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[Kevtones]

Every bit of research we've done.There's no way Manti could have been fooled until Dec. 26.' - Deadspin writer

What a douche.

 

[PBY]

He PROMISED he'd play instead.

Seriously, did NO ONE think to try to talk to this girl's family? NO ONE?!

Thats the craaaaziest part of the story

 

[Black Mamba]

Invisible Obama ‏@InvisibleObama
The good thing about losing an invisible girlfriend is that she won't write a song about you.

hah!

 

[kirblar]

Seriously, Chip Kelly is bigger news than this?

Well, do you really want to start the newscast by giving yourself a black eye?

 

[Cloudy]

No. Manti said his girlfriend "insisted that he never miss a game."

He sent white roses though.

That's such bullshit. What girl would say that? Man, I kind of hope he was really fooled or else this guy is fucking mental

 

[Baconsammy]

Tebow Endorsements.
Notre Dame Myths.
Recruiting.
Get drafted higher.

Such bullshit. But you're right. I hate that you're right.

 

[mre]

What a douche.

Notre Dame is pretty much admitting that they let a mentally disabled person play football for them. I think the NCAA should be called in to review his eligibility.

 

[timetokill]

Well, do you really want to start the newscast by giving yourself a black eye?

Welcome to Sportscenter. Our top story tonight: We've been had.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Seriously, Chip Kelly is bigger news than this?

PTI lead off with it as their top story. But I only tuned in as they were wrapping up the topic.

 

[Cloudy]

Seriously, Chip Kelly is bigger news than this?

This news makes ESPN look like assclowns. They'd love to bury it..

 

[BobTheFork]

The hoax is that he thought he was really dating her and she really did die, not that he never knew she existed.

Wait what? Now I'm confused. So, they are saying not that the whole dead GF story was something he never heard but that someone tricked him into thinking they were this fake person and that the fake person died and he thought it was real? Meaning a girl he actually met would have liked about her name and getting into an accident and then vanished with the story that she died?

 

[HerbertFish]

Seriously, Chip Kelly is bigger news than this?

ESPN has to come out and admit they were wrong. You think they are going to do this right at the top? I liked ESPN.com. They first debuted the story way down the list of headlines with the title "Teo says he is victim of hoax"

 

[Knux-Future]

Lol I turn into ESPN and see

MANTI TE'OS GIRLFRIEND DOES NOT EXIST.

#dead

that feel when no gf.

 

[bluehat9]

Strangest Heisman media campaign ever.

 

[HerbertFish]

edit nvm.

 

[timetokill]

Wait what? Now I'm confused. So, they are saying not that the whole dead GF story was something he never heard but that someone tricked him into thinking they were this fake person and that the fake person died and he thought it was real? Meaning a girl he actually met would have liked about her name and getting into an accident and then vanished with the story that she died?

The family is grasping at the only remotely possible explanation that doesn't make them and Manti look like frauds and scum.

Too bad that explanation holds up like a Notre Dame camera operator's scissor lift.

 

[ledman]

Wait what? Now I'm confused. So, they are saying not that the whole dead GF story was something he never heard but that someone tricked him into thinking they were this fake person and that the fake person died and he thought it was real? Meaning a girl he actually met would have liked about her name and getting into an accident and then vanished with the story that she died?

Is that you xzibit?

 

[kirblar]

Wait what? Now I'm confused. So, they are saying not that the whole dead GF story was something he never heard but that someone tricked him into thinking they were this fake person and that the fake person died and he thought it was real? Meaning a girl he actually met would have liked about her name and getting into an accident and then vanished with the story that she died?

Just Occam's razor it. At some point, he got in on it and exploited it, even if potentially he wasn't initially in on it at the very start.

 

[Korey]

Can someone cliff's note this?

Him and the family made up this girl for what? To build up his story for fame/glory/money/attention?

They don't know why he did it yet.

 

[SoulPlaya]

Wait what? Now I'm confused. So, they are saying not that the whole dead GF story was something he never heard but that someone tricked him into thinking they were this fake person and that the fake person died and he thought it was real? Meaning a girl he actually met would have liked about her name and getting into an accident and then vanished with the story that she died?

Apparently, he met a girl, they started "dating" but it was mainly a social media relationship. Then, this girl claimed to be dying, and she did "die", but it turns out it was just a group playing a terrible joke on him.

 

[bonesmccoy]

I think the ND Alums, ESPN and otherwise, will come down hard on Te'o.

Right? Right?

 

[BFIB]

Notre Damn.

My mind is full of fuck.

 

[GitarooMan]

This really smells like Teo and his buddy concocted this story for publicity and now he's trying to spin it away.

 

[vas_a_morir]

Seriously guys...

this is fucking awesome.

 

[LongDongJunon]

Seriously guys...

this is fucking awesome.

