hoax.

Chris Fowler: There were a lot of cameras around you this year, there was so much public sharing of very private moments, which shared moment will you never forget above the others?



Manti Te'o: I think I'll never forget the time when I found out that, you know, my girlfriend passed away and the first person to run to my aid was my defensive coordinator, Coach [bob] Diaco, and you know he said something very profound to me, he said 'this is where your faith is tested.' Right after that, I ran into the players' lounge and I got on the phone with my parents – and I opened my eyes and my head coach was sitting right there. And so, you know, there are a hundred-plus people on our team and the defensive coordinator and our head coach took time to just go get one [of those players]. You know I think that was the most meaningful to me.

And just like that he's lost my sympathy again.Doesn't help that he's putting off telling his story either. Presumably he's doing it so he can sell it to a softie, as Deadspin suggests.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

 

[-fish-]

Is the T-sopo in this story related to the former Raiders QB?

it explains how they are related right in the story.

reading is hard.

 

[Joe Summer]

Is the T-sopo in this story related to the former Raiders QB?

Yes, they are 2nd cousins. Ronaiah's father (Titan Tuiasosopo) is 1st cousins with Marques's father (Manu Tuiasosopo).

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

I can? How about 2:1 odds then.if he goes top-20, I'll give you $50.

if he goes outside the top-20, you give me $100.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

Werder‏@Edwerderespn One NFL personnel scout on Manti Te'o scandal and draft impact: "If a team needs an LB, they can watch the tape and forgive him.''

 

[-fish-]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

if this is true, you don't think that it's going to give some teams some pause about drafting him?

 

[Mello]

I'd give him a break for anything he said between the 26th and the NC game. A team preparing for that game and the media circus that follows certainly doesn't need the kind of distraction this revelation would have caused.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

The initial ape #### reaction from people is usually wrong...this is what we're seeing here with his draft stock.

 

[-fish-]

please don't let this end up with a Jim Grey interview.

 

[tjnc09]

RT @AntonioCromartie I've been paying Lennay Kekua child support for 18 months. Told y'all the baby wasn't mine.

Cromartie hasn't had a Twitter account for a year

 

[Bigboy10182000]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

if this is true, you don't think that it's going to give some teams some pause about drafting him?

The pause will be until you watch his tape....This is the NFL not church club. He played a hoax and just because half the world bought it doesnt mean he did.

ETA**

If it turns out that he was in love with something he knew didnt exist I retract everything I've said.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

The pause will be until you watch his tape....

which was really really bad in the last/biggest game he played

 

[-fish-]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

if this is true, you don't think that it's going to give some teams some pause about drafting him?

The pause will be until you watch his tape....This is the NFL not church club. he played a hoax and just because half the world bought it doesnt mean he did

you understand that's worse, right?

 

[Moe.]

Even without all of this nonsense I'm not sure he was guaranteed to go top 20. Seems like inside linebackers aren't as highly sought after nowadays.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

if this is true, you don't think that it's going to give some teams some pause about drafting him?

The pause will be until you watch his tape....This is the NFL not church club. he played a hoax and just because half the world bought it doesnt mean he did

you understand that's worse, right?

Worse then a guy smoking weed? Having a torn ACL? Weapons charges? ONe year of playing experiance? Not at all.A kid played a joke...and a good one. Probably fooled the most people ever for like 3 years...he sounds smart to me

 

[Bigboy10182000]

The pause will be until you watch his tape....

which was really really bad in the last/biggest game he played

1 game versus 3 years of tape? Seriously? His bad game came around this time evryone was on to him too...coincidence?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

The pause will be until you watch his tape....

which was really really bad in the last/biggest game he played

1 game versus 3 years of tape? Seriously? His bad game came around this time evryone was on to him too...coincidence?

so take my bet?

 

[Premier]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

if this is true, you don't think that it's going to give some teams some pause about drafting him?

The pause will be until you watch his tape....This is the NFL not church club. he played a hoax and just because half the world bought it doesnt mean he did

you understand that's worse, right?

Worse then a guy smoking weed? Having a torn ACL? Weapons charges? ONe year of playing experiance? Not at all.A kid played a joke...and a good one. Probably fooled the most people ever for like 3 years...he sounds smart to me

at you thinking nfl front offices will think he sounds smart after this.

 

[roadkill1292]

Werder‏@Edwerderespn One NFL personnel scout on Manti Te'o scandal and draft impact: "If a team needs an LB, they can watch the tape and forgive him.''

That scout is right. All that talk about "character" or "distractions" is just so much piffle in September. On the other hand, Roger Goodell may feel the need to slap a suspension on him. Not that he's done anything suspendable; King Roger just likes his meaningless little "protect the shield" moments.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

The pause will be until you watch his tape....

which was really really bad in the last/biggest game he played

1 game versus 3 years of tape? Seriously? His bad game came around this time evryone was on to him too...coincidence?

so take my bet?

Ok and how do we go about paying etc? I'm not tracking anoyone down and I dont care enough ot be on here harrassing you.I win you use a SIG I create and if I lose you do the same, deal?

 

[-fish-]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

if this is true, you don't think that it's going to give some teams some pause about drafting him?

The pause will be until you watch his tape....This is the NFL not church club. he played a hoax and just because half the world bought it doesnt mean he did

you understand that's worse, right?

