knapplc Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 The ONLY thing that would make this story better is if ESPN went all in to protect their boy and lost a chunk of their audience when it comes out that he really was in on it. Quote Link to comment
4skers89 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Straight out of the Deadspin article: Nov. 28, 2009: Te'o and Kekua meet after Stanford's 45-38 victory over Notre Dame in Palo Alto, according to the South Bend Tribune: "Their stares got pleasantly tangled, then Manti Te'o extended his hand to the stranger with a warm smile and soulful eyes." Kekua, a Stanford student, swaps phone numbers with Te'o. Hopefully Te'o will come out with another whopper and suggest it was Tuiasosopo in drag. Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 On ESPN.com it says: Te'o issued a statement Wednesday afternoon: Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-10-12/sports/34419536_1_brian-and-ottilia-manti-te-o-irish-head-coach That says how they "met" at Stanford and she visited him in Hawaii. Manti is full of it and only digging a deeper hole Quote Link to comment
4skers89 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 On ESPN.com it says: Te'o issued a statement Wednesday afternoon: It did say Tuesday afternoon. I just hit refresh and the story updated. It now says Wed. Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 From Hedley's article: "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." Quote Link to comment
4skers89 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 http://articles.sout...rish-head-coach That says how they "met" at Stanford and she visited him in Hawaii. Manti is full of it and only digging a deeper hole Yep. This could get interesting. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 What if his parents were in on it, but Manti didn't know? Like they were just trying to get him a ton of publicity to make money off it? Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 SportsCenter @SportsCenter Source tells Deadspin (who first reported Manti Te'o fake girlfriend story) that he's 80% sure Te'o participated in hoax. Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 What if his parents were in on it, but Manti didn't know? Like they were just trying to get him a ton of publicity to make money off it? I'm pretty sure it was the other way around. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 What if his parents were in on it, but Manti didn't know? Like they were just trying to get him a ton of publicity to make money off it? I'm pretty sure it was the other way around. I'm sure it was too. I'm just thinking of any bizarre ways that Manti could not know she wasn't real. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 On ESPN.com it says: Te'o issued a statement Wednesday afternoon: It did say Tuesday afternoon. I just hit refresh and the story updated. It now says Wed. Luckily I had the window open before they changed it. Took a screeny: Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 It's official. We need to create a death in Taylor's family to kick-start the heisman campaign. 3 Quote Link to comment
Creighton Duke Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 As embarrassing as this must be, I still think that it would be more embarrassing to admit that you spent entire nights on the phone listening to somebody who you'd only met in person, like twice, breathe. Quote Link to comment
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