Kudos to all.

When you’re in a hole–stop digging!!

Because this little fantasy has been going on for years, I’m inclined to believe that it was not intended to be for publicity sake. As Te’o's and ND’s star began to rise, the existence of this fake girlfriend became problematic.

He/they foolishly decided to “make lemonade” and doubled down on the story by getting rid of her in high profile fashion by BS-ing everyone.

At first I was embarrassed for him and his family, now I’m sad for them.

Or in the alternative, I think we now have the basic script outline for ‘Weekend at Bernie’s 4′.

Pretty sure Andrew McCarthy is available.

As for the rest of this bizarre mess, there are two possibilities and neither of them are good. One, Te’o is involved in the fraud. Two, if he’s not, he’s got to be one dumb mother. I’d love to see this Wonderlick score.

Either way, I’d take a pass on this guy come draft time.

Good for you, you got it all figured out then. Because rather than being a catfish victim-which is real and happens-it makes perfect sense he would have have the foresight to begin this online fraud back in 2011 and keep it going online knowing that a year later (1) ND would be relevant, (2) he would be an unlikely Heisman candidate, (3) and his grandma would die, giving him the perfect time to unleash the death story, all the while being clever enough to make it appear to investigators through numerous twitter accounts to be an elaborate catfish hoax, so much so that he is able to trick ND and its high priced investigators into clearing him at a press conference. Fiendishly clever. Yep, you nailed it.