Espn (and probably other media outlets as well) knew, it's just that they're so in bed with ND that they were willingly sitting on the story

Capone astroturfing for ESPN.

So notes on Manti from NFL Scouts on a background search are what? Complete idiot off the field or huge liar or sucker for scams?

Agreed. Why I'd totally be like w/e if's he's just gay and came out.

If he thought more people would wanna know who she is, it does make sense. I remember an ESPN piece on RG3 and his girlfriend from mid-season and ND was prepped to start a Heisman campaign.





Or that he got involved with a girl he never met from Palo Alto who faked her own death and used this girl's pictures to say who she was. Then, it's just lying about meeting her and everything else being a hoax on him.

Then again, are there shots of his locker with a picture of her? This would be standard, even if not his choice, but in ND, NBC, and ESPN's interest.

ESPN, the Chicago media, NBC, SI, and Deadspin all tried to find people who knew the girl. Deadspin was the only one who said, "well then, let's not find her by name, but by face since we have a picture." And voila!

I did some digging and found a picture of the people behind this hoax:

lolling @ the concept of "having to prove" anything

he lied

lols were had

everyone wins

I'm still yet to find a loser in this story. It's hilarious for everyone. Everyone truly wins.

spooky!

@AdamHimmelsbach: ND's Grant Patton said Te'o received call about GF's death in locker room on Wednesday before Mich. St. game: "He was in pain. He was hurt."

@AdamHimmelsbach: I spoke to ND's Grant Patton, who witnessed Manti Te'o receiving call about GF's death: "He was distraught. It was pain personified."

Keep the popcorn handy:

@sganim: RT @CFTalk: Notre Dame announces an 8 p.m. ET press conference tonight with athletic director Jack Swarbrick.”

LOL @ Teo in the Rome interview, I can't describe her

So if he was not part of the hoax he talked on the phone with a girl (her) NIGHTLY! and her brother when he told him of her death. Wouldn't it be pretty easy to figure out who was pulling his leg? Not buying what you're selling Manti.

hope this gets broadcasted somewhere

@gourmetspud

T'eo Hoaxtable.

NBC, with Tom Hammond asking the questions. I'd avoid at all costs.

http://blogs.courier-journal.com/ada...friends-death/

“You could see that he was hurting,” Patton said. “The whole locker room just went silent. At that moment I was just praying for him.”

Patton said that Te’o broke down and ran out of the locker room, and several other defensive players followed.

look no further, says ESPN

loooool

"Notre Dame say they knew on December 26. Manti Te'o acted in January like she was still real. Yep. Te'o knew nothing. No question there. "

@NOLA_tom_lupo maybe "girlfriend" is some Hawaiian slang for "Notre Dames run defense". Because that **** was a hoax.

Is it even possible to recover from this? No way he will be viewed as a leader for his team in the NFL.

He is a joke for the rest of his life.

incredible

LOL

cat fish!

This story has a unique, gossipy side that makes it very likely to stick for a while.

It will take nothing short of private lessons from Bill Clinton for him to ever be taken seriously again.

And here I thought I was safe removing "LOL IRISH" as my location. Too soon, Dom, too soon.