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[alr1ght]

"Manti was the perfect mark."

oh ND...

 

[LQX]

Notre Dame seems confident Te'o was victim of a "hoax". They say they saw "exchanges".

 

[Cyan]

Let's say he created a fake girlfriend because he's gay, why would he kill her off then?

"Hey Manti, when do we get to meet your gf? She sounds so awesome!"

"Uh, uh, she lives really far away. In, like, California."

"Oh, cool! I'm going out to California next month, maybe I can say hi."

"Oh, actually she was in a car accident and is in the hospital."

"Damn man, that sucks! I'm sure the team would love to send some flowers and a card."

"Um, yeah, actually she's dead. Her funeral was last weekend."

"Wow. I'm so sorry, man. And you still played?"

"Well, yeah, um, she told me she wanted me to keep on playing, even if I had to miss her funeral. Those two INTs were totally for her."

 

[el retorno]

ND is such a crappy organization, not like catholic organizations haven't covered things up before

 

[Chichikov]

Why is Notre Dame doing this?
Don't get me wrong, I love seeing that football program getting dragged through the mud, but what is their incentives to get involved in any of this?

p.s.
They'll end up throwing him under the bus, mark my words.

 

[mambadragon]

What's the reasoning for the school defending a student? Why not say we're going to let this play out and judge later.

 

[Agnostic]

This is fucking weird.

 

[Coldnoodle]

WHAT IN THE FUCK IS THIS PRESS CONFERENCE

 

[lamaroo]

So that no one questions why he's never with her.

I guess, but why the car crash + leukemia. All signs point to just creating a sob story for inspiration.

 

[smurfx]

lol omg this is the best story ever.

 

[PBY]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat

 

[GitarooMan]

This conference is so strange.

 

[CB3]

They are making this sound like a horror movie

 

[alr1ght]

I hope they bring in some body language experts and analyze this spinning AD and Manti's interview.

 

[Kusagari]

Did Te'o like ever say he went to her grave? I get the funeral on game day thing, but someone as in love as he acted should have hopped on a plane the next day.

 

[BertramCooper]

What's the reasoning for the school defending a student? Why not say we're going to let this play out and judge later.

Especially when he didn't actually break any laws or anything.

I'm pretty sure the NCAA isn't going to sanction your program because one of your players killed his fake girlfriend. But then again...

 

[el retorno]

There digging the hole deeper people are gonna find out this stuff is BS too.

 

[BobTheFork]

What's the reasoning for the school defending a student? Why not say we're going to let this play out and judge later.

Because they look like idiots too. They used the 'stunning story of adversity and triump of a devote player at a holy(er than thou) school' as much as anyone.

 

[squicken]

he said he met her in person. he cannot continue with the current denials

 

[PBY]

They are making this sound like a horror movie

I'd watch the shit out of this movie

 

[Cyan]

What's the reasoning for the school defending a student? Why not say we're going to let this play out and judge later.

Because football.

 

[Enron]

Jesus christ, this is strange.

 

[vas_a_morir]

So say he's gay, as that one post seems to imply...

and he lied about his GF, and things got so out of control. It might explain why none of his closest friends spilled the beans. And I could see how this all happened, too. He seriously had to keep going with the lie.

This is interesting, and I'd say the gay theory is the first one to work to explaining this. Perhaps ND would expel him for being a practicing homosexual if it was discovered?

 

[jjasper]

What's the reasoning for the school defending a student? Why not say we're going to let this play out and judge later.

Because if they knew it was a hoax put on by him it is most likely against their honor code. If it is and they allowed him to play in the game and not be suspended from school it would be an NCAA violation for preferential treatment and the school would be in trouble. They are covering their own ass right now.

 

[goldsoundz]

This conference is so strange.

Should've seen SportsCenter when the news broke.

"And after the commercial break, Manti T'eo's girlfriend never existed." One of the great mindfucks in history.

 

[HerbertFish]

I'd watch the shit out of this movie

One Lifetime movie I will definitely be watching.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

With all the technology with have these days, there's no excuse for this kind of hoax to play out.

 

[alr1ght]

Did he ever mention her after December 26? I'm sure he was fine perpetuating the BS even after he "found out".

 

[Archaix]

This is like the first phase of a bad gaf thread. Now the online detectives do their thing. He's so fucked.

When does Notre Dame distribute a memo to all students labeled "dumb shit."?

 

[CB3]

This guy looks like he is about to piss his pants

 

[luckyboyceo]

Even if they're women!

 

[LQX]

If it was "hoax" as ND says, what would be the gain or the pay-off? Makes no sense.

 

[el retorno]

can they stop calling this a sophisticated hoax? Its really not.

 

[JCX]

:lol

 

[PBY]

can they stop calling this a sophisticated hoax? Its really not.

It kinda is

 

[HarryDemeanor]

See also: people who think Tim Tebow is a QB.

I still believe in my ex-QB!

 

[Lonestar]

Did he ever mention her after December 26? I'm sure he was fine perpetuating the BS.

yeah, I posted a link earlier to transcripts of interviews on January 3rd. Now, he doesn't talk about her much at all, but the question is asked about how he's doing after their deaths, and he answered the question.

 

[LJ11]

Just in case LJ isn't reading the NFL thread.

Saw it and laughed. They haven't fucked up their first round picks the last three drafts, they're due! Definitely fucked up on day two though!

 

[SolidSnakex]

Catfish mention!

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Catfish mention.

 

[HerbertFish]

LMFAO, he's directing the press to the MTV show.

 

[GitarooMan]

Lol lol lol bringing up Catfish

 

[Future Foundation]

Holy shit, Swarbrick is referencing Catfish!

 

[Judderman]

He's actually referring to "Catfish"? Wow.

 

[CB3]

Lolol this guy

 

[Wilbur]

Maybe she was an alien stripper who couldn't get a green card so she got together with T'eo in order to live in America but when he found out she had tentacles where her vagina is, he mutilated and killed her, and had her legs for sushi. Then he didn't really know how to cover the story up without telling everyone he'd made fourth contact with an extra terrestrial being and was this close to slipping dollar bills up her giant green wazoozi so he just told everyone she died in a car crash/of leukaemia instead.

 

[CyReN]

Notre Dame is blaming MTV Catfish, amazing.

 

[Chichikov]

Catfishing?
Really?
That's a word now?

 

[mambadragon]

This is fantastic

 

[wario]

damn, he's seriously talking about catfish? whaaaa