Manti Te'o' Dead girlfriend is a FAKE!

[metes]

This is all dog **** and ESPN is a ****ing joke! I hope Deadspin has a response in the waiting.

[TheLadiesMike]

Pretty clear to me that:

1) A couple of people successfully pulled the hoax on Teo
2) Teo embellished the nature of the relationship with what he thought was a real girl for social standing (not wanting to tell teammates, family, and friends it was all online)
3) Teo, Notre Dame, and the media all played it up after the "death" for the feel good nature of the story without anyone really digging deeper
4) Teo took way too long to act upon realizing it was fake and continued to make misstatements
5) ND took way too long to act upon realizing it was fake
6) The major media was asleep at the wheel for months
7) Teo continues to sit by rather than clearing the air, which only makes him look worse

[MoJoOkie]

Pretty clear to me

Not really too much in this whole thing that is "clear to me". Lots of strange stuff; not the least of which is that he continued on at least two different occasions to reference her death after he supposedly knew she was not dead, not alive, not his girlfriend, and therefore, not going to marry him (or even give him the occasional bj). Another strange thing is that he could have (surely) gotten all kinds of authenticated poon on campus and yet preferred this mist. If ****ness or votes wasn't the impetus, then I have no clue what the allure would be.

[oudidntknow84]

Not really too much in this whole thing that is "clear to me". Lots of strange stuff; not the least of which is that he continued on at least two different occasions to reference her death after he supposedly knew she was not dead, not alive, not his girlfriend, and therefore, not going to marry him (or even give him the occasional bj). Another strange thing is that he could have (surely) gotten all kinds of authenticated poon on campus and yet preferred this mist. If ****ness or votes wasn't the impetus, then I have no clue what the allure would be.

That's what I don't get. Teo is telling me that he would rather be with a girl that he has never seen before and lives half way across the country than be with a girl that is just as hot an prob willing to put out on his own campus? It just doesn't make any sense.

[gosooner2]

Pretty clear to me that:

1) A couple of people successfully pulled the hoax on Teo
2) Teo embellished the nature of the relationship with what he thought was a real girl for social standing (not wanting to tell teammates, family, and friends it was all online)
3) Teo, Notre Dame, and the media all played it up after the "death" for the feel good nature of the story without anyone really digging deeper
4) Teo took way too long to act upon realizing it was fake and continued to make misstatements
5) ND took way too long to act upon realizing it was fake
6) The major media was asleep at the wheel for months
7) Teo continues to sit by rather than clearing the air, which only makes him look worse

This -- IF he was not in on it he would have looked like a fool to Heisman voters among others.

[Balko]

That's what I don't get. Teo is telling me that he would rather be with a girl that he has never seen before and lives half way across the country than be with a girl that is just as hot an prob willing to put out on his own campus? It just doesn't make any sense.

Some of his teammates apparently said that he was "going out" with other girls; they were puzzled by the girlfriend talk.

[TheLadiesMike]

I don't see how Heisman votes would have been the motivation. Keep in mind the "relationship" was said to begin in October 2011 when ND was mediocre (4-3).

1. Manti was not a Heisman candidate at all at the time of the "death" (9/12). He did not break the ESPN Heisman watch list until 9/26 and that put him in 8th place on their list. http://espn.go.com/blog/notre-dame-f...-heisman-watch

2. Defensive players do not win the award. It would be one thing if he was a star QB. But do LBs sit around in September hatching plans to win the Heisman?

3. Guys on bad teams do not win the Heisman. ND was ranked #20 and had just survived Purdue by 3 at home when the "death" occurred. They were about to play at #10 Michigan State, then host #17 Michigan. There were still games against #21 Stanford, at #5 OU, and at #2 USC. No one among the ND fan base expected to come out of the Michigan games 4-0, much less go 12-0 through the season. ND fans thought 7-5 was a more likely outcome at this point of the season than 12-0. http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/3

4. If it was for sympathy, the grandmother was enough. Killing off a fake girlfriend to win sympathy only creates the possibility of being exposed and losing Heisman votes.

If you look for motives, Teo thought he was involved with this girl, exaggerated the relationship as college guys will do, and then played it up a bit when he thought she was dead.

[The]

I don't see how Heisman votes would have been the motivation. Keep in mind the "relationship" was said to begin in October 2011 when ND was mediocre (4-3).

1. Manti was not a Heisman candidate at all at the time of the "death" (9/12). He did not break the ESPN Heisman watch list until 9/26 and that put him in 8th place on their list. http://espn.go.com/blog/notre-dame-f...-heisman-watch

2. Defensive players do not win the award. It would be one thing if he was a star QB. But do LBs sit around in September hatching plans to win the Heisman?

