Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend?

[Count 'Bility]

The theory I am solidly on now is that he was dooped. He was the "victim" (I hate using this word, because no crime was comitted)-AT FIRST. But I also believe that once he realized how beneficial it was in the PR category, he proceeded to embellish and blow it out of proportion. Then, when the alarm went off that she was not real, he panicked and pulled the plug.

 

So when do you think he figured it out?

 

The thing that doesn't work for me in that scenario is that the other guy was bragging about pulling the catfish so others on his side knew about it. He had it on twitter if I'm not mistaken so who knows how many people knew about it. After she "died" and it became a huge story, wouldn't SOMEONE who knew about it from the other side let it slip - or go to the press - with the proof that it wasn't true? As long as they think they're in on the joke, I can see them keeping quiet but wouldn't someone want their 15 minutes by breaking the story?

I hear ya there. I know, it doesnt make sense, which means in this case, it makes all the sense in the world.

[Goal-line]

I believe the kid is not truthful and does not intend to be. When you lose your trust, it is very difficult to get it back. He has dug himself a very dark deep hole. ND is complicit in his lies.

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

LSUFREEK has struck

 

http://i9.photobucke..._Teo_Online.gif

 

EDIT: It's a little "risque'" so I posted the link only

[huKSer]

If he was catfished - was he offering his fingers to be swallowed, or did he swallow some wader's fingers?

[Notre Dame Joe]

The theory I am solidly on now is that he was dooped. He was the "victim" (I hate using this word, because no crime was comitted)-AT FIRST. But I also believe that once he realized how beneficial it was in the PR category, he proceeded to embellish and blow it out of proportion. Then, when the alarm went off that she was not real, he panicked and pulled the plug.

 

What I really want go know that seems to go unasked is why the hell ESPN did a pregame segment about Te'o and his girlfriend on the 7th, and why did Scott Van Pelt have an interview with Te'o a couple days before that about it if they knew as of the 26th of December that it was a hoax?

 

Lastly. I kinda wish he would'a won the Hiesman now. Could you imagine what the story would be then. Let's face it. The guy was an average to good linebacker with a story. Without this story putting his face on ESPN and SI every week, he has no more chance at the Heisman than Will Compton or Alonzo Whaley (cue ND fan saying "who?"-my point exactly). It would also finally expose the bias fraud that the Hiesman and ESPN's College Football coverage has become.

 

The official timeline as of now is that he gets a call from his dead gf on dec 7 (anyone watch the Twilight Zone?) informs his parents on Christmas eve and the ND AD 'Savvy' Jack Swarbric on Dec 26th. Jack immediately hires a private firm to investigate. When did ESPN know??

 

If Teo had won then lbs might be DQ'd from the Heisman altogether. But for 12 games, Teo was the anchor of our defense and the reason we got to the BCSCG in a rebuilding year.

[Count 'Bility]

The theory I am solidly on now is that he was dooped. He was the "victim" (I hate using this word, because no crime was comitted)-AT FIRST. But I also believe that once he realized how beneficial it was in the PR category, he proceeded to embellish and blow it out of proportion. Then, when the alarm went off that she was not real, he panicked and pulled the plug.

 

What I really want go know that seems to go unasked is why the hell ESPN did a pregame segment about Te'o and his girlfriend on the 7th, and why did Scott Van Pelt have an interview with Te'o a couple days before that about it if they knew as of the 26th of December that it was a hoax?

 

Lastly. I kinda wish he would'a won the Hiesman now. Could you imagine what the story would be then. Let's face it. The guy was an average to good linebacker with a story. Without this story putting his face on ESPN and SI every week, he has no more chance at the Heisman than Will Compton or Alonzo Whaley (cue ND fan saying "who?"-my point exactly). It would also finally expose the bias fraud that the Hiesman and ESPN's College Football coverage has become.

 

The official timeline as of now is that he gets a call from his dead gf on dec 7 (anyone watch the Twilight Zone?) informs his parents on Christmas eve and the ND AD 'Savvy' Jack Swarbric on Dec 26th. Jack immediately hires a private firm to investigate. When did ESPN know??

 

If Teo had won then lbs might be DQ'd from the Heisman altogether. But for 12 games, Teo was the anchor of our defense and the reason we got to the BCSCG in a rebuilding year.

I was not referring to ESPN as "they" Sorry. I was not clear there. I mean Te'o and Notre Dame. They obviously let this fiasco go one knowing it was not real whatsoever. No, they did not have to break out the story for the sake of distractions leading up to a championship game (tho, distractions couldnt've hurt), but they could've easily just refused to take part in the segments, at least the Van Pelt interview (I didnt actually see or hear this, it was his own words today). I understand ESPN wouldve had every right to continue on with their piece. The question remains. Why was it left to continue when it was known to those that matter that it was a hoax? It's ridiculous.

