Manti Te'o Dead Girlfriend ... A Hoax?
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norm wrote:
Yeah, I am just ignoring this aspect. I can't wrap my head around this as it is. That guy has to be full of shit.
This may be my favorite sports related story EVER0 -
Norm, who's Twitter should I be following for this? I got The Big Lead right now0
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Cliffy6745 wrote:Norm, who's Twitter should I be following for this? I got The Big Lead right now
pretty much everyone
i got that link above from the comments on a deadspin article
i can't keep up 0 -
norm wrote:Cliffy6745 wrote:Norm, who's Twitter should I be following for this? I got The Big Lead right now
pretty much everyone i got that link above from the comments on a deadspin article
i can't keep up
Yeah, dude. THIS.IS.AWESOME.0 -
Cliffy6745 wrote:Yeah, I mean I get why he backed off to an extent, he thought the kid was dealing with some serious shit and while there were some read flags, just believed him. I mean, at the time could you really predict this?
I can't wait for Te'o to embarrass himself, more than he already has that is
I can see backing off talking to Te'o about it, but he still could have fact-checked his story. If I were a journalist I would always (as I think they're probably taught to) fact-check a story before I put it out there for millions of people. Especially if there had been some red flags.
As for T'e'o, I can't really tell how involved he is. I can't tell if he's completely behind it, or if he went along with it, or maybe got duped but since he lied about how involved he was with this "person" tried to cover it up. Since a lot of it stemmed from the South Bend Tribune, and that seems to be where the whole thing started, the conspiracy theorist in me was thinking this was some sort of elaborate Heisman strategy to help him win by tugging at voters heart strings. But I wouldn't think anybody actually associated with the university would back a plan that was destined to backfire. So I'm sure it's a little more homegrown than that."See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"0 -
SatansFuton wrote:Cliffy6745 wrote:Yeah, I mean I get why he backed off to an extent, he thought the kid was dealing with some serious shit and while there were some read flags, just believed him. I mean, at the time could you really predict this?
I can't wait for Te'o to embarrass himself, more than he already has that is
I can see backing off talking to Te'o about it, but he still could have fact-checked his story. If I were a journalist I would always (as I think they're probably taught to) fact-check a story before I put it out there for millions of people. Especially if there had been some red flags.
As for T'e'o, I can't really tell how involved he is. I can't tell if he's completely behind it, or if he went along with it, or maybe got duped but since he lied about how involved he was with this "person" tried to cover it up. Since a lot of it stemmed from the South Bend Tribune, and that seems to be where the whole thing started, the conspiracy theorist in me was thinking this was some sort of elaborate Heisman strategy to help him win by tugging at voters heart strings. But I wouldn't think anybody actually associated with the university would back a plan that was destined to backfire. So I'm sure it's a little more homegrown than that.
I hear you. I agree.
Dude, there are so many possibilities. I am 90% leaning towards Te'o making it all up for publicity, there is just too much pointing to him and 10% of me says he was duped and he is just that pathetic that he talked about an online girlfriend ALL the time. Either way, it's incredible.0 -
Cliffy6745 wrote:Dude, there are so many possibilities. I am 90% leaning towards Te'o making it all up for publicity, there is just too much pointing to him and 10% of me says he was duped and he is just that pathetic that he talked about an online girlfriend ALL the time. Either way, it's incredible.
And now with this Reagan Mauia thing it's even more confusing!!!"See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"0 -
SatansFuton wrote:Cliffy6745 wrote:Dude, there are so many possibilities. I am 90% leaning towards Te'o making it all up for publicity, there is just too much pointing to him and 10% of me says he was duped and he is just that pathetic that he talked about an online girlfriend ALL the time. Either way, it's incredible.
And now with this Reagan Mauia thing it's even more confusing!!!
Yeah, like I said to Norm, I'm not even thinking about that. This chick did not exist, maybe someone by the same name or something.0 -
The fact that she "died" like 3 weeks before his family was supposed to meet her, and he shut the reporters down....come on. This dude better have his shit in line, because the one thing reporters do not like is getting lied to0
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81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276clearly the AET needs to hatch a hoax to spread world wide :corn:81 is now off the air
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81 wrote:clearly the AET needs to hatch a hoax to spread world wide :corn:
A smoking baby will definitely catch on0 -
Cliffy6745 wrote:SatansFuton wrote:Cliffy6745 wrote:Dude, there are so many possibilities. I am 90% leaning towards Te'o making it all up for publicity, there is just too much pointing to him and 10% of me says he was duped and he is just that pathetic that he talked about an online girlfriend ALL the time. Either way, it's incredible.
And now with this Reagan Mauia thing it's even more confusing!!!
Yeah, like I said to Norm, I'm not even thinking about that. This chick did not exist, maybe someone by the same name or something.
Yes. Too many of the facts from the Deadspin story, as well a Te'o "admitting" he was duped and she didn't exist, make me wonder what the hell is up with Reagan Mauia. Are things so bad in Arizona you have to lie about knowing a dead chick that a Notre Dame player lied about knowing to get your name on ESPN? Given the name of the girl, Lennay Kekua (which I'm assuming isn't that common) I doubt it's a matter of him knowing a girl by the same name. How many Lennay Kekua's could have recently died?"See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"0 -
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Enkidu wrote:It's such a weird story, I don't really understand it.
Mormon football player at a Catholic university makes up a girlfriend...
Hard to not think that it is covering up his partner who isn't a girl but the "friend" that set up the account. The death part is just weird...Go Get 'Em Tigers!0 -
I thought all fake girlfriends were Canadian."See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"0
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Cliffy6745 wrote:norm wrote:
Yeah, I am just ignoring this aspect. I can't wrap my head around this as it is. That guy has to be full of shit.
This may be my favorite sports related story EVER
agree, it's absurd, funny, pathetic and disgusting all rolled into one. unbelievable on all levels.0
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