Worse then a guy smoking weed? Having a torn ACL? Weapons charges? ONe year of playing experiance? Not at all.A kid played a joke...and a good one. Probably fooled the most people ever for like 3 years...he sounds smart to me

It's safe to assume a lot of people sound smart to you.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

at you thinking nfl front offices will think he sounds smart after this.

There's something to be said about the genius that went in to that even if my comment was tongue in cheek

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Ok and how do we go about paying etc? I'm not tracking anoyone down and I dont care enough ot be on here harrassing you.I win you use a SIG I create and if I lose you do the same, deal?

I've worked at this website for nearly 10 years. This is my real name. Where am I going to go?We're not 10 years old. A sig bet is meaningless and certainly not a good way to back up your "guarantee".

 

[B-Deep]

He's going top 20. Guaranteed.

what kind of odds you willing to give if you think it's a guarantee?I'll bet he falls out of the top 20.

You can pretty much name them, that's how sure I am.I can understand if he actually believed the fake person was real but that doesnt seem to be the case. He/ they/ whoever fooled people....you believed the hoax. My money is on that he knew it was a hoax.

No drugs...no arrests and outside of one game he has great tape and about 3 months to have his agent draw up an answer for him to recite.

Top 20. Can't see him making it past the Saints, Rams or Steelers positions

In the last 10 years, only four inside linebackers were taken in the first round

 

[Bigboy10182000]

Werder‏@Edwerderespn One NFL personnel scout on Manti Te'o scandal and draft impact: "If a team needs an LB, they can watch the tape and forgive him.''

That scout is right. All that talk about "character" or "distractions" is just so much piffle in September. On the other hand, Roger Goodell may feel the need to slap a suspension on him. Not that he's done anything suspendable; King Roger just likes his meaningless little "protect the shield" moments.

Who did T'eo harm here?This is getting a lot of spin and a lot of coverage and mainly it's because all of the world bought it. A funeral in a fake city? Stop it

 

[B-Deep]

Ok and how do we go about paying etc? I'm not tracking anoyone down and I dont care enough ot be on here harrassing you.I win you use a SIG I create and if I lose you do the same, deal?

I've worked at this website for nearly 10 years. This is my real name. Where am I going to go?We're not 10 years old. A sig bet is meaningless and certainly not a good way to back up your "guarantee".

:coughcough:backpeddle:coughcough:(not you rud)

 

[badmojo1006]

"Dang, if those Notre Dame folks are this upset that the girlfriend was made up, wait till they find out about Jesus."

 

[Bigboy10182000]

Ok and how do we go about paying etc? I'm not tracking anoyone down and I dont care enough ot be on here harrassing you.I win you use a SIG I create and if I lose you do the same, deal?

I've worked at this website for nearly 10 years. This is my real name. Where am I going to go?We're not 10 years old. A sig bet is meaningless and certainly not a good way to back up your "guarantee".

This is going around and around. Your name is meaningless unless I end up in Chicago in need of $50, seriously.We have time before the draft...be creative.

 

[B-Deep]

Ok and how do we go about paying etc? I'm not tracking anoyone down and I dont care enough ot be on here harrassing you.I win you use a SIG I create and if I lose you do the same, deal?

I've worked at this website for nearly 10 years. This is my real name. Where am I going to go?We're not 10 years old. A sig bet is meaningless and certainly not a good way to back up your "guarantee".

This is going around and around. Your name is meaningless unless I end up in Chicago in need of $50, seriously.We have time before the draft...be creative.

dudehe is not going to welch

 

[Bigboy10182000]

Ok and how do we go about paying etc? I'm not tracking anoyone down and I dont care enough ot be on here harrassing you.I win you use a SIG I create and if I lose you do the same, deal?

I've worked at this website for nearly 10 years. This is my real name. Where am I going to go?We're not 10 years old. A sig bet is meaningless and certainly not a good way to back up your "guarantee".

:coughcough:backpeddle:coughcough:(not you rud)

Dont be a D-bagI'm not back peddling.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Ok and how do we go about paying etc? I'm not tracking anoyone down and I dont care enough ot be on here harrassing you.I win you use a SIG I create and if I lose you do the same, deal?

I've worked at this website for nearly 10 years. This is my real name. Where am I going to go?We're not 10 years old. A sig bet is meaningless and certainly not a good way to back up your "guarantee".

This is going around and around. Your name is meaningless unless I end up in Chicago in need of $50, seriously.We have time before the draft...be creative.

"it's going around and around."He wants to bet money and then pay off or be paid off via the internet or a mailed check, as thousands of us around who aren't nearly as transparent and easy to find as Rudnicki have done in the past. You're dodging him. The reason it's going around and around is because you keep running.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

if you want, the money can go to charity.I lose, you tell me what charity to make a donation to.I win, I tell you what charity to make a donation to.

 

[sho nuff]

Ok and how do we go about paying etc? I'm not tracking anoyone down and I dont care enough ot be on here harrassing you.I win you use a SIG I create and if I lose you do the same, deal?

I've worked at this website for nearly 10 years. This is my real name. Where am I going to go?We're not 10 years old. A sig bet is meaningless and certainly not a good way to back up your "guarantee".

:coughcough:backpeddle:coughcough:(not you rud)

What...you didn't take...name the odds to mean..."I want to write something witty in your sig"?