Hmmm

[lionsFTW]

This probably belongs in the NCAA general board but this forum is my home. This story hasn't been verified yet but its pretty interesting none the less.

Now, assuming it is true, what do you think this does to his draft value?

http://deadspin.com/5976517/manti-t...tory-of-the-college-football-season-is-a-hoax

 

[lionsFTW]

confirmed

http://espn.go.com/college-football...ry-manti-teo-girlfriend-death-apparently-hoax

 

[mhughes0021]

confirmed

http://espn.go.com/college-football...ry-manti-teo-girlfriend-death-apparently-hoax

Believe it or not....this exact same thing happened to me back when i was messing around on the internet alot. Chicks are nuts lol. Regardless....it does nothing to his draft stock. The bama game did more to effect his draft position moreso than this ever would. Teo's response:

This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating. It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life. I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was. Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Maybe not his draft stock but he looks like a weasel to some eyes. To be honest I never heard about his fake story in the first place and will probably just forget about it by the time I go to sleep tonight.

 

[lionsFTW]

yeah I understand how situations like yours can happen, hughes, but did you read the deadspin article? it was basically him and a friend who planned up the whole thing to try and gain some publicity momentum. the espn article makes it seem like he was an innocent bystander to the situation but if the deadspin article is accurate in all its claims he's pretty much the #2 culprit in the entire fiasco. pretty big blow to his character points, imo.

 

[mhughes0021]

yeah I understand how situations like yours can happen, hughes, but did you read the deadspin article? it was basically him and a friend who planned up the whole thing to try and gain some publicity momentum. the espn article makes it seem like he was an innocent bystander to the situation but if the deadspin article is accurate in all its claims he's pretty much the #2 culprit in the entire fiasco. pretty big blow to his character points, imo.

ya more info will come out, but like I said on the Michigan board he is one of the 3:

1 fooled by a crazy chick making a false profile

2 fooled by a dude making a false chick profile so he could see dick pics

3 created a fake profile with tuaisosopspsosoospspspopopopo and hes a fucking nut job.

either way....hes a dumbass.

 

[cmlfactor]

Lions draft him for sure now...

 

[schles192]

Lions draft him for sure now...

Titus Te'o?

 

[manchild98]

Even if he is just the most naive person on the planet, he's going to have an impossible time explaining why he never skyped with his so called "girlfriend". That would be a must in this day and age.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I heard a report that his Father said his son and her met in Hawaii. I assume he meant in person.

 

[turok]

ya more info will come out, but like I said on the Michigan board he is one of the 3:

1 fooled by a crazy chick making a false profile

2 fooled by a dude making a false chick profile so he could see dick pics

3 created a fake profile with tuaisosopspsosoospspspopopopo and hes a fucking nut job.

either way....hes a dumbass.

So if Te'o was fooled while getting that intimate with his virtual paramour for a long period of time on the internet and on the phone, he never became more curious or suspicious, and couldn't suggest or never actually realized that both of them could easily make use of cheap webcams with what was posted upthread using the free Skype service, to at least see as well as speak to each other? Many newer laptops even include a built-in webcam, as do most smartphones...:hmm:

Dude must be a very naive Luddite, or perhaps he was part and parcel of a national publicity stunt that Manti and his miscreant buddy Tuiasosopo had concocted.

 

[manchild98]

Well it's starting to sound like Mantei is just a very naive person after the Schapp interview. You better lose all that trust kid. You are about to start collecting a big NFL paycheck. You are going to have scam artists coming out of the woodwork...both from inside and outside your own camp.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Well it's starting to sound like Mantei is just a very naive person after the Schapp interview. You better lose all that trust kid. You are about to start collecting a big NFL paycheck. You are going to have scam artists coming out of the woodwork...both from inside and outside your own camp.

I don't buy it at all.

1. He would "try" Skype or Facetime her SEVERAL times but it was always a "black box" on the other end.
2. They made several plans to meet but those plans ALWAYS fell through.
3. He would spend every night, all night on the phone with her, yet when she was on her death bed he didn't go see her.....EVER.
4. He kept talking about her in interviews AFTER she died because "he didn't know what had happened".

C'mon. Nobody is that stupid. You mean to tell me NONE of those things sent up even one warning flag?

I would be more likely to believe him if somewhere in the interview he said he became suspicious... or started to question her after several attempts to meet fell through... or they couldn't Skype or Facetime....but no. (what the fuck is this "black box" she was in......i use facetime on a weekly basis and have NEVER had a "black box" on the other side)

He's fucking lying.

He needs all this time to think through his lies. He's trying to come up with something clever, but instead it sounds worse. Why does the truth need to come out later......if you truly didn't do it, just tell the world everything they want to know right now.

 

[cheeno]

He likes dudes. Done. Why do you think a Mormon Samoan choose Notre Dame? He heard some of the Fathers were into Jesus Juice and spiritual cleansing.

