Manti Te'o's supposedly dead girlfriend is a hoax - Deadspin

[soljaofjesus]

I thought they said the story started with them meeting at a Stanford Game ?

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[Taylor703]

holy smokes .... if true I wouldn't even draft him. Period. Who am I kidding, I'd draft him in the 5th lol . I'll hold conclusions until later, but man the article seems so detailed and well put. I hope its not true but if it is.... Man

If this is true no team would risk the backlash of drafting him. I suspect he will spend time on someones practice squad as an undrafted free agent or have to go play in the CFL.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Wait didn't it say in the story that he met her in Cali? He has to be in on it. No ****ing way anyone would be that stupid

Idk. I could see dude embarrassed about meeting his GF on the internet and making up some backstory to cover that up.

[FSUSkins24]

This has to be one of the strangest things I've heard of from a college football player, hell, any athlete in a while.

Shameful if true.

[DC9]

I'm paying very close attention to what all of the hoax experts from other threads are saying...

But, as a now former Notre Dame fan... I find this appauling if true. And I know this wasn't all the kids idea. It either had to do with his overbearing father or Brian Kelly or both.

[ixcuincle]

His GF just posted on Twitter, so it's pretty much a hoax. That, and ND confirms it

Let the **** fly

[Corcaigh]

So catch me up here ...

I'd never heard of this 'tragedy' as I don't follow college football.

It seems that his friend Ronaiah created a fake girlfriend identity for Manti using this other girl's images. Unless Manti never actually met his girlfriend, how could he not be in on this fraud?

[DC9]

holy smokes .... if true I wouldn't even draft him. Period. Who am I kidding, I'd draft him in the 5th lol . I'll hold conclusions until later, but man the article seems so detailed and well put. I hope its not true but if it is.... Man

Deadspin is fantastic. They are also normally correct. Like, close to 100% of the time correct.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Deadspin is fantastic. They are also normally correct. Like, close to 100% of the time correct.

I think people mix them up with bleacher report

[ixcuincle]

"A lie ain't a side of a story. It's just a lie."

[Corcaigh]

CBS Mock Draft: Pros: intelligent player, excellent tackling; cons: makes up fake dead girlfriends, possibly undersized for the position.

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

He had to be in on it.

I mean I've a lot of episodes of Catfish but this is freaking crazy.

It's disgusting

[StillUnknown]

http://audio.wgr550.com/a/64902446/1...-rome-show.htm

Interview he did with Jim Rome back in October. Skip to the 4:30 mark

[terpskins10]

I'm so confused.

So she didn't exist - confirmed.

ND confirms the hoax.

Does this mean Te'o never actually met her? Or is he in on this?

[WALEOVECHKIN]

"Manti Te'o's girlfriend did not exsist. Full Story Ahead" on the side of Sportscenter right now