Was Manti Te'o in on it?

[golfballs]

Mods you can merge.

[eVOLution]

He was in on it, but what's more of a hoax was that he was this great linebacker, what a joke, the boy got trucked in the National Championship

[Fleetwood1104]

Originally Posted by eVOLution

He was in on it, but what's more of a hoax was that he was this great linebacker, what a joke, the boy got trucked in the National Championship

so one bad game means he sucks and was never any good now?

[golfballs]

Ras will take up for Manti. A woman doesn't even have to be real to ruin the life of a man.

[Spartacavolus]

Originally Posted by Toujours Pret

And you're the kind of redneck that makes this board a laughingstock. Shut your **** garage now and then.

Wtf is wrong with what he said? You don't agree? So what.

[Spartacavolus]

Originally Posted by golfballs

Do you think Manti Te'o was in on the hoax?

- Online relationship for 3 years, never met in person (he lied about it)
- Claimed that she was the love of his life yet he didn't try to go see her in her biggest moment of need
- Is family friends with a known conspirator
- Still talked about his girlfriend succumbing to cancer even after he purportedly knew that wasn't the case

There are too many holes in the story for me to believe he didn't know. Heisman-candidate stars at Notre Dame aren't this dumb or desperate.

Common sense is lost on this generation, so be careful.

[Fleetwood1104]

Originally Posted by Spartacavolus

Wtf is wrong with what he said? You don't agree? So what.

i kind of agree with him, what ever there is to this had absolutely nothing to do with "stealing" heisman votes from someone else or raising his draft stock, that's just rediculous

[utvolpj]

the more I think about it the more I believe he was initially tricked. Once he found out the story was so widespread that he had no idea how to get out and just went along with it. Of course I do not completely dismiss the possibility that this was an elaborate hoax set up by MT and/or close friends so he could grab some spotlight

[golfballs]

Originally Posted by Fleetwood1104

i kind of agree with him, what ever there is to this had absolutely nothing to do with "stealing" heisman votes from someone else or raising his draft stock, that's just rediculous

I don't think it has to do with any of that either. I don't think this was devised 3 years ago with that in mind. I think it was either a joke that got way out of control or it was a cover for him being gay.

[Fleetwood1104]

thing about it is, unless i've missed this somewhere in all of this cluster****, his grandmother did just die around the same time so it's not like he was totally fishing for sympathy votes when something bad had just happened

[Orangesmokey]

When the story first broke I just knew he was in on it. Then I watched the ND press conference and started to think well maybe he got Catfish'ed. The more I read and see about it I am starting to think he was in on it some how. I am intrested to see how this all plays out.

[Spartacavolus]

Originally Posted by Fleetwood1104

i kind of agree with him, what ever there is to this had absolutely nothing to do with "stealing" heisman votes from someone else or raising his draft stock, that's just rediculous

You don't think he got some sympathy and espn hype along the way for this bs? That could possibly sway voters and you know espn can raise or decline draft hype easily. He was a big name and playing for his dead love of his life was an attention grabbing story. Guarantee you that he got sympathy votes by some voters.

[Fleetwood1104]

Originally Posted by golfballs

I don't think it has to do with any of that either. I don't think this was devised 3 years ago with that in mind. I think it was either a joke that got way out of control or it was a cover for him being gay.

and ended up being cover up after cover up to cover the embarrassment of getting duped

[golfballs]

Originally Posted by utvolpj

the more I think about it the more I believe he was initially tricked. Once he found out the story was so widespread that he had no idea how to get out and just went along with it. Of course I do not completely dismiss the possibility that this was an elaborate hoax set up by MT and/or close friends so he could grab some spotlight

Sounds plausible

[Fleetwood1104]

Originally Posted by Spartacavolus

You don't think he got some sympathy and espn hype along the way for this bs? That could possibly sway voters and you know espn can raise or decline draft hype easily. He was a big name and playing for his dead love of his life was an attention grabbing story. Guarantee you that he got sympathy votes by some voters.

no i don't think so. anyone that takes anything espn says or hypes with any seriousness is just a sheep anyway. i am going to assume NFL scouts don't use espn talk to evaluate the players their looking at drafting and the voters don't base their votes on an espn story