I know right? Like HOLY SHIT!

 

[el retorno]

Apparently, he met a girl, they started "dating" but it was mainly a social media relationship. Then, this girl claimed to be dying, and she did "die", but it turns out it was just a group playing a terrible joke on him.

He knew about it (she was fake)

 

[GitarooMan]

ESPN is really embarrassing themselves here pushing the story off.

 

[mre]

Any GAF lawyers in here? Is it murder if you kill off your imaginary girlfriend?

 

[HerbertFish]

Apparently, he met a girl, they started "dating" but it was mainly a social media relationship. Then, this girl claimed to be dying, and she did "die", but it turns out it was just a group playing a terrible joke on him.

If you're naive. He knew. He definitely knew.

 

[mightynine]

ESPN is really embarrassing themselves here pushing the story off.

Doesn't matter the story, they would never lead with something Deadspin broke.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I think the ND Alums, ESPN and otherwise, will come down hard on Te'o.

Right? Right?

Mike and Mike will be very interesting tomorrow.

 

[alr1ght]

I love the ESPN headline. "Manti Teo's Girlfriend Did Not Exist. Full Story Ahead."

 

[bluehat9]

Maybe I'll listen for the Mike&Mike spin tomorrow (or the gloss over "let's wait for more information, but never actually talk about it again lol" move).

 

[CrankyJay]

This news makes ESPN look like assclowns. They'd love to bury it..

ESPN has to come out and admit they were wrong. You think they are going to do this right at the top? I liked ESPN.com. They first debuted the story way down the list of headlines with the title "Teo says he is victim of hoax"

Oh, what am I missing here?

 

[Branduil]

LOL now he's claiming he never met her and it was an online relationship.

 

[WascallyWabbit]

LOL now he's claiming he never met her and it was an online relationship.

source?

 

[timetokill]

Oh, what am I missing here?

ESPN is one of the places that perpetuated this hoax and continually talked about Te'o's inspirational story, apparently without doing a shred of investigation.

Basically, they've been had and look like complete tools, and they aren't even the ones to break the story. So they'd rather not have people hear about this or think too hard on it.

 

[pxleyes]

Any GAF lawyers in here? Is it murder if you kill off your imaginary girlfriend?

I wish we had learned people, but us college football fans have to stick together by not achieving that higher education like the athletes on the field.

 

[Crisco]

Lance Armstrong is the luckiest mother fucker on the planet. First he survives cancer, and now this.

 

[CommonSense]

LOL now he's claiming he never met her and it was an online relationship.

Somewhere there are like 8 guys in a room shouting out excuses.

 

[mightynine]

source?

Te'o issued a statement Tuesday afternoon:

"This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her.

"To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.

"It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life.

"I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been.

"In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was.

"Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft."

.

 

[alr1ght]

lolo lo

Teo's statement
http://espn.go.com/college-football...ry-manti-teo-girlfriend-death-apparently-hoax

"This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her.

"To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.

"It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life.

"I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been.

"In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was.

"Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft."

 

[Lonestar]

Manti Te'o ‏@MTeo_5
The worst thing you can do is fool yourself!

From November 21st

 

[CrankyJay]

ESPN is one of the places that perpetuated this hoax and continually talked about Te'o's inspirational story, apparently without doing a shred of investigation.

Basically, they've been had and look like complete tools, and they aren't even the ones to break the story. So they'd rather not have people hear about this or think too hard on it.

Ahahaha, delicious. Thanks for the recap.

 

[SolidSnakex]

ESPN is one of the places that perpetuated this hoax and continually talked about Te'o's inspirational story, apparently without doing a shred of investigation.

Basically, they've been had and look like complete tools, and they aren't even the ones to break the story. So they'd rather not have people hear about this or think too hard on it.

To be fair, who the hell would think that someone make up a story about a loved one dying? I understand that they probably should've looked into it deeper, but i'm not too surprised that they didn't since you wouldn't expect someone to make up a story like that.

 

[Cubsfan23]

no possible way he can spin this. Nobody will draft him in the first round now.

 

[Coldnoodle]

To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating.
”
-- Manti Te'o statement

.

 

[FallingEdge]

.

LOL.

embarrassing.

 

[WascallyWabbit]

lololol at his statement

WHO WAS PHONE, MANTI????

 

[BobTheFork]

Just Occam's razor it. At some point, he got in on it and exploited it, even if potentially he wasn't initially in on it at the very start.

Well I'm going on the ridiculus claim that he had no knowledge of farce.

Apparently, he met a girl, they started "dating" but it was mainly a social media relationship. Then, this girl claimed to be dying, and she did "die", but it turns out it was just a group playing a terrible joke on him.

Ok, this makes sense, at least in the context of a BS explanation.