Not only that but they interest stories on him leading up to and the day of the game and i am pretty sure that they mentioned her the day of the game.
-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Deadspin: (Notre Dame football player) Manti Teos Dead Girlfriend is a hoax
- Thread starter Cloudy
- Start date
- Status
OWN will get the exclusive so most people will naturally miss it.
Starphoenix
Member
I'm now expecting a Sunhi gif about Te'o set to the ending of the movie Usual Suspects.
perfectchaos007
Member
Didn't that network turn into NBC Sports?
I'm good with that.. Oh my!!! :-D
Edit: At least Alex saw the light before all of this blew up and is an early enrollee at UF
From a pic taken with a recruit last year:
dude wtf.
Seriously this dude couldn't get a real girl, he is a football star.
They covered up and sheltered a rapist, this is nothing for them.
sans_pants
avec_pénis
its his dad saying they met up in hawaii. he was lying to his family about his relationship?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Yeah, the out there is that Te'o merely told his family he was meeting the girl, and they just believed him because why would he lie about meeting his internet girlfriend who flew out to Hawaii to meet him?
It's a crappy out, because it means he was lying to his family about meeting an internet girlfriend (who never existed) but it's an out. Further, it ends up begging the question "well, why were you lying to your family, and who were you out with instead?"
This was my first thought upon hearing this in the car on the way home from work. Why else would you do this?
Joel Was Right
If you smell burning, it's probably the generators acting up. Report it anyway.
ND saying he was a victim now
He talks about her physical appearance and how he would talk to "the love of his life" daily on the phone on the ESPN interview.
perfectchaos007
Member
Just like Musberger iterated in his statement regarding his "inappropriate" comments toward A.J McCarron's girlfriend. "ESPN tries to find compelling story lines...." Manti's Sob story was no doubt one of the compelling story lines they were running to generate outside interest for the MN Championship game.
el retorno
Member
Mormon/Catholic school I think might have something to do with it. Also if he's gay...
So...his Dad was in on it, but Manti wasn't? Is that what you're implying here?
I feel like eating a pretzel right now...
LyleLanley
Banned
I'm not saying it's a good excuse but I imagine it's what he'll end up telling the public.
Again, I believe he was in on the hoax but he could just say he was describing her physical appearance from the pictures he saw.
It may have started as a minor prank when he realized what would happen if it was found out, so he tried to "kill" her off, and then it blew up into something he couldn't control.
el retorno
Member
It wouldn't be a story if she hadn't died
mightynine
Member
I've decided the only way for this to be he had no idea about what was going on would be for the girl whose picture was used for the Twitter profile WAS in on it (for whatever reason), and lied off her ass to Deadspin to cover her own.
It's a stretch, but then, this whole story makes little sense.
It's a stretch, but then, this whole story makes little sense.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Oh no, I'm not criticizing you or anything. I'm just following that thread to where it likely terminates. It's entirely plausible that's exactly the out he's gonna take.
HerbertFish
Member
It would make a ton of sense if this tsuiasosopo(yeah, sp) and him were boy toys.
There were almost a full year of tweets.
There's a lot of just behavioral issues with his story
Like her insisting that he not skip a game and him being like "ok", or not insisting on seeing her even when she was dying, etc.
Also the fact that the "perpetrator" was a family friend and they were buds.
I mean, it doesn't take a math professor.
Like her insisting that he not skip a game and him being like "ok", or not insisting on seeing her even when she was dying, etc.
Also the fact that the "perpetrator" was a family friend and they were buds.
I mean, it doesn't take a math professor.
HerbertFish
Member
Yeah. I could see it. How could the girl not know before DeadSpin approached? Surely someone she knew recognized her on TV? But I still think he was in on it regardless.
demosthenes
Member
Over 2,000 tweets.
Same thought.
Are people really buying that excuse that he was a victim? He heard the media narrative. If it was a hoax, why didn't he come out with it as soon as he heard it? Ha! Dude is a fake, a phoney and a fraud. I'm just learning Tuisasosopo was in on it. Is that true? I thought that guy had fallen off the face of the earth. PEACE.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
It's a different Tuiasasopo. Not the one who went to UW and held a clipboard for the Raiders.
PotatoeMasher
Member
He needs to hop out in front of this quickly with the truth. It's getting really messy.
There are 500 Tuiasosopos. This particular one wasn't one of the football players.
Silent_Ocarina
Member
I read the story, but I don't understand why a possible conclusion is that he's gay. I don't see why he had to create a girlfriend to cover that up. Was there ever an inkling that he was gay before the hoax began? Am I missing something?
Also, it was reported that they met at a football game. If Manti really never met her in real life, why would he allow that detail to be published? Why would he need to lie about that if he believed he was really involved with this girl?
Also, it was reported that they met at a football game. If Manti really never met her in real life, why would he allow that detail to be published? Why would he need to lie about that if he believed he was really involved with this girl?
He's a Mormon, goes to a Catholic university, and plays football. That circumstance would drive you about as far into the closet as possible.
HerbertFish
Member
And killing off your girlfriend certainly keeps the press off asking who your dating.
el retorno
Member
People wouldn't question you never being interested in girls.
That is because he doesn't like girls.
Because this story is so fucking ridiculous that it's one of the ways a rational person would think.
It'd still be a story if someone found out he had a fake girlfriend, albeit not nearly as big as it is now.
Ah...ok. I was thinking it was really strange that he would be involved. PEACE.
Also because he is (was?) a sure-fire top pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. If he is indeed gay, he stands to literally lose MILLIONS of dollars. In fact, he probably wouldn't be drafted.
Dude Abides
Banned
If he is gay And it comes out as a result of this i wonder how future teammates will treat him.
- Status