Is it a sequel to Cruising?

Jack McCoy would charge the **** out of Te'o and then get all butthurt when he was found not guilty

co-starring shia lebouef as victim #2

Joe pesci would have been better imo

yeah especially since spaceman already gave us a better one

Sorry for the long quote, but I just feel the need to highlight this section. How could anyone (Thamel) ever not have realized something was fishy here? The story is just obviously, on its face, absurd.

The girlfriend flatlines twice and gets revived twice, but Te'o doesn't know what her injuries in the accident were. She's in a coma, speaks to him through breathing. They're literally about to pull the plug (why? this must have seemed like a bold move to Te'o, surely?), but somehow the doctor sees "something" and tries "some treatment" "to see if it works. Then she recovers from her coma and her first words are "I love you" to him! (Then, tragically, they find leukemia and it's the reverse: she's recovering fine and she's been cleared to leave the hospital when she suddenly and tragically dies )

The basic events are absurdly unlikely. The basic details are either completely unspecified (injuries, treatment) or elaborate and ridiculously over the top (the quickening breathing, Te'o refusing to say goodbye then she survives). The whole piece is filled with details that jut out similarly. It's pretty shocking a "journalist" with access to this transcript didn't realize something was up. As regards Te'o: these quotes move the meter considerably towards "sociopath" imo.

Here is the podcast


There will probably be video highlights on the website tmrw or later tonight.

from deadspin

What's Te'o's median projected draft position right now?

Wow Bill O'Reilly is leading with this. Also calling Te'o a fraud.

4th round i'd muse

Seems that Tuiasosopo auditioned for The Voice but failed

Deadspin guy on CNN now.

Wow. Would've expected Fox to follow ND's lead.

This story just needs one fulcrum point of somebody spilling their guts.

Right now there are so many characters and motives possible where damn near anything is possible. If one person reveals the full truth and motives behind their actions, then I think everybody else's motives will come into focus as well.

Very interested to see if Ronnie is ever interviewed, contacted, or if he ever comes out with something in the next couple days before the ****storm dies down a little bit.

why would you think this?

Isn't NBC the network likely to follow ND's lead? They have their TV contract right?

Interesting post from a Morman ND fan on NDnation. Cliffs: Mormons depend on the Internet to meet other like-minded Mormons, and are especially vulnerable to scams as a result:

I have been watching a lot of this coverage and I hear many people speculating that Manti is lying because an internet girlfriend sounds so ridiculous. I saw what I think was a screenshot of this girl's supposed Facebook page and sure enough there is a drawing of a temple on it. Manti has referenced how close she was to her Heavenly Father.

Many, many Mormons go online to meet fellow LDS members to date. We are strongly encourage to date those of our own faith. I grew up in Indiana and there were so few LDS guys to date. It was difficult. Manti found this beautiful girl who was of his faith and who depended on him.

These disgusting individuals played on Manti's love of his faith and his willingness to help others who are suffering. LDS kids are taught to serve, help and be kind to everyone. Here is this faux LDS girl who is suffering, who needs him, who makes him feel like he is a good person. People use this tactic all the time to scam Mormons. In fact, Utah is number 1 in the nation when it comes to the number of scams committed. PTI today said that Manti seemed simple in their last interview with him, even saying he was almost childlike. We are taught that we should be as a little child and very humble.

My point in all this is that is is very plausible that Manti thought he connected with this girl in a way he couldn't connect with those around him. I don't believe Manti necessarily considered her the love of his life until after he thought she died. But, haven't you noticed that when people die, all of a sudden they get built up to a level that maybe they weren't before they passed away. Maybe Manti convinced himself that the relationship was actually more serious in nature than he believed before. Especially the way the media built it up.

I can't explain away everything. Of course I want to see some internet and phone records. The SI article has shown me that he never said he actually met her in person. But he has been such an inspiration to me, who loves Notre Dame with all my heart and my religion with all my heart. I have used him many times as an example for my kids. I just don't believe that the Manti Te'o I have believed in is the one who doesn't exist.

"A Sociopath has no need for others to validate his existence. He sees others as play things. A Narcissist demands his sense of self be propped-up by others on a continual basis. Without validation and recognition from the outside world, a Narcissist feels dead inside."

narcissist! imo

Fox doesn't have a television deal with Notre Dame

The sports divisions of those networks are fairly segregated off from the cable news outfits. And Foxnews is quite adamanant that they have no relation to the rest of Murdoch's conglomerate.

I got a taste of how the Dems hate Fox news today. On The Five they reported a group of all these statements by Manti and didn't bother to say which ones were from September, October, and January.

riverman, are we reaching cult status with te'o defenders?

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