Manti Te'o got ate by a catfish or something

[thrill]

Te'o has 99 problems but a girl ain't one.

HOLY COW YOU ARE JADAVEON CLOWNEY!?
(He tweeted that)

[go birds]

[Vidor]

I'm not ready to rule out that he's a dumbass who fell for a chick that didn't exist.

I am. He's still lying, just in a different way.

A couple of days ago ESPNU replayed the BCS title game. Couldn't help but wonder on second viewing how much money Te'o lost after getting exposed in prime time like that. He lost even more today.

[pioneer98]

Te'o has 99 problems but a girl ain't one.

HOLY COW YOU ARE JADAVEON CLOWNEY!?
(He tweeted that)

I saw like 4 or 5 different people tweet that, didn't know who got credit for it first.

[pioneer98]

[pioneer98]

He had to know. He and his family lied about meeting this girl in person.

[TimeForGuinness]

Te'o even has the word "Man" in his name. Case closed, closet opened.

[Vidor]

He had to know. He and his family lied about meeting this girl in person.

Yup, so says the Deadspin article.

[lukethedrifter]

He had to know. He and his family lied about meeting this girl in person.

Yup, so says the Deadspin article.

I'm not saying he's not lying because he probably is. I'm saying its possible that those people got caught up in a story and went with it. Read up on memory and eyewitness testimony.

[thrill]

http://deadspin.com/5976640/espn-report ... ifferently

Well, I sat across from him and I was moved by his story and it was heartbreaking and heartwarming and as it turns out totally untrue. But short of asking to see a death certificate, I'm not sure what most people would do differently in that case. But in researching it before I wrote the script, I remember trying to find an obituary for his girlfriend and could not. And couldn't find any record of this car accident. But we asked Manti, could we contact Lennay's family and he said the family would prefer not to be contacted. Could we have some photos of Lennay? He said the family would prefer not to provide those. And so in that instance, and at that moment, you simply think that you have to respect those wishes. But in retrospect, you can see where some of those things simply were not adding up to make sense. Easy to say now. At the time it every enters your mind somebody was involved in that kind of hoax