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OK. Enough of the Manti Te’o story. The Notre Dame linebacker, embroiled in a controversy over a hoax over involving what turned out to be a dead girl friend who never existed, talked to ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap this week and re-iterated his innocence, arguing that he had no complicity in the scheme.
Te’o wouldn’t go on camera for the interview, which is also interesting.
Sorry. The more he talked in the interview, the less believable the stories sounded, with all sorts of weird tales. The more he talked, the more Te’o sounded to me like the  pathological liar Saturday Night Live character Tommy Flanagan  that Jon Lovitz once played.
The best thing that Te’o can now do is go underground.  Te’o's main task now is to boost h is status as an NFL prospect.  And there now seems to be some question about that as well.  As one college coach who has watched Te’o over the past few years, including this season when he finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting,  Te’o looked like a solid linebacker but hardly anything special.
“If he (Te’o) had played for Purdue instead of Notre Dame, he probably would have been an All Big Ten linebacker and nothing else,” said the coach. “A good solid player, but that’s about it.”
But Te’o played for an unbeaten Notre Dame team and that was the difference. Throw in the stories about his dead grandmother and girl friend and you have a story that everyone bought.
The judges and juries for Te’o s story will be the scout and officials at the NFL combine who will judge the measurable with the character issues they discover and assign him a value in the NFL draft.

billyshelby {l Wrote}:Deadspin's response to the Schaap interview: http://deadspin.com/5977282/in-espn-int ... -wednesday

This is the last line: "Regardless of whether he's telling the truth, he'll soon see just how big embarrassment can get."

My advice to Teo: When the guys who just pulled your pants down on the 50 yard line of America tell you it can actually get worse, you need to respek the pimp hand and come clean.

Reverend Mike {l Wrote}:I'm not saying Te'o is gay, but he's definitely bi-curiousasopo.

Reverend Mike {l Wrote}:I'm not saying Te'o is gay, but he's definitely bi-curiousasopo.

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:On Wednesday, a league source indicated that Te’o’s bizarre tale “will have no effect” on his stock, saying, “Just because he’s delusional doesn’t mean he’s not a good football player.”

I find that quote funny.

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:On Wednesday, a league source indicated that Te’o’s bizarre tale “will have no effect” on his stock, saying, “Just because he’s delusional doesn’t mean he’s not a good football player.”

I find that quote funny.

Ray Lewis is a pretty good football player. I don't think he's lived in reality for a long time. So I guess thats not too bizarre a statement.

DavidGordonsFoot {l Wrote}:On Wednesday, a league source indicated that Te’o’s bizarre tale “will have no effect” on his stock, saying, “Just because he’s delusional doesn’t mean he’s not a good football player.”

I find that quote funny.

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:Alright,

Manti Te'o apparently spend thousands oof hours on the phone with the dude who perpetrated the hoax... and was changing his voice to pretend to be a woman the whole time:

Link

Notre Dame has really relaxed their admission standards for athletes. Also, I love how every news article is accompanied by the most ridiculous face of Te'o they can find that will almost confirm he is believes he has to keep his mouth open at all times or he will stop breathing.

lawyer Milton Grimes acknowledged to the Daily News. “It was Ronaiah as Lennay.”

lawyer Milton Grimes acknowledged to the Daily News. “It was Ronaiah as Lennay.”

hansen {l Wrote}:This story continues to be the gift that keeps on giving.

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:Also, I hope that Tuisssatoopoo or whomever was wearing a fake wig everytime he talked to T'eo in his fake girl voice. That would be great

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:Also, I hope that Tuisssatoopoo or whomever was wearing a fake wig everytime he talked to T'eo in his fake girl voice. That would be great

i'm assuming the full-on bugs bunny routine



except for when he was imitating the beeps and wheezes of coma girl in the hospital

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

b0mberMan {l Wrote}:Also, I hope that Tuisssatoopoo or whomever was wearing a fake wig everytime he talked to T'eo in his fake girl voice. That would be great

i'm assuming the full-on bugs bunny routine



except for when he was imitating the beeps and wheezes of coma girl in the hospital

EagleDave {l Wrote}:The NFL doesn't generally mind if you're a criminal or a moron, but if you're slow AND a criminal or a moron? They'll mind that.

When everyone realizes he's slow and was the product of tipped passes and a dominant defensive line he'll be a fourth round pick. This makes me a little sad, because I was really looking forward to everyone comparing him to Kuechly, getting drafted in the top 10, and then getting someone fired after he flamed out.

Endless Mike {l Wrote}:Aren't ladyboys big in Samoan culture, or have I just read too many TRE posts?

hansen {l Wrote}:This story continues to be the gift that keeps on giving.

angrychicken {l Wrote}:...That would bring me out of MSpaint retirement.

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

angrychicken {l Wrote}:...That would bring me out of MSpaint retirement.

i believe this as much as i believe a nospace claim of weight loss and/or story completion

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:

angrychicken {l Wrote}:...That would bring me out of MSpaint retirement.

i believe this as much as i believe a nospace claim of weight loss and/or story completion