 

Yes, usually the middle backer is the anchor of a defense. Numbers were compared to our middle linebacker Will Compton and they were not far off. (IIRC, Compton's numbers were maybe even better?) Te'o is a very good football players. When I stated average to good, i stretched it a bit. He's very good, if not great. He is no where near Hiesman level though. I dont see how he "carried" the team all year. Suh carried the team. RGIII carried his team. There's nothing wrong with the honest assessment that Te'o was only in New York, or that he was as well known to every college football fan across America as he was, because of a story about a girlfriend dying of cancer. A story that winds up being 100% myth. Frankly, it's a tragedy of sports journalism. Maybe even journalism in general.

[C N Red]

Latest ND press release.

 

"The story about Rudy was fake also."

 

Guess they finally decided on full disclosure.

[Notre Dame Joe]

The theory I am solidly on now is that he was dooped. He was the "victim" (I hate using this word, because no crime was comitted)-AT FIRST. But I also believe that once he realized how beneficial it was in the PR category, he proceeded to embellish and blow it out of proportion. Then, when the alarm went off that she was not real, he panicked and pulled the plug.

 

What I really want go know that seems to go unasked is why the hell ESPN did a pregame segment about Te'o and his girlfriend on the 7th, and why did Scott Van Pelt have an interview with Te'o a couple days before that about it if they knew as of the 26th of December that it was a hoax?

 

Lastly. I kinda wish he would'a won the Hiesman now. Could you imagine what the story would be then. Let's face it. The guy was an average to good linebacker with a story. Without this story putting his face on ESPN and SI every week, he has no more chance at the Heisman than Will Compton or Alonzo Whaley (cue ND fan saying "who?"-my point exactly). It would also finally expose the bias fraud that the Hiesman and ESPN's College Football coverage has become.

 

The official timeline as of now is that he gets a call from his dead gf on dec 7 (anyone watch the Twilight Zone?) informs his parents on Christmas eve and the ND AD 'Savvy' Jack Swarbric on Dec 26th. Jack immediately hires a private firm to investigate. When did ESPN know??

 

If Teo had won then lbs might be DQ'd from the Heisman altogether. But for 12 games, Teo was the anchor of our defense and the reason we got to the BCSCG in a rebuilding year.

I was not referring to ESPN as "they" Sorry. I was not clear there. I mean Te'o and Notre Dame. They obviously let this fiasco go one knowing it was not real whatsoever. No, they did not have to break out the story for the sake of distractions leading up to a championship game (tho, distractions couldnt've hurt), but they could've easily just refused to take part in the segments, at least the Van Pelt interview (I didnt actually see or hear this, it was his own words today). I understand ESPN wouldve had every right to continue on with their piece. The question remains. Why was it left to continue when it was known to those that matter that it was a hoax? It's ridiculous.

 

That delay is going to be a lingering question as other questions get answered. My theory is that Manti was so shell shocked that he had no idea what to do, so he let it ride. The ND adminsistration probably told him "Don't rock the boat until we can investigate." It would instantly suspicious if Teo told a reporter "I have been advised not to answer the questions that I have been answering all season long."

 

Yes, usually the middle backer is the anchor of a defense. Numbers were compared to our middle linebacker Will Compton and they were not far off. (IIRC, Compton's numbers were maybe even better?) Te'o is a very good football players. When I stated average to good, i stretched it a bit. He's very good, if not great. He is no where near Hiesman level though. I dont see how he "carried" the team all year. Suh carried the team. RGIII carried his team. There's nothing wrong with the honest assessment that Te'o was only in New York, or that he was as well known to every college football fan across America as he was, because of a story about a girlfriend dying of cancer. A story that winds up being 100% myth. Frankly, it's a tragedy of sports journalism. Maybe even journalism in general.

 

It was like having a coach and a guidance counselor on the football field. For all the gushing about our front 7, it has been virtually unreported that our safeties and corners were pretty much all freshmen.

[Blackshirts007]

Latest ND press release.

 

"The story about Rudy was fake also."

 

Guess they finally decided on full disclosure.

what's Rudy?

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

Latest ND press release.

 

"The story about Rudy was fake also."

 

Guess they finally decided on full disclosure.

what's Rudy?

Rudy is the Gipper's closeted gay 3rd cousin, twice removed who existed just enough to allow ND to make up some off-the-cuff story they could tie back to the Heisman trophy and the MNC they won during the Roman Era

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TMZ ‏@TMZ

Manti Te'o -- Yeah I Lied, But I Had To

[Ulty]

Here's another theory that is totally plausible, and if it turns out to be true, I get full credit:

 

Lennay Kekua is real, and she's still alive! But she's a middle-boss type figure in a vast conspiracy that involves the Irish Mob, Samoan drug lords, the Church of Latter Day Saints and the CIA. This thing is huge.

 

It's all part of an extortion ring to elevate the public persona of Manti Te'o and put Notre Dame back at the top of the world of athletics. The above mentioned organizations were all involved in promoting Te'o and fixing many of Notre Dame's games. The LDS church also wanted to use Te'o's rising stardom to boost its own image and further its influence, which would have come to fruition had Mitt Romney won the presidency (more on that later). Lennay's family and the Tuiasasopo's have been involved in or indebted to Samoan mobs for years, and the Samoans have been trying to gain a foothold in the international drug trade. The Samoans finally struck a deal with the Irish Mob, based on the east coast, to work the drug trade together and take over the American drug market using a two-front pincer movement. Of course the Irish Mob have been runing Notre Dame University for years, and as part of this new drug coalition, have been funneling in steroids to the university, and helping Somoan recruits (like Te'o) get in there.