 

[manchild98]

Not to shit on anyone's beliefs....but Mantei is deeply religious. So it seems to me it's pretty easy for him to have faith in something he can't see.

The majority of us would immediately be suspicious because most of us wouldn't do a lengthy online relationship (besides with one another). But you can't think like us, you have to think like him.

You spend hours of your everyday life talking to someone and supposedly falling in love with them sight unseen. That continues for a long time. So when things fall through like the personal meetings, etc. do you give up on it? Everything we've been sold about Mantei would say he's not that type of person. He wanted to believe in this girl and what he thought they had built so far. He's gullible and naive as shit. He admitted he knew people would make fun of him and think he's crazy if he told people he hadn't met her. I'm not saying any of this right, but I don't think he was in on it...he's just a naive, or dumb, or a believer or a hopeless romantic. We'll see. Because if he was it will definitely come out.

There are already stories that this Tui kid has also done this to others.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Not to shit on anyone's beliefs....but Mantei is deeply religious. So it seems to me it's pretty easy for him to have faith in something he can't see.

The majority of us would immediately be suspicious because most of us wouldn't do a lengthy online relationship (besides with one another). But you can't think like us, you have to think like him.

You spend hours of your everyday life talking to someone and supposedly falling in love with them sight unseen. That continues for a long time. So when things fall through like the personal meetings, etc. do you give up on it? Everything we've been sold about Mantei would say he's not that type of person. He wanted to believe in this girl and what he thought they had built so far. He's gullible and naive as shit. He admitted he knew people would make fun of him and think he's crazy if he told people he hadn't met her. I'm not saying any of this right, but I don't think he was in on it...he's just a naive, or dumb, or a believer or a hopeless romantic. We'll see. Because if he was it will definitely come out.

There are already stories that this Tui kid has also done this to others.

Still not buying it.

Just my opinion.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Not to shit on anyone's beliefs....but Mantei is deeply religious. So it seems to me it's pretty easy for him to have faith in something he can't see.

The majority of us would immediately be suspicious because most of us wouldn't do a lengthy online relationship (besides with one another). But you can't think like us, you have to think like him.

You spend hours of your everyday life talking to someone and supposedly falling in love with them sight unseen. That continues for a long time. So when things fall through like the personal meetings, etc. do you give up on it? Everything we've been sold about Mantei would say he's not that type of person. He wanted to believe in this girl and what he thought they had built so far. He's gullible and naive as shit. He admitted he knew people would make fun of him and think he's crazy if he told people he hadn't met her. I'm not saying any of this right, but I don't think he was in on it...he's just a naive, or dumb, or a believer or a hopeless romantic. We'll see. Because if he was it will definitely come out.

There are already stories that this Tui kid has also done this to others.

Having faith isn't about trusting everyone you come in contact. I have faith but I know the auto parts guy up the street is a crook.

 

[manchild98]

Having faith isn't about trusting everyone you come in contact. I have faith but I know the auto parts guy up the street is a crook.

True but the sterotype is that auto mechanics are crooks. Many people want to believe in love and relationships even though every single one of us has at least one failed one and I'm guessing most of us have at least several. Girls make you do stupid things. If you love, one chances are you are going to do borderline retarded things.

Now what happened to him would pretty much never happen to the majority of us. But clearly there is a segment of the population that falls for this "catfish" crap. Like you guys, I don't really get it either...but I'm a I need proof person and I would never be able to tolerate an online only relationship with a girl. Sex is a must. If I want to just talk to strangers all day I go to message boards to do it.

 

[zyxt9]

that "chick" must be really talented at phone and chat room sex.

but hey, at least te'o didn't get a girl pregnant or an STD. then again, he apparently was screwing many different women all across the ND campus. i wonder if the imaginary girlfriend was heartbroken over that news. poor girl, first she finds out that she doesn't really exist and now discovers he was cheating on her the whole time. has to have been a rough week for her. of course, she also is dead, so she's in a better place now. too bad she was dating such a cad, but she had to have known that since he never actually went to see her in person in 3+ years, not even after her car accident nor while suffering through leukemia despite having time off from school during the summer.

that te'o sure will make a woman feel important and special later on in life i tell you what.

 

[manchild98]

The big question that needs to be answered is....who is the girl he spoke with on the phone all of the time...everyday? If it was a girl and not Tui, why do it? If there is no money exchanging hands then what is the end game? Why would you commit that much time to something...for a prank? You're going to spend a few years of your life tricking a guy you have never met in person or don't intend to meet for what? This is just such a weird story.

I've said this before but there needs to be some serious studies done on some of these people on the internet. You go to message boards and you see people make multiple sign ins so they can agree with one another and make it seem like people support the same argument. You see it all the time on ESPN. Why? Why would you either think that A.) it's actually funny and B) why would you get off on doing that? i really think those are some truly disturbed and twisted people.