WoodyHayes1951 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 i still can't believe espn sat on this. no wait, yes i can. they play favorites. (erin andrews, ben rothlisberger, nd). you forgot the biggest one with LeBron and Delonte West/LeBron's mom Quote Link to comment
RedRedJarvisRedwine Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Out of respect for the deceased. Is it: Fake dead girlfriend or Dead fake girlfriend? Quote Link to comment
Chaddyboxer Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Out of respect for the deceased. Is it: Fake dead girlfriend or Dead fake girlfriend? Hmm...Knappic is the English grammer guy around here....I think he makes the call. I'll go with the former! Quote Link to comment
RedRedJarvisRedwine Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Honestly though, is there any gayer word in the English language than "gayer"? Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 That ain't right Knapp, I'm dying laughing at the office. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Do the media types acting as if this Te'o/Swarbrick explanation not watch TV? Do they not have access to google? You cannot watch this video where Te'o talks about his girlfriend AND HER FAMILY and think he got duped. There is zero chance he wasn't in on this: http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2013/01/17/manti-te-o-speaks-about-his-fake-girlfriend.html Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I still can't fathom ESPN had the gall to run the Te'o inspirational piece before the MNC. Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 The guy behind the fake dead gf was friends with Te'o. How can Te'o ignore that fact? Te'o and Tuiasosopo definitely know each other. In May 2012, Te'o was retweeting Tuiasosopo, who had mentioned going to Hawaii. Wrote Te'o, "sole"—"bro," in Samoan—"u gotta come down." In June, Te'o wished Tuiasosopo a happy birthday. How they know each other isn't clear. We spoke to a woman we'll call Frieda, who had suggested on Twitter back in December that there was something fishy about Lennay Kekua. She was Facebook friends with Titus Tuiasosopo, so we asked her if she knew anything about Ronaiah. "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. Quote Link to comment
ADS Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Teo's gay? This story is getting better by the minute. Quote Link to comment
huskerenner Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Even the Notre Dame news conference,trying to cover their a** is making it lamer by the minute. Quote Link to comment
Chaddyboxer Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 My SWAG: 1. He's gay, got into a relationship with some dude (probably that Tuisasablablah guy). 2. Parents want to know who he's talking to every night/why his texting count tripled last month, etc. 3. He makes up this girl with the assistance of his bf/friends etc to fool his religious parents/keep up appearances. 4. Years pass, things get serious, parents start to ask when they get to meet the girl. 5. Time for girl to die suddenly. If so, he has my sympathy. I'll go with your analysis sir. Honestly, it seems like you hit the nail on the head with this story. Clyde put it perfectly. Let me bump this one again. ; P Quote Link to comment
KJ. Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 The absolute best case scenario for Te'o/ND is that he honestly was the victim. But if that's the case, he is both the worst boyfriend in the world and also the most egotistical, self-centered person in the world for letting this "inspirational love story" drag on in the public over a girl he never actually met. How can you convince yourself that she's your girlfriend, let alone the entire country? You never met!! Even if he thought she was real, he was milking the ESPN stories for publicity. What an absolute scumbag. And an average linebacker. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 The whole concept of Te'o being catfished here is bunk. From the South Bend newsie's article: LINK Swarbrick said Te'o who completed his degree work in December and is working out for the NFL Combine in Bradenton, Fla. was expected to add his voice to the story sometime today. Perhaps that will provide the missing pieces to a sordid and confusing story. Swarbrick said the relationship was confined to online and telephone conversations only. He reasoned that Te'o's father, Brian, must have misunderstood his son's characterizations when speaking about the relationship roughly a month after the alleged death of Kekua. In a taped interview on Oct. 10 with Te'o's parents, Brian and Ottilia, Te'o's father said the initial meeting between Manti and Kekua came in person in late November 2009, when Notre Dame played Stanford in Palo, Alto, Calif. The detail included the touching of hands and the fact Manti thought she was cute. "They started out as just friends," Brian Teo added. "Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there. But within the last year, they became a couple. "And we came to the realization that she could be our daughter-in-law. Sadly, it won't happen now." Calls and e-mails to Brian Te'o Wednesday night went unreturned. And from an earlier article by the same writer: LINK SOUTH BEND -- It never felt like a chance meeting, although it probably appeared that way from the outside looking in. Their stares got pleasantly tangled, then Manti Te'o extended his hand to the stranger with a warm smile and soulful eyes. They could have just as easily brushed past each other and into separate sunsets. Te'o had plenty to preoccupy himself that November weekend in Palo Alto, Calif., back in 2009. ... Lennay Kekua was a Stanford student and Cardinal football fan when the two exchanged glances, handshakes and phone numbers that fateful weekend three seasons ago. She was gifted in music, multi-lingual, had dreams grounded in reality and the talent to catch up to them. The plan was for Kekua to spend extensive time with the whole Te'o family when upwards of 40 of them came to South Bend in mid-November for ND's Senior Day date with Wake Forest. "They started out as just friends," Brian Te'o said. "Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there. But within the last year, they became a couple. "And we came to the realization that she could be our daughter-in-law. Sadly, it won't happen now." About the time Kekua and Manti became a couple, she was injured in an auto accident. There were complications during her recovery. And it was also during her recovery that it was discovered Kekua had leukemia. "That was just in June," Brian Te'o said. "I remember Manti telling me later she was going to have a bone marrow transplant and, sure enough, that's exactly what happened. From all I knew, she was doing really, really well." Kekua, who eventually graduated from Stanford, was, in fact, doing so well that she was released from the hospital on Sept. 10. And Brian Te'o was among those congratulating her via telephone. Less than 48 hours later, at 4 a.m. Hawaii time, Kekua sent a text to Brian and Ottilia, expressing her condolences over the passing of Ottilia's mom, Annette Santiago, just hours before. Brian awakened three hours later, saw the text, and sent one back. There was no response. A couple of hours later, Manti called his parents, his heart in pieces. Lennay Kekua had died. This isn't a simple mistake. This is months of deception, involving Te'o and his father, Brian. Quote Link to comment
ADS Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I cannot understand why their AD had to do that just God awful press confrence lastnight, I mean that almost did more damage than good imo. Quote Link to comment
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