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re: Deadspin: Manti Te'o Dead Girlfriend Story a Hoax (now with drug dealers!)

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Posted by Winkface
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:16 am to
Jeremy Schaap doing the Manti interview.
Posted by Patrick_Bateman
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:16 am to
Stephen A. Smith laying down the gauntlet!
Posted by stout
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:17 am to
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-- "I cried, I yelled. I never felt that way before. This is six hours after I just found out my grandma passed away and you take the love of my life. The last thing she said to me was, 'I love you.' And that was it."



Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:17 am to
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I wonder what kind of quotes would have come out if he had a great game and ND won? Oh what could have been...


Think if he won the Heisman and the MNCG MVP.


It would have been epic.
Posted by WikiTiger
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:17 am to
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I think this idea that Manti would create a completely made-up person for publicity is much, much more insane, for a large variety of reasons.


He didn't make her up for publicity. He made her up to get his family and teammates off his back about not having a girlfriend.

It was just serendipitous that it led to positive publicity when she "died."
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:17 am to
frick i'm going to have to catch the replay
Posted by Buckeye Fan 19
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:17 am to
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He might have for a couple months.

3 years?


Supposedly, they were "dating" for less than a year. They first "met" online in 2009, very little interaction.
This post was edited on 1/17/13 at 9:18 am
Posted by CptBengal
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:17 am to
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You think someone smart enough to be a Heisman runner-up, and earn a 4 year degree from Notre Dame, HONESTLY dated a girl for 3 years, seeing one picture of her on her twitter?

Get. Real.


domers are delusional enough to believe it....just check out irishenvy.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:18 am to
Jim Rome is going to burn this guy hard...in his interview with Rome he tearfully talked about losing Lennay to Leiukemia...welp, turns out Rome's dad died of Leiukemia a few years ago and Rome opened up to Te'o about it on air...Te'o goes along with it the whole time...I'm sure Rome is going to have some red arse over this one
Posted by greenwave
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:18 am to
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Why is it so hard to believe he got duped?


Ugh because the timeline does not add up. If he was mentally retarded maybe I would believe he got duped, but he is a "scholar athlete"
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:18 am to
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Jeremy Schaap doing the Manti interview.


I could see that going either way.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:18 am to
here is the whole thing

from the point of the death, te'o had to know. that is the latest point of deniability

mainly for the fact that he couldn't have found out she died if she was fake
Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:18 am to
So in the CNN article someone linked he mentioned her by name in a story that ran on December 30th. 24 days after he allegedly found out she wasn't real.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
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Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:19 am to
What time is Rome's show?
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:19 am to
scheeeeeyap is a pussy. probably won't go anywhere
Posted by Winkface
Member since Jul 2010
34377 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:20 am to
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He didn't make her up for publicity. He made her up to get his family and teammates off his back about not having a girlfriend.

It was just serendipitous that it led to positive publicity when she "died."

This actually seems more believable than those saying he started the whole things just for pr purposes.

ETA: But why have her die????
This post was edited on 1/17/13 at 9:21 am
Posted by Rickety Cricket
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Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:20 am to
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I could see that going either way.

Nah, Schaap will just lob softballs and let Manti spin his story. Hopefully he trips up or makes up a more inconsistent story.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:20 am to
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Jim Rome is going to burn this guy hard...in his interview with Rome he tearfully talked about losing Lennay to Leiukemia...welp, turns out Rome's dad died of Leiukemia a few years ago and Rome opened up to Te'o about it on air...Te'o goes along with it the whole time...I'm sure Rome is going to have some red arse over this one


Manti won't go in the same building as Rome for the rest of his life. Rome is probably fuming. That might turn into the 2nd fight of Rome's broadcast journalism career.
Posted by stout
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Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:21 am to
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24 days after he allegedly found out she wasn't real.



2 days after he found out she wasn't real he told the Heisman comity how he hated cancer because he lost his grandma and GF to it.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477263 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 9:21 am to
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ETA: But why have her die????

so he'd never have to bring her in public
This post was edited on 1/17/13 at 9:21 am
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