Thursday Open Manti Te'o Notre Dame Leenay Kekau Thread
Put all of your thoughts, comments, questions, concerns, and general what-have-yous here.
Personally, I still don't know what the heck is going on. The only thing I know is that he might still have a girlfriend (the Leenay Kekau imposter that he fell in love with (?) is still alive!)? Or is the hoax a default break-up? My mind hurts.
January 17th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
We never meant to hurt you.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:36 AM ^
"The bigger the lie, the more they believe." - Bunk Moreland
"A lie ain't the other side of a story, it's just a lie." - Hanning
January 17th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
"Just because I imagined it doesn't make it any less true." - Homer Simpson
January 17th, 2013 at 10:39 AM ^
Te'o should just embrace his love of penis. NTTAWWT
January 17th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 1:07 PM ^
I wish you'd have been there to tell my parents not to raise me to be such a dick. I can't help it, it has been ingrained in me.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:50 AM ^
Can we assume that Monopoly money is acceptable?
January 17th, 2013 at 10:42 AM ^
Credit where credit is due:
@Balas_Wolverine: We're going to miss the movie if Manti and Lennay don't get here soon ..."
January 17th, 2013 at 10:41 AM ^
are any other girls out there he has slept with in the past three years.
January 17th, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
Ariel, Tinkerbell, and Mrs. Claus.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:48 AM ^
This board has lost focus on what's really important. What does Derrick Green think of all this?
January 17th, 2013 at 10:48 AM ^
Some funny stuff from Tigerdroppings
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p/39261248/Manti-Teo-Fake-Girlfriend…
January 17th, 2013 at 10:49 AM ^
since he had never actually met her face to face, wouldn't she just be a "pen pal"? Then he should have said "my pen pal died", which doesn't sound as exciting. So I still blame him.
Also, I would ignore what the AD says. cases in point: Bozo Ohio State President and AD, and everyone at Penn State. Sometimes they are the last to admit the truth.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:52 AM ^
I heard she died in a kiln explosion (she was going to make him a pot).
January 17th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
This whole Manti Te'o invented a fake girlfriend thing is really great, because it has totally distracted me from focusing on the impending Derrick Greene ammouncement next weekend. Thanks, Mantil.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:22 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
I don't get the "catfish" reference. Thx
January 17th, 2013 at 2:02 PM ^
Not just for the link, but I rarely get to use the "informative" option.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:54 AM ^
Most important unanswered questions:
1) What, if any, is the relationship between Te'o and this Ronaiah Tuaisasasopo character?
2) Why did he feel the need to perpetuate the lies after he found out it was a scam?
3) How are the parents involved with this?
Schaap better hit him with these questions in the exclusive sit-down today.
PS - how fucking stupid is Oprah? Sitting on her bombshell for three days...only to be totally overshadowed. Amateur.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:05 AM ^
I mean in all reality, we know what the lance armstrong interview is about and what will be said in it. "I took PEDs" But we all knew that, that's just how Cycling works.
This on the other hand, is the most confusing shit i've ever followed in sports 'scandals'.
January 17th, 2013 at 10:55 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 10:56 AM ^
is that MSU now has ANOTHER game that was not really a loss...."But for the fake rally around Te'o's dead girlfriend, we would have won."
January 17th, 2013 at 10:58 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 11:03 AM ^
But 22 year olds often lose Grandmas. So there was more sympathy for G'ma and fake Girlfriend dying the same day.
my only point: The Spartans actually finished the season undefeated.
January 17th, 2013 at 12:30 PM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 11:00 AM ^
We don't have publicity issues.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:00 AM ^
Can't believe Teo still isn't one of ESPN's main stories on their web site. That interview should be with deadspin not ESPN
January 17th, 2013 at 11:01 AM ^
Whatever the hell happens, bet on this: Tom Rinaldi will make you cry about it on college gameday next season.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:02 AM ^
is so weird...you couldnt make this up for a movie.
Lose lose situation for Teo....come clean just let it all out and get it over with.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:08 AM ^
I know people meet on the internet and I know people have long distance relationships, but...you have a long distance phone/internet relationship for 3 years and NEVER MET??????
At some point don't you want to meet this person? Wouldn't you try to meet over one of the summer vacations? I just can't fathom two people would keep a long distance phone/internet relationship going for 3 years and not meet at least once.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:15 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 1:59 PM ^
I mean depending on how Mormon you are maybe not but don't you think you'd want to know what you're going to be getting when you get some?
January 17th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
So I take that to mean Marinelli is out then?
January 17th, 2013 at 11:16 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
"There's always someone, somewhere, with a big nose, who knows, and will trip you an laugh when you fall."
#boomMorrissey'd
January 17th, 2013 at 11:18 AM ^
Best non-sports/sports story I can recall.
At first I thought he was doing this as a cover for his fondness of dudes,(NTTAWWT) but now I have no idea what to think. I am starting to feel for the kid if he truly is naive enough to fall for the hoax.
I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for the next bomb to drop!
Sorry for the format as this is from my iPhone
January 17th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
January 17th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
Dont fall for it folks.... he and his cousin Tuasosopo contrived the whole thing for a publicity stunt, and then when it got too big, they continued to lie about it, not knowing what else to do. Obviously they were stupid enough to lie at each step along the way and think nobody would find out.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
Seems ND just cancelled the Te'o interview today. Must need more time to get that cover story in place.
January 17th, 2013 at 12:24 PM ^
Soooo, it appears that Notre Dame is something less than the bastion of honesty and integrity that they purport themselves to be? I am over-fucking-whelmed with surprise.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
Most importantly, how do we encapsulate this whole thing into a Halloween costume?
January 17th, 2013 at 11:30 AM ^
No Date. But swear that you brought one.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^
Just an observation:
The amount of attention being given to this whole situation, which has little to nothing to do with actual play on the field and ultimately boils down to nothing more than "did some guy lie about having a girlfriend that died?", is further confirmation of my opinion that most sports fans are really just soap opera fans. The only difference is that this soap opera is about a large man in tight pants rather than a stereotypical fictional handsome two-timing doctor.
See also: Tim Tebow, Tiger Woods, and pretty much anything discussed on ESPN's assortment of terrible programming.
January 17th, 2013 at 11:37 AM ^
It has taken you this long to figure out sports are essentially a soap opera for dudes?
January 17th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
Yea! it's like soap opera for dudes, except rea.... o nvm