Author Topic: So this Te'o thing. (Read 3102 times)

Bench · « **on:** January 16, 2013, 05:46:12 pm »

Holy shit!

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-teos-dead-girlfriend-the-most-heartbreaking-and-inspirational-story-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax

So... best case scenario, Te'o is a rube and was completely fooled for over a year by an internet girlfriend that didn't exist, realized how weird it was, and made up stories about actually meeting her, and the whole thing spiraled out of control.

Worst case scenario, this was all a cynical hoax perpetrated by Te'o to pull heartstrings and drum up Heisman coverage.

Most heartbreaking scenario, he is in the closet and invented the girlfriend to keep his conservative Samoan Mormon family at bay and the whole thing just got out of hand.

Craziest scenario, the heartbreaking one with an extra twist: He comes out as gay, becomes the first openly gay athlete to be drafted and play for a major sports league, is a hero to all, but actually being gay is just a hoax to garner more publicity and endorsements and is exposed having a long-term heterosexual affair and is publicly shamed for being straight.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2013, 05:56:57 pm »

Lance Armstrong has to be elated that this story broke today.

Andyzipp · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2013, 06:00:47 pm »

Samoan? Isn't he Hawaiian?

Bench · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2013, 06:22:13 pm »

Quote from: Andyzipp on January 16, 2013, 06:00:47 pm

Samoan? Isn't he Hawaiian?

It's been fairly well established the last five years that Hawaii itself is a hoax.

Andyzipp · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2013, 06:29:20 pm »

Quote from: Bench on January 16, 2013, 06:22:13 pm

It's been fairly well established the last five years that Hawaii itself is a hoax.

I thought that was Belgium.

juliogotay · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2013, 06:34:27 pm »

Quote from: Bench on January 16, 2013, 06:22:13 pm

It's been fairly well established the last five years that Hawaii itself is a hoax.

So, Obama's not a citizen?

AstroFrog · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2013, 06:45:51 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on January 16, 2013, 06:34:27 pm

So, Obama's not a citizen?

Approved.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2013, 08:44:40 pm »

To quote someone: "dude...that's fucked up"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2013, 05:43:29 am »

Wow, that was kind of hard to follow. Still, not very clear on who is doing what and why, except that Te'o must not be too bright.

Andyzipp · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2013, 07:58:31 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on January 17, 2013, 05:43:29 am

Wow, that was kind of hard to follow. Still, not very clear on who is doing what and why, except that Te'o must not be too bright.

Or more likely...he's lying. Part of the story is that they met on the Stanford campus 3 years ago. T'eo's father has claimed that he and his wife have met the girl multiple times in Hawaii when she came to visit Manti. Now supposedly, contact has only ever happened online? He didn't go to the gravesite during ND's bye week?