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  • Re: 2012 Notre Dame Football Thread

    didnt they meet at the ND-Stanford game in 2009 according to report??


    ask him about that report!!


    LOL saying he was going to come out and tell the story next week LOL


    Now they imply the hoaxs could of been to cost ND football games you cant make this stuff up


    this presser has convinced me that he made this all up this is an embarrassment of a presser.
    Last edited by pacer4ever; 01-16-2013, 09:29 PM.

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      2013: State Penn. vs. Nosuch Dame

      God college FB is so dirty

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        Yes. It was published that they met in person at the stanford game in 2009.

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          I don't believe he was fooled.

          Let's put this together, a QB that he knew, a guy his age, is apparently on the other end of the twitter account? I think we all already know what they were trying to cover up. They are just idiots. Also, assuming he was in on it, and they caused the gf to die of LEUKEMIA with the whole Pagano thing so fresh in the NFL's mind....well, I wouldn't draft him.


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            Originally posted by pacer4ever View Post
            this presser is making it even more confusing


            he said "we met" and his dad took that as in person but Teo meant online. LOL does he think we were born yesterday?

            says they planned meetings in Hawaii but she didn't show lol.

            The affection was real?? They never met how can they even be considered bf and gf?

            I am just all confused by this lol/

            EDIT: This tweet is how I agree completely..

            JP Kirby ‏@the506
            I think the ND athletic director has a bridge to sell in Brooklyn
            There are two options....either Manti Te'o all American linebacker unkowingly fell in love with a twitter account run by his good friend who happens to be a dude, which makes him a pathetic loser.

            Or he is Manti Te'o all americna linebacker who was trying to hide something and then decided to boost his heisman hype.


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              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKDus7QjJ_w


              Here he says that her family "was here for me"
              Senior at the University of Louisville.
              Greenfield ---> The Ville

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              • Re: 2012 Notre Dame Football Thread

                Originally posted by Stryder View Post
                Yes. It was published that they met in person at the stanford game in 2009.
                Yep this has been widely reported. I mean how do you explain her brother supposedly letting him know about her death? How do you explain the fact that someone who would have been "hoaxing" him would have known so quickly about his gma if he wasn't in on it? They shoudl just own up. I think the question right now to me isn't whether Manti was in on it, it is how deep is the rabbit hole at Notre Dame.


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                  In this day and age, I can see getting hoaxed.

                  It sounds silly, but we will in a virtual world. Even before twitter and facebook really took off, I heard a story in JUCO back in like 04 or 05 about a kid who played a prank on his HS friend by creating a fake account on fb. It went on for 6 weeks, and it got bad. It was so bad they went to their parents and asked them to intervene, because they knew how in love he was with this "fake girl"

                  That said, like others have mentioned, we like in a world of facetime and skype now. Star athletes have women throwing them at them all the time (at least at the D3 level I have seen it in person, I can only imagine at the D1 level)

                  I am not saying he did not get duped, but things are not adding up.

                  Like I said earlier, if he was not in on it he is extremely gullible and a bit stupid. If he is in on it then he is a pathetic person.

                  I could see a prank spiraling out of control, but own up to it.

                  And if Notre Dame is covering something up.....

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                    In his last statement, does he say that he only met her online and talked to her on the phone? I mean which is his stance? He did meet her in person or not? If he didn't, how can they be called boyfriend and girlfriend?
                    Never forget

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                      http://articles.southbendtribune.com...ish-head-coach

                      HE SAID THEY SHOOK HANDS

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                        good job just asked about the 09 meeting said Teo should answer it.


                        Terence Moore ‏@TMooreSports
                        News conference still going involving Manti situation. Great quote from ND's Jack Swarbrick: "We didn't know what we didn't know."
                        Followed by SBNation NBA


                        LOL this is so strange cant wait for his presser.


                        AJ McCaron's method of getting fans was much better IMO. Brent Muscburger(sp?) will be a AJ fan for life lol

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                          Va come on man, in this day and age, with Skype, Cell phones, PLANES, how can you go a whole year without meeting someone? Either Te'o is the most poorly adjusted mother ****er on the planet or he was in on it. Think of all the **** he said, sent her flowers, met her a game, talked every day, knew her family, give me a break.


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                          • Re: 2012 Notre Dame Football Thread

                            Originally posted by Johanvil View Post
                            In his last statement, does he say that he only met her online and talked to her on the phone? I mean which is his stance? He did meet her in person or not? If he didn't, how can they be called boyfriend and girlfriend?
                            I know lots of people (esp in HS and early college) who only meet on-line and they claim they are a couple.

                            Non of them play football at the D1 level, better yet excel at their sport

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                              Originally posted by Trader Joe View Post
                              Va come on man, in this day and age, with Skype, Cell phones, PLANES, how can you go a whole year without meeting someone? Either Te'o is the most poorly adjusted mother ****er on the planet or he was in on it. Think of all the **** he said, sent her flowers, met her a game, talked every day, knew her family, give me a break.
                              How are you going to tell me to "come on" when you literally just agreed with me?

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                                Originally posted by vapacersfan View Post
                                In this day and age, I can see getting hoaxed.

                                It sounds silly, but we will in a virtual world. Even before twitter and facebook really took off, I heard a story in JUCO back in like 04 or 05 about a kid who played a prank on his HS friend by creating a fake account on fb. It went on for 6 weeks, and it got bad. It was so bad they went to their parents and asked them to intervene, because they knew how in love he was with this "fake girl"

                                That said, like others have mentioned, we like in a world of facetime and skype now. Star athletes have women throwing them at them all the time (at least at the D3 level I have seen it in person, I can only imagine at the D1 level)

                                I am not saying he did not get duped, but things are not adding up.

                                Like I said earlier, if he was not in on it he is extremely gullible and a bit stupid. If he is in on it then he is a pathetic person.

                                I could see a prank spiraling out of control, but own up to it.

                                And if Notre Dame is covering something up.....
                                I can get that he may got hoaxed cause there are some really stupid people on this earth. I mean take example from the Compliance film (that is based on true events)
                                But as you said something is not adding up here and i call BS on his excuses. What i don't get, why did he get into so much trouble? Just to get the voters sympathy for a damn trophy?
                                Never forget

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