3. Guys on bad teams do not win the Heisman. ND was ranked #20 and had just survived Purdue by 3 at home when the "death" occurred. They were about to play at #10 Michigan State, then host #17 Michigan. There were still games against #21 Stanford, at #5 OU, and at #2 USC. No one among the ND fan base expected to come out of the Michigan games 4-0, much less go 12-0 through the season. ND fans thought 7-5 was a more likely outcome at this point of the season than 12-0. http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/3

4. If it was for sympathy, the grandmother was enough. Killing off a fake girlfriend to win sympathy only creates the possibility of being exposed and losing Heisman votes.

If you look for motives, Teo thought he was involved with this girl, exaggerated the relationship as college guys will do, and then played it up a bit when he thought she was dead.

I have a feeling that logic will play a very, very small role in any of this after it all comes out.

[SoonerBounce]

Pretty clear to me that:

1) A couple of people successfully pulled the hoax on Teo
2) Teo embellished the nature of the relationship with what he thought was a real girl for social standing (not wanting to tell teammates, family, and friends it was all online)
3) Teo, Notre Dame, and the media all played it up after the "death" for the feel good nature of the story without anyone really digging deeper
4) Teo took way too long to act upon realizing it was fake and continued to make misstatements
5) ND took way too long to act upon realizing it was fake
6) The major media was asleep at the wheel for months
7) Teo continues to sit by rather than clearing the air, which only makes him look worse

yeah...i don't think he knew it was a hoax until after the death

[SoopaSooner]

Te'o found out and ran with it instead of coming clean earlier. Still doesn't explain all the "meetings" at games and in Hawai'i.

[sooner518]

SIAP

Manti Te'o quietly began dating an actual living, breathing female human being ... shortly after he learned "Lennay Kekua" had died from cancer ... and the rebound chick is HOT ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Manti tell us ... the Notre Dame star met Alexandra del Pilar the weekend of November 10 -- when Notre Dame played Boston College.

Alexandra, 21, is a student at St. Mary's College in Indiana -- which is close to Notre Dame.

We're told Alexandra and Manti dated for nearly 2 months, but broke up recently.

There are rumors swirling that Manti created a fictitious GF to take the pressure off him from teammates and others who felt he should be dating, but his relationship with a real woman calls those rumors into doubt.

http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/18/manti-...dra-del-pilar/

[ousooner_4]

http://bustedcoverage.com/2013/01/18...-santa-photos/

[RockFlagandEagle]

Is she trying to disguise herself as african american like C. Thomas Howell?

SIAP


http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/18/manti-...dra-del-pilar/

[Shooterms]

It sure seems like it is becoming more and more likely that he was the victim of a hoax, but that he knows he and his dad embellished the whole thing so much that they don't know what to do now. Because of the things they have said on the record about meeting the girl, etc. they know that he is going to come across as a liar no matter what...because he is.

[KCRuf/Nek]

It sure seems like it is becoming more and more likely that he was the victim of a hoax, but that he knows he and his dad embellished the whole thing so much that they don't know what to do now. Because of the things they have said on the record about meeting the girl, etc. they know that he is going to come across as a liar no matter what...because he is.

Well that's because he is lying. Whether it's about being involved or just in the facts surrounding this he does come off as a liar. I can relate. I've been in situations where **** ****lled. In my case the whole world didn't know about it.

[auggie slippenstone]

Manti Te'o
‏@MTeo_5
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10:40 AM - 23 Sep 12

[oudidntknow84]

I don't see how Heisman votes would have been the motivation. Keep in mind the "relationship" was said to begin in October 2011 when ND was mediocre (4-3).

1. Manti was not a Heisman candidate at all at the time of the "death" (9/12). He did not break the ESPN Heisman watch list until 9/26 and that put him in 8th place on their list. http://espn.go.com/blog/notre-dame-f...-heisman-watch

2. Defensive players do not win the award. It would be one thing if he was a star QB. But do LBs sit around in September hatching plans to win the Heisman?

3. Guys on bad teams do not win the Heisman. ND was ranked #20 and had just survived Purdue by 3 at home when the "death" occurred. They were about to play at #10 Michigan State, then host #17 Michigan. There were still games against #21 Stanford, at #5 OU, and at #2 USC. No one among the ND fan base expected to come out of the Michigan games 4-0, much less go 12-0 through the season. ND fans thought 7-5 was a more likely outcome at this point of the season than 12-0. http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/3

4. If it was for sympathy, the grandmother was enough. Killing off a fake girlfriend to win sympathy only creates the possibility of being exposed and losing Heisman votes.

