Without a doubt, this is the funniest sports story since Favre donged Jen Sturger. This may even be funnier. What a joke.
Big time ND fan here. When this broke yesterday, I was in complete shock. I, as well as everyone else bought into this whole thing from September on. I've read the entire report and I still can't believe its real. I can't wrap my head around it. It gets better. There is reports that some defensive back or former (can't remember which) of the AZ Cardinals claims he met the girl in person, several times and had a online "friendship". So, if thats the case, someone is portraying themselves as a fake person. Still doesn't negate the fact that Teo is a complete dumbass for falling for it to begin with.
That's what I've been mulling around in my head. My two theories: A) He is a complete nutcase and actually found 'love' over the internet and got caught up in a hoax. When being interviewed he could not bare the embarresment of telling the reporters he never met said girl online and he got himself tangled into a web of his own spinning. He got balls deep in a lie he couldn't get out of. B) He is a complete nutcase and POS. He created this story for personal gains, aka Manchurian Candidate sydrome. He then got ball deep in this lie and the only way out was killing her off, never thinking the press would be sick enough to dive deep into the story of a dead girl. Either way, I'm sure South Park will have a field day with this.
The more I hear, the better it gets. If everything holds true, I really think he got caught up in some hoax, then couldn't bare the embarrassment of telling the national media the truth... so he then played along, hoping it would never surface. I think he lied to save face during the awards shows and Heisman voting and then brushed it under the rug during the NC game. It just gets weird. Two pro football players have said they met this girl in person. This is the same person that might have met Teo after the Stanford game. Maybe she just played the part in the hoax. Either way, he's screwed. He lied, plain and simple, for personal gain. IF he would have found out, then immediately came out saying he was duped, it would have been a big story for sure, but it would have a much better ending than what we're all about to witness.
Somewhere Lance Armstrong just sighed a breath of relief. Being upended as the liar of the year in only a few days since his Oprah "confession" probably didn't even seem possible Monday morning. Life is strange. On another note, is it possible Te'o is gay and fabricated the modern equivalent of my "girlfriend is canadian and lives in Niagara Falls" story. Maybe it was to keep the other players off his back.
IMO ... both. I think he got hoaxed in the begining. Then learned he got owned, but played it out and was part of it. Whatever the case, this is probably the weirdest story I can remember in sports. WOW. P>S I spit my pepsi out laughing when I read the missing tackles joke... lmao!
