Teos made up gf

[Bo's Pelini]

http://m.deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

[O.city]

I'd love to be a fly on the wall during his interviews at the combine.


"So, you just ran a slower 40 than we'd hoped, and apparently you ****ed your hand thinking it was a girl, who you then told everyone died".


WTF? Do they think we are this stupid?

It seems fairly easy to figure out. Did you ever meet this girl face to face? No, why did you say you did?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by O.city

I'd love to be a fly on the wall during his interviews at the combine.


"So, you just ran a slower 40 than we'd hoped, and apparently you ****ed your hand thinking it was a girl, who you then told everyone died".


WTF? Do they think we are this stupid?

It seems fairly easy to figure out. Did you ever meet this girl face to face? No, why did you say you did?

I think it'd be hilarious to interview him, but I wouldn't have my scouts do it, I'd bring in Gunnery Sgt. Hartman.

[hometeam]

If he was gay why wouldn't he do like most gay people do before they come out, and date women?

Has to be the sympathy angle. Geno wouldn't do this!

[O.city]

I know it doesn't have anything to do with FB, but if this comes out to be what it looks to me like it is, does he even get drafted?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by O.city

I know it doesn't have anything to do with FB, but if this comes out to be what it looks to me like it is, does he even get drafted?

Yeah. Too many sociopaths in NFL personnel departments.

[Dylan]

From Deadspin:

"Manti and Ronaiah are family," she said, "or at least family friends." She told us that the Tuiasosopos had been on-field guests (of Te'o or someone else, she didn't know) for the Nov. 24 Notre Dame-USC game in Los Angeles. USC was unable to confirm this, but a tweet from Tuiasosopo's since-deleted account suggests he and Te'o did see each other on that West Coast trip. "Great night with my bro @MTeo_5! #Heisman #574L," Ronaiah tweeted on Nov. 23, the night before the game.

And there was something else: Tuiasosopo had been in a car accident a month before Lennay's supposed accident.

Was this Lennay Kekua? We spoke with friends and relatives of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo who asserted that Ronaiah was the man behind Lennay. He created Lennay in 2008, one source said.

Very detailed reporting: http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-te...ason-is-a-hoax

The only logical explanation is that Te'o and Tuiasosopo are lovers - and I certainly do not care if Manti is or is not gay.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by O.city

I know it doesn't have anything to do with FB, but if this comes out to be what it looks to me like it is, does he even get drafted?

Of course. Someone will take a shot. Look at Houston~ This is definitely more ****ed up, but I bet he doesn't make it past 3 at the very worst.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Yeah. Too many sociopaths in NFL personnel departments.

Certainly possible. ***** pretended to have a QB for 4 years, and that was a hoax.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by KC native

Maybe she told him she didn't have a web cam. I don't have one and have never skyped.

Think you might have one if you had a girlfriend for 4 years that you had never seen?

[the Talking Can]

Originally Posted by Dylan

From Deadspin:


Very detailed reporting: http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-te...ason-is-a-hoax

The only logical explanation is that Te'o and Tuiasosopo are lovers - and I certainly do not care if Manti is or is not gay.

that's the simplest explanation, to me...

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Dylan

From Deadspin:


Very detailed reporting: http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-te...ason-is-a-hoax

The only logical explanation is that Te'o and Tuiasosopo are lovers - and I certainly do not care if Manti is or is not gay.

What impetus would there be in said situation for Te'o to claim that he had a girlfriend with leukemia who then died?

[Dylan]

Tim Burke, one of the authors in the Deadspin piece, joined Doug Gottlieb on CBS Sports Radio's Doug Gottlieb Show on Wednesday afternoon to explain the work that went into the story. Deadspin was initially alerted about the hoax via a reader email, but it was not until Burke and Jack Dickey began digging that the absurdity of the situation began to reveal itself.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...ctim-of-a-hoax

I find it amazing how many large sports media outlets repeated the story without checking facts.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

What impetus would there be in said situation for Te'o to claim that he had a girlfriend with leukemia who then died?

He wins the sympathy vote in the Heisman race?

[silver5liter]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I read as she was essentially an actress. He was being punked all along.

but why? If she was good enough to make him fall in love with her why not keep it up til he made the money? Shit doesnt make since.

I lean towards manti contributing to this hoax.

[O.city]

If it is a lie that he just got to far into, how the hell did it start? Where do you start a lie like that?