2013 College Football off-season

[USSoccer]

Gonna need more info than that ND

 

How do you release a statement of shrugging your shoulders and tugging at your collar?

 

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[Banedon]

[Andy]

So ND knew the day after Xmas and they didn't correct the facts during the whole awards/bowl season?

The awards were long over by Christmas.

 

That statement is crap. As wolf mentioned, doesn't cover the part where there are several supposedly confirmed instances where Te'o and this girl were together, starting in November '09.

[Guest]

Wonder what the draft implications will turn out to be.

 

My first thought too.

 

What a damn weird story.

[Banedon]

At least I have a full 6 days to come up with a Teo-related trivia team name.

 

keithlaw ‏@keithlaw

The worst part was when Te'o took the field to the Smiths' "Fake Girlfriend in a Coma"

[Tracer Bullet]

Gonna need more info than that ND

 

How do you release a statement of shrugging your shoulders and tugging at your collar?

 

If Manti is in on it, you throw him to the wolves. He's earned it. If he was duped, you need more than 5 lines about it bc there is still a lot of missing info on both sides.

[Smack]

Brian Te'o just blacklisted Deadspin.

[Guest]

Stupid anti-ND media.

[Old Style]

The dead GF Twitter account just retweeted an old Te'o tweet saying he missed her!

[jersey cubs fan]

Wonder what the draft implications will turn out to be.

 

My first thought too.

 

What a damn weird story.

 

If he was in on it it speaks to his willingness to do whatever it takes. If he was duped it shows he is coachable. Win/win.

 

The only issue is he can't tackle.

[Andy]

Stupid anti-ND media.

Dude posted this from his mom's basement, amirite?

[OleMissCub]

How could he be duped when he says that he spent all night on the phone with her?

[jersey cubs fan]

How could he be duped when he says that he spent all night on the phone with her?

 

I hope there was phone sex.

[rocket]

if te'o was legitimately duped then he's the dumbest person to ever live

[Old Style]

How could he be duped when he says that he spent all night on the phone with her?

That was when she was in a coma.

[abuck1220]

if te'o was legitimately duped then he's the dumbest person to ever live

 

ND's stellar academic reputation is going to take a hit on this.

[Old Style]

L K ‏@LennayKay

I miss you too snugglebunny RT @MTeo_5 @LennayKay I miss you!

 

29mins ago

[USSoccer]

L K ‏@LennayKay

I miss you too snugglebunny RT @MTeo_5 @LennayKay I miss you!

 

29mins ago

 

So this is going to be the broke-assed attempt at trying to prove he was duped....what a mark assed mark.

[abuck1220]

best case scenario is that this was all an elaborate cover up for him being gay.

[squally1313]

I'm going to assume that since that was that account's only tweet, Te'o accidentally tweeted to a non-existent account a long time ago, somebody found it and created the account? Not an expert at Twitter, but you would think she would have more than one tweet.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

best case scenario is that this was all an elaborate cover up for him being gay.

 

I think that might actually be worse. It would only perpetuate this culture of meathead that there is in sports and make it even more difficult for gay people to come out.

 

The overall media storm would be pretty monumental. His combine is going to be media-obnoxious.

[wolf stansson]

best case scenario is that this was all an elaborate cover up for him being gay.

Best case scenario is that the twitter account is run by Andy or Lance Armstrong. I can't decide which would be better.

No offense, andy. It would just be funny.

[rocket]

if i were on te'o's pr team i'd beg him to use this as an excuse to come out, even if he's not gay. it's probably the only way he can get any sympathy. what's one more big lie?

[Old Style]

best case scenario is that this was all an elaborate cover up for him being gay.

 

I think that might actually be worse. It would only perpetuate this culture of meathead that there is in sports and make it even more difficult for gay people to come out.

 

The overall media storm would be pretty monumental. His combine is going to be media-obnoxious.

It's not necessarily a sports issue. I'm not sure about cultural stigmas of his people, but a gay Mormon at a Catholic university would be a LOT of pressure for someone to deal with.

[Mark Priors Calves]

way to go, deadspin. with all the overwhelming media coverage te'o got, how do none of the major publications who profiled him, not fact check on the dead girlfriend story?