Imagine the kicks a troll would get out of having such a high profile player waste 1/3 of his day on the phone talking to a tape recorder

What prompted Deadspin to investigate this now?

Why wasn't someone on the case months ago?

I prefer "oh Margie, you came and you found me a turkey. On my vacation away from workie."

But that is still pretty good.

If I hadn't read the SI interview, this would probably be my conclusion. But I have a really hard time with the "things just got out of hand" stance when the supposed circumstances of her life, accident, sickness and death were THAT detailed and THAT remarkable.

Think about what he said in that interview- those are not the actions of somebody trying to sweep something under the rug, and they don't seem to be the actions of somebody trying to embellish a semi-online girlfriend.

I still prefer Homer's original take:

"Oh Mindy,
You came and you gave without flaking,
But you gave me Ben-Gay, oh Andy,
You came and you stopped me from something..."

Someone randomly dropped a dime to them

They weren't doing any digging on their own volition

Lol, and I think you're right to. The "oh Andy" is GOAT.

Yeah, I don't understand. Like, how is he not talking to her a lot or trying to do vid chat or something? So he must be exaggerating the relationship otherwise that would be a ton of work and a lot of avoidance for the person responsible for this.

"It sounds like you're infatuated with a woman named Mindy. ...or a man named Andy."

I also love the fact that Homer is basically singing about stuff in his medicine cabinet.

Manti Te'o is probably a late 2nd round talent at best. He plays a high variance style lb that worked for his Int #'s in college. He was 57th in the country in total tackles per game!!!!! He honestly wouldn't be able to hold Luke Kuechley's jock strap and in no scenario should he be drafted around the same number as him.

ZB - you're obviously a very smart guy, so don't take this the wrong way - but this is a sort of nonsensical stance to take, especially the bolded.

Even if he was fully duped during the SI interview back in September (totally possible of course) - T'eo agreed to a lengthy, on the record interview with a major publication on this specific topic, going on and on about this woman we now know he never even met IRL. He clearly has for some time now (duped, or not duped) set about leveraging this situation for positive press. Is that despicable/lolworthy considering the context? Maybe that's the ultimate question.

I dunno. Te'o can be a serviceable Will in a 3-4. Definitely a guy who can only look good with his teammates cutting off the flats though. Otherwise, RBs and slots are break his gambling ankles, forced to solo tackle and cover real NFL talent in bunches.

kind of bummed out today realizing that it's likely to be a while before we get the full story (if ever). of course, there will probably be come good stuff, but not getting nearly the christmas eve feel of the first day.

grunching but have we had any photoshops of Teo and Ronaiah in a white bronco yet?

I just watched ESPN's recent report on this and it just reeked of bull****. This whole recent spin on this story is complete bull****.

Also, why are people letting Notre Dame off the hook? As someone mentioned earlier they recently ran a charity event for this fake girl. NOTRE DAME KNEW THIS GIRL WAS FAKE AND LIED ABOUT IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE, REPEATEDLY.

This just went to another level imo:

http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports...l?id=187505701

Story continues to deliver. I wonder if GullibleOAT Manti perpetuated the story after hearing this line.

YES, NEW LIFE!!!

If the latest stuff about Tuiasosopo having a female cousin play the part of the girl on the phone is true, then....wow. I have to think he made her believe that there was some kind of big payday at the end of the rainbow in order to get her to do this. Because if he didn't do that and somehow convinced her to do it for that long just...because, then she's just as outrageously stupid as Te'o or Tuiasosopo is a Jim Jones-level persuasive sociopath. And given the manner and detail with which Te'o spoke in regards to their phone conversations, it sure seems as though that they actually took place.

I did not see this turn coming.

"I am sorry I had to fake the death of Lennay, the girl I was pretending to be, who isn't actually real, I was on the run from drug dealers, it is really scary. Would you fall assleep with me on the phone tonight?"

Wait i don't understand this part. Someone clear up my confusion. I thought Tuiasosopo organized the hoax and got this girl to talk to Manti and stuff on the phone.

But she didn't know Tuiasosopo was involved?

Chick in the ESPN article is a "church friend" of Tiausposposp.

Chick who was Lennay's voice is some other chick.

You gotta give T'eo credit where credit is due tho - didn't fall for the "had to fake my own death to elude drug dealers" line!

lennay confirmed amichele15 itt

I see. I skimmed the paragraphs in the middle and didn't realize "the woman" was someone else

T'eo has gotta be the GOAT pretend playa