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Larkspur

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26. NO, unless thousands of dollars were involved

Reply to Kingofalldems (Reply #13)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:43 PM

Jan 2013

which I doubt

I think Te'o may have become addicted to social media and got punked.
Yeah, he could have been on the hoax, but not sure what it would get him. If he was over sensitive about being accused of being gay, I could buy that as motivation. But he didn't make money on it. It just ended up being another sports media "feel-good" storyline until it was exposed as a hoax. Whereas, Armstrong's scandal involved him with bike racing championships and records, which is worse than what Te'o did, but not as bad as what Joe Paterno and Penn State did.

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Manti Te'o's "Dead Girlfriend" Story? A complete hoax [View all] tishaLA Jan 2013 OP

That guy should be given a complete psychological evaluation rocktivity Jan 2013 #1

I really think (this is my own opinion) that this is going to go far deeper than this. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #15

I know exactly what you're talking about, I think. sadbear Jan 2013 #18

That's what I think might be the case... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #19

People actually live in Gause? sadbear Jan 2013 #21

I know. I think it's just her children that live there. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #22

Notre Dame chimes in Carnage251 Jan 2013 #2

Te'o knew nothing? Yeah, right dbackjon Jan 2013 #3

I wonder what Notre Dame knew? fishwax Jan 2013 #6

........ Drum Jan 2013 #4

Notre Dame to hold a press conference at 8:00 EST per ESPN. Chiyo-chichi Jan 2013 #5

There are a lot of fishy stories here RockaFowler Jan 2013 #7

He had a couple of chances to clear it up... trumad Jan 2013 #8

How about the fact that Notre Dame knew on 12/26 RockaFowler Jan 2013 #10

This will cost him big $ in draft ranking now...moron. Capt. America Jan 2013 #9

Not necessarily... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #11

I've seen a few mock drafts that had him possibly being taken by Pittsburgh PRETZEL Jan 2013 #12

My son, who values W's and athletic abilities above all else, is hoping the Lions draft him if ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #17

So was there a crime committed here? Kingofalldems Jan 2013 #13

+1 sadbear Jan 2013 #14

Again, I am going to say that I think this lie has nothing to do with publicity or Heismann votes ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #16

NO, unless thousands of dollars were involved Larkspur Jan 2013 #26

Luckily for me I was totally unaware of the Kingofalldems Jan 2013 #27

Another possibility besides a crass publicity stunt KamaAina Jan 2013 #20

The "Johnny Football" fans around here have been throwing ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #23

Don't even get me started on Aggie fans and homophobia KamaAina Jan 2013 #24

I went to A&M in the mid-late 90's and I remember a TE getting into a little trouble... sadbear Jan 2013 #25

If Te'o was in on the hoax, I could see this being his motivation, but Larkspur Jan 2013 #28

Ewwwwwwwwwww. I certainly hope that's not true. KamaAina Jan 2013 #29

I live in CT too and root for both ND and UCONN teams Larkspur Jan 2013 #30

How is that possible? KamaAina Jan 2013 #31

I was born in Chicago, IL Larkspur Jan 2013 #32

I think that when the smoke clears, what we're going to end up with is rocktivity Jan 2013 #33

I knew something was fishy when I first saw "her" picture. Son of Gob Jan 2013 #34