 

Now, Te'o was coerced by both mobs to go to Notre Dame, as they recognized his star appeal, his intelligence, good looks, boy scout image, and athletic talent. What a perfect pawn! If this kid becomes a star, even a Heisman candidate, his notoriety could vastly increase the already notable wealth of Notre Dame University and both mobs. This is where Lennay comes in - she is real, but actually in her 30s, not early 20s (she just looks young) and is a major player in all of this. She was used to seduce Manti Te'o to further gain his cooperation in this whole scheme, and he fell for it. The Tuiasasopo's were coereced into being a part of it as well. However, as his senior year began, and all the drugs and resources pumped into Notre Dame by these mobs finally started to produce a contender, a compelling story using Te'o would all but guarantee a stranglehold over the drug market by the Samoans and the Irish. Te'o saw what was going on and became uncomfortable with it. He wanted out. So what did they do? They wacked his grandma and his girlfriend, and threatened even worse if he didn't comply. Once Te'o was a huge star and bringing in NFL contracts and endorsements, the true extortion would kick in.

 

Now the CIA was secretly backing Romney for president for their own twisted behind-the-scenes political agenda, and they had been secretly working with the LDS church to promote Romney. The CIA, no dummies, were aware of the activities of the Samoans and Irish but were waiting to see how it played out. The CIA figured they could stand to profit from the mob's activities but could take them down once they got too powerful. So they even helped nudge them along for the time being. At the same time, as Te'o's star-power started to become evident, the LDS wanted to promote him even further as well. A Mormon President and a Mormon Heisman Trophy winner with a heart-warming story? Mormon missionaries were drooling at the thought, and Mormon HQ in Salt Lake City was planning a full-scale campaign to take over American religioun beginning in 2013. So all of these groups were working together in earnest.

 

Teo's grandma really was killed, but Lennay, with whom Te'o was in love but didn't realize that she was involved in this whole operation, was kept alive. Te'o didn't know it - the mobs directed the whole story to further promote Te'o and Notre Dame. Along with the fixing of games, it was working perfectly. Shortly after the real death of grandma and fake death of Lennay, Romney dominated the first presidential debate, thanks to the CIA feeding him answers via remote. The plan continued, but when it turned out that Romney was going to lose the election after all, things started to unravel.

 

After the election, the LDS got cold feet. They were a little too entrenched with the whole plan. The church was not afraid of the mob, but was afraid of it's legacy and reputation should the public find out their involvement in this vast conspiracy. But they knew too much, so the charade couldn't continue. LDS pulled out, and the CIA began working with the mob to remove any records of Lennay's existence. This involved purging records, silencing witnesses, etc. Lennay and the Tuiasosopos were kept alive because they were still useful cogs in the Samoan mob's drug trafficking operations, and they were going to need all the help they could get now that the plan was falling apart. To top it off for the CIA, the mobs helped to create a scandal which led to David Petreus leaving the CIA. And with Petreus gone, so were all of the secrets of this nefarious plot. The woman with whom Petreus had the affair became involved with the Irish mob during her time at Harvard. The mob began working with her to seduce Petreus as soon as he took the head role at the CIA.

 

With the LDS and CIA out of the picture, the mobs tired to continue their operation and kept Te'o in the limelight as a desperate promotional tactic to further the drug operation. The story of Lennay continued to be a national sensation, even as her records were wiped clean. Lennay herself faded back behind the scenes. Without the safety net of the CIA's involvement, though, tensions rose between the Samoan and Irish mobs, and the partnership fell apart altogether. That's about the time that Te'o received a call from Lennay's number - the Tuiasasopos were trying to send him a message to protect him, but they couldn't really say anything without jeopardizing their own lives. Te'o won't come out with the truth now, for the same reasons - he looks like quite the fool, but to speak the truth would mean certain death for him and his family at the hands of the mob. Of course Notre Dame got rolled in the NCG because the mob was no longer fixing it. ESPN and other institutions of journalism never dug any deeper because their own ties to the mob prevented it. But Deadspin is not yet mob-controlled and broke the story wide open.

 

So Lennay is still alive and in hiding. Te'o was duped and was a pawn in this whole devious game all along. The Tuiasasopos aren't talking because of the Samoan mob. The CIA is now waging an underground war with the Samoans and Irish. And the only ones paying the price for all of this are Manti Te'o, his grandma, Mitt Romney, and David Petreus. Everyone else gets out with their hands clean.

[C N Red]

^^^^Too long to read for fiction.

[Count 'Bility]

Read it CN. Thorough. Detailed. It has to be true. You literally can NOT make that stuff up. I dont see how it's not true.

[gobiggergoredder]

^^^^Too long to read for fiction.