If you look for motives, Teo thought he was involved with this girl, exaggerated the relationship as college guys will do, and then played it up a bit when he thought she was dead.

True. But what evidence is there that he really did start the relationship in 09? I mean, for all we know they could be lying about that as well.

[gosooner2]

I think this is the same girl who helped Mike Stoops design the magnificent 4-1-6 flying squirrel defense. I hope it also passed away.

[freeeewilly66]

SIAP


http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/18/manti-...dra-del-pilar/

She looks very orange in that picture.

[Master Pandemonium]

Making it about the Heisman is a strawman. Clearly he didn't fabricate, or exacerbate, a hoax to win the Heisman. However, he could have done it in order to be considered an All American. Or a 1st round draft pick. Athletes with stories are in the news, and athletes in the news having solid years are in consideration for honors. All perfectly reasonable scenarios back in 2010 or 2011 whenever this started.

Or, pity parties. Take your pick. It may be an exagerration not to coverup homosexuality, but to build up the legend of being a sweet boyfriend to a (fake) dying girl in order to win the affection for some (real) girl he had a crush on. Suddenly he's not only big man on campus because of football, but has the bonus of being the broken-hearted sweetheart quasi-widower. A star and a gentleman. Some guys are awkward with women and don't know how to approach them, talk to them, even with the added benefit of being a minor celebrity. Build up a little extra personal brand equity on the social scene with a public tragedy and SHAZAM!, maybe the women initiate everything and make up for the social deficit of actually talking with them. Particularly if you aren't a partier (mormon background) where booze fills in the gaps in the mating ritual. And a slam dunk in competing with other football stars on or near campus. Now, once it backfires, who knows what type of woman would go for him.

Many moons ago (pre-Stoops, dialup AOL era), I had a purely online relationship with someone who lived half the country away. Someone I never met in real life. Only spoke through phone, sent letters, presents, IMing, pictures, etc (and yes, this person is real, hard to fake someone taking a picture of herself wearing sweaters, scarfs, jewelry you sent her for her birthday(s), pictures of her dog wearing dog sweaters I bought her). But to people in "real" life, I fabricated fake meetings, fake "meet cutes", etc, to hide the fake that I was, frankly, ashamed it was purely an online relationship, particularly as young as I was then...an online 'romance' which lasted for almost 2 years. It happens.

[The]

Many moons ago (pre-Stoops, dialup AOL era), I had a purely online relationship with someone who lived half the country away. Someone I never met in real life. Only spoke through phone, sent letters, presents, IMing, pictures, etc (and yes, this person is real, hard to fake someone taking a picture of herself wearing sweaters, scarfs, jewelry you sent her for her birthday(s), pictures of her dog wearing dog sweaters I bought her). But to people in "real" life, I fabricated fake meetings, fake "meet cutes", etc, to hide the fake that I was, frankly, ashamed it was purely an online relationship, particularly as young as I was then...an online 'romance' which lasted for almost 2 years. It happens.

Pics of Internet girlfriend, plz.

[OuachitaSooner]

[Jbaker]

So if this was solely orchestrated by Touiassosopa, and he had his cousin pretend to be Lennay to talk to Manti on the phone, this chick just has no life to the point that to help her cousin with a prank, she stayed on the phone with Te'o for 8 hours a night every single night for 3 months?
Who played the roles of her brother and sister that talked to Te'o, and presumably called him from still different phone numbers than Touiassosopa and his cousins.

Doesn't add up even with that explanation.

[Balko]

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...rman-manti-teo

Great exchange of thoughts on the subject between Chuck Klosterman and Malcolm Gladwell, one of the best writers out there. My favorite line:
"If a football player from the University of Miami made up an Internet girlfriend, we would just ****ume that it was a part of their undergraduate major in Online-Dating Studies."

[RockFlagandEagle]

So if this was solely orchestrated by Touiassosopa, and he had his cousin pretend to be Lennay to talk to Manti on the phone, this chick just has no life to the point that to help her cousin with a prank, she stayed on the phone with Te'o for 8 hours a night every single night for 3 months?
Who played the roles of her brother and sister that talked to Te'o, and presumably called him from still different phone numbers than Touiassosopa and his cousins.

Doesn't add up even with that explanation.

That's what I was saying...for this long you know how many people needed to be involved? But, who knows if that part is true about him staying on the phone, etc? What were their motivations? Just to be ****s? You be a **** for like a week...month tops. Then you break the news to them. Not 2 years. That's too much work for nothing on the other side.

