Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend is a hoax

[MikeTrainNC8]

Originally Posted by trapper82

The longer this goes on, the more his being gay is the only thing that really makes sense.

The ND student said it was widely known he had relations with girls on campus

[Cockadoo]

Originally Posted by trapper82

The longer this goes on, the more his being gay is the only thing that really makes sense.

That doesnt even make sense. Why invent a girlfriend and then kill her off? Why have her die when he could just say, I haven't heard from her lately. Because it was an elaborate scheme for attention. If he was gay he would just say he doesn't have a girlfriend.

[hellraiser24]

Originally Posted by MikeTrainNC8

The ND student said it was widely known he had relations with girls on campus

I don't think he is gay, but I also don't believe everything that student said. What makes that student so credible?

[robgusc76]

Someone please make a movie out of this!

[ktguen]

Originally Posted by Cockadoo

That doesnt even make sense. Why invent a girlfriend and then kill her off? Why have her die when he could just say, I haven't heard from her lately. Because it was an elaborate scheme for attention. If he was gay he would just say he doesn't have a girlfriend.

I agree with this. I don't think him being gay is the reason behind this. He could have just said he broke up with her or they stopped talking.

[robgusc76]

He's a mormon, I cant believe he doesnt have multiple fake girlfriends.

[cheesebrger gcock]

A minor league baseball team is promoting a manti te'o gf bobble head night



http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i0C_IdCXC0...0/emptybox.jpg

[KaneisAble]

My new theory: He was lying about his fake relationship that he thought was with a real person. That's some Charlie Kaufman sh*+^.

[MLief]

Michael Roth claims he was the victim of a Catfisher, lolz.

http://michaelroth29.wordpress.com/2...r-a-catfisher/

[me4USC]

If if had relationships with girls from ND, why haven't they spoken up?

[trapper82]

Originally Posted by Cockadoo

That doesnt even make sense. Why invent a girlfriend and then kill her off? Why have her die when he could just say, I haven't heard from her lately. Because it was an elaborate scheme for attention. If he was gay he would just say he doesn't have a girlfriend.

Why would a guy he knows pretend to be a girl, create fake social media accounts to interact with him, get a girl to talk to him on the phone, all for a prank? That is his story. Or if he made it all up, why tell the coaches to start with? Was someone actually investigating? ESPN guys as well as everyone else bit it hook, line, and sinker, they weren't asking questions, so who else was.

Look I don't know what went on here, but no explanation he has given passes the smell test. That post I quoted earlier actually sounds plausible. One thing we probably all agree on, his explanation just doesn't make sense.

[WallStreetCock]

Saw a funny tweet about this.
"If Ray Lewis, Donte Stallworth and Marvin Harrison can kill a real person, then Manti can kill a fake one and still have an NFL career"

[uscjeremynca]

Originally Posted by I Bleed Garnet

I don't think the national title game hurt him as much. Maybe pushed him out of the top 10 but there are still talks of him being in the first round.

Honestly I think he will fail at the combine and push him out more than this. (he's not incredibly athletic)

Sure this was a f'd up thing to do, but the NFL only cares if you can play. His leadership qualities are definitely in question, but he's not going to be drafted to automatically take hold of the locker room. Some veteran/ coach (depending on who drafts him) will whip him in line.

It's one thing to spoke pot, have attitude issues, or even get in trouble.

It's another to be crazy, incredibly naive and stupid, and a liar. You can make bad choices but this is a different level. Now maybe meeting and talking to the guy will help ease some concerns but you can't be happy with any of us.

These aren't just poor decisions. These are red flags about someone's mental capacity. Again, once he talks to NFL teams it may help him but initial impressions from this incident aren't good. I'd much rather take a guy who smokes pot or gets in trouble than deal with character issues like this.

[ktguen]

Originally Posted by me4USC

If if had relationships with girls from ND, why haven't they spoken up?

Why would they? That would hurt his character even more to have these girls claiming he hooked up with them with he was "dating" this online girl.

[uscjeremynca]

Originally Posted by COCKYTALKIN

I guess the motive is what I'm not sure about. Was he doing to get sympathy? Or was he duped? Or was it just a stupid prank that got out of control? We don't know and if he's smart he'll continue to be quiet.