[Soonerpsycho]

  Not Safe For Work:

[LASooner]

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-S...Report-10-Days

hahah, when has ESPN ever sat on a story like this?! They were protecting the BCS game over covering what should have been a story before the game.

[OUrage]

I'm glad she's dead, talk about a real ****.

[SoonerLibertarian]

Him being fooled by a hoax adds up a lot less than him being in on it somehow.

[freeeewilly66]

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-S...Report-10-Days

hahah, when has ESPN ever sat on a story like this?! They were protecting the BCS game over covering what should have been a story before the game.

Wow. From the standpoint of boosting ratings for the national title game, you would think that breaking this story beforehand would attract a lot more viewers. Hell, with the kind of drama found in this story, they probably would've pulled in some viewers to watch the game who normally don't give a **** about sports.

[OUrage]

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-S...Report-10-Days

hahah, when has ESPN ever sat on a story like this?! They were protecting the BCS game over covering what should have been a story before the game.

I bet ND wishes they would have now, could of been an excuse(distraction) for their ****-whooping

[TheLadiesMike]

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-S...Report-10-Days

hahah, when has ESPN ever sat on a story like this?! They were protecting the BCS game over covering what should have been a story before the game.

This further demonstrates the very real conflicts of interest from ESPN buying up control of sports

[eightisgreat]

I don't see how Heisman votes would have been the motivation. Keep in mind the "relationship" was said to begin in October 2011 when ND was mediocre (4-3).

1. Manti was not a Heisman candidate at all at the time of the "death" (9/12). He did not break the ESPN Heisman watch list until 9/26 and that put him in 8th place on their list. http://espn.go.com/blog/notre-dame-f...-heisman-watch

2. Defensive players do not win the award. It would be one thing if he was a star QB. But do LBs sit around in September hatching plans to win the Heisman?

3. Guys on bad teams do not win the Heisman. ND was ranked #20 and had just survived Purdue by 3 at home when the "death" occurred. They were about to play at #10 Michigan State, then host #17 Michigan. There were still games against #21 Stanford, at #5 OU, and at #2 USC. No one among the ND fan base expected to come out of the Michigan games 4-0, much less go 12-0 through the season. ND fans thought 7-5 was a more likely outcome at this point of the season than 12-0. http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/3

4. If it was for sympathy, the grandmother was enough. Killing off a fake girlfriend to win sympathy only creates the possibility of being exposed and losing Heisman votes.

If you look for motives, Teo thought he was involved with this girl, exaggerated the relationship as college guys will do, and then played it up a bit when he thought she was dead.

Maybe he just wanted the trip to NYC to go butt**** (NTTIAWWT)?

[KCRuf/Nek]

She was the best OD we ever had!!

[eightisgreat]

She looks very orange in that picture.

'Oompa Loompa, do-ba-dee-doo,
I’ve got a perfect puzzle for you.'

[LASooner]

[OrangeBlossom]

Holy ****...... It just keeps getting better.

Manti Te’o has told family and friends that the woman who was the voice of his fictitious girlfriend “Lennay Kekua” called him in December and said she had to fake her own death months earlier to elude drug dealers, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser has learned.

[OuachitaSooner]

Holy ****...... It just keeps getting better.

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[SoonerLibertarian]

How can anyone buy this **** anymore?

[RockFlagandEagle]

Drug dealers. This is good stuff.

[Vodnik]

Drug dealers. This is good stuff.

Manti Te'o has told family and friends that the woman who was the voice of his fictitious girlfriend “Lennay Kekua” called him in December and said she had to fake her own death months earlier to elude drug dealers, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser has learned.

[oorah_okie]

[oorah_okie]

[LASooner]

Next we'll find out his tats are henna.

[Mississippi Sooner]

See, it's lies like this that give drug dealers a bad name.

[61sooner]

ND PR people are still trying to convince voters that Theisman rhymes with Heisman, it isn't so.

[Soonerpsycho]

Not mine:

[Vodnik]

See, it's lies like this that give drug dealers a bad name.

I bet the dealers were selling fake drugs.

[SoonerDan74012]

[tennsooner]

Hell of a deal..he has two choices,admit he is a idiot or admit he is a liar. I think if I were him regardless I'd claim to be a liar.

Not sure how the rest of you feel but for me if I had an internet girlfriend I might talk to her a week before I see her face on cam. Maybe a month before I ask her to flop one out for us to take a look at and just for good measure we are going to look at that pink stinker(to make sure she ain't a chick with ****) in three months or I'm moving on. Four damn years????????????? you have got to be ****ting me.