Read the latest details from the SI article detailing the conversations. I understand being naive but he is incredibly stupid to believe the stuff he said. It doesn't even make sense.

And two days AFTER he found out about the 'hoax', he is still telling people how he hates that cancer killed his girlfriend.

This is more than him just being a liar.

[Acockolypse Now]

Originally Posted by MLief

Michael Roth claims he was the victim of a Catfisher, lolz.

http://michaelroth29.wordpress.com/2...r-a-catfisher/

Wow. Roth's story is CRAZY.

I seriously wonder about humans from time to time.

[I Bleed Garnet]

Originally Posted by uscjeremynca

It's one thing to spoke pot, have attitude issues, or even get in trouble.

It's another to be crazy, incredibly naive and stupid, and a liar. You can make bad choices but this is a different level. Now maybe meeting and talking to the guy will help ease some concerns but you can't be happy with any of us.

These aren't just poor decisions. These are red flags about someone's mental capacity. Again, once he talks to NFL teams it may help him but initial impressions from this incident aren't good. I'd much rather take a guy who smokes pot or gets in trouble than deal with character issues like this.

I guess we can agree to disagree here.
I think the guy is just a liar, Wanted everything to be about him and used this made up story to gain more media attention.


I think in the end when NFL GMs to him his crapy combine performance will hurt him more than this.
I think he'll still be a first round pick.

[uscjeremynca]

Originally Posted by I Bleed Garnet

I guess we can agree to disagree here.
I think the guy is just a liar, Wanted everything to be about him and used this made up story to gain more media attention.


I think in the end when NFL GMs to him his crapy combine performance will hurt him more than this.
I think he'll still be a first round pick.

I was a very naive kid growing up so I get that part. However, you can't be that stupid. She died at age 22. By that time, she had graduated from Stanford, taught kids at New Zealand, worked for the construction company, and spent 8 months in the hospital. Who can do all of that by the time they are 22? Doogie Howser?

So if we believe it is a hoax, he is beyond naive. No one can be that stupid. And again, I think it is more than that. It's a bit twisted. Stupid decisions by athletes and twisted are two different levels for me.

I just see this as being very different than other cases with players. That's all I'm saying. Who knows how it will really affect his draft status until it all plays out.

[I Bleed Garnet]

Originally Posted by uscjeremynca

I was a very naive kid growing up so I get that part. However, you can't be that stupid. She died at age 22. By that time, she had graduated from Stanford, taught kids at New Zealand, worked for the construction company, and spent 8 months in the hospital. Who can do all of that by the time they are 22? Doogie Howser?

So if we believe it is a hoax, he is beyond naive. No one can be that stupid. And again, I think it is more than that. It's a bit twisted. Stupid decisions by athletes and twisted are two different levels for me.

I just see this as being very different than other cases with players. That's all I'm saying. Who knows how it will really affect his draft status until it all plays out.

Naive? Where did I say he was Naive?
I believe he knew about this all along.
Maybe someone duped him for a short time, but I believe he was behind this fully. That he created it for his own personal gain.
Honestly it just seems like a selfish way to get the media on him. Sure a bit more extreme than what we see in the NFL, but I don't think NFL teams are going to draft this guy to be a leader from Day 1

From the looks of posts I feel like some people are thinking this would kill his NFL dreams totally or put him as a late round pick. I don't believe that.
Sure he'll probably go out of the top 10 (I think he'll do bad at the combine)
But I still think a team takes him in the first.

[AmonRa777]

Nothing naive about Te'o...He us a publicity hound that crossed way over the line....
Manti didn't get catfished...Notre Dame and all the fans that stood behind him did....I never believed the story when it was first reported back in sept...Reminded me too much of the "win one for the gipper" crap....Te'o is a scam artist...His hyper-emotional hoax generated a block of sympathy votes that earned him runner up for the heisman and won him numerous awards that any one with an iq above 70 knows should have gone to Jedeveon Clowney and Jarvis Jones....If this hoax had been perpetrated at any other school, the press would have tarpedoed it months ago!!