Comments on: Manti Te’o gives off-camera interview to Jeremy Schaap

By: Nofoolnodrool

Nofoolnodrool — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:30:17 +0000

This guy has ravens written all over him…

By: jessethegreat

jessethegreat — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:45:51 +0000

Jeremy is a decent reporter/interviewer but i still miss his Dad, Dick Schaap. Grew up reading all of his books and watching every single Sunday morning The Sports Reporters. Still my all time favorite show!

By: jbaxt

jbaxt — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:23:06 +0000

I remember when I last “met” my girlfriends family over a phone conversation. I think I was 12. We developed a special bond. Like when her dad told me to keep the conversation under 10 minutes. He was such a great man. And when her mom would get on the other phone and tell her it was time for bed. Oh the memories.

By: crazyfootballfun

crazyfootballfun — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:08:16 +0000

Off camera and in the presence of your attorney. Yeah, that isn’t at all suspicious from a guy who gave interviews every time he turned around.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:05:06 +0000

It’s not an “off-camera interview”, it’s a REHEARSAL. They’re establishing what questions will be asked, what answers will be given, camera angles, the whole nine yards. It’s carefully scripted and managed. Te’uh-oh is trying to save his own a**, his lawyer is trying to manage the message, Schaap is willing to lob softballs, ESPN is trying to be “FIRST!!!!” and not have to admit that it didn’t do its job right months ago. Notre Dame officials are probably in there, too, trying to make the university and especially its athletic department look innocent.

In the words of my late father, “Such sh**.”

By: savojah

savojah — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:00:58 +0000

Ok, so he said he spoke to this girl on her death bed? If this Rosinah or whatever his name conspired all of this, then who’s the chick he was talking to on the phone? So there’s two people who were interesting in duping this guy? Or he was lying about how they met, talked, and met the family just to not make seem really weird that he fell hard for someone by strictly chatting. Either way, he was complicit in making this story bigger than it needed to be.

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:51:22 +0000

At least Jeremy Schaap is also a sportswriter--though not as gifted as his late father. Perhaps after sharing Te'o's comments on air, he can write a more thoughtful piece on their interview.

By: sellout1983

sellout1983 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:40:49 +0000

It was supposed to be on camera, but the camera man died from cancer, and was also made up.

By: jonesjack

jonesjack — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:39:01 +0000

” If Te’o is simply an innocent victim of a hoax, why does he need to have an attorney present before he can answer any questions?”
My uninformed opinion is he’s a nutcase and many ways complicit in this. Right or wrong though, there’s nothing wrong with getting some representation when things get tight. You’d do the same thing if you were smart.

By: tbd3

tbd3 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:36:12 +0000

Te’o told Pete Thamel from SI that he met Lennay through his cousin. So, if he is just a victim here, then his cousin had to be in on it too, right? Unless the person behind it first fooled Te’o's cousin with the ulterior motive of eventually fooling Te’o, which seems just a tad unnecessary given how naive Te’o would have to be for his version of events to be true. Can a real journalist PLEASE interview this guy and ask some hard questions, press him for answers?

By: gordo858

gordo858 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:35:48 +0000

First Lance Armstrong and now T’eo….man, this is one helluva bad week for cancer….

By: vdogg

vdogg — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:29:58 +0000

OH MY GOD TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE!!!! He has atty with him probly cuz he’s getting prepared to save his draft status which could equate to millions of dollars! Not sure if anyone remembers but the conf championship games are on this weekend. How about a story about that!?!?

By: pftfollower

pftfollower — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:24:02 +0000

Oh, and

None of his friends knew her, he met her at summer camp, ok?!?!

By: ronlpitts

ronlpitts — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:23:17 +0000

Cant wait to see Te’o and his Girlfriend in the NFL Draft Green Room, I mean he said she is pretty hot…I mean not as hot as the fake girlfriend I had when I was 10…but still pretty hot, for a fake person.

By: ravensfan8780

ravensfan8780 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:22:54 +0000

I think Te’o was in out with his friend. they probably thought it would be an easy way to get publicly. Te’o probably never thought ND would have a perfect season and go to the BCS game so with every win ND had the story of his fake gf got bigger. Te’o and his friend had no idea how to stop this snowball of a story, now they’re scrambling so is ND because not only is this embarrassing but it’s really making light of death. I just don’t get why Te’o seemed more upset over a fake death then the death of his grandma. That’s the first question I’d ask him.

By: cappa662

cappa662 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:22:49 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with it, but does anyone else beside me think that Te’o is gay?

By: pftfollower

pftfollower — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:22:36 +0000

Way to take your character from a giant plus to a massive minus. From hardworking, stands up in the face of adversity, to crumbles when he’s no longer king.

Bet his interviews at the combine will be tons of fun. You better run fast there dude

By: djlexluger

djlexluger — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:20:55 +0000

I don’t understand why the Grandmother dying angle wasnt good enough for him…

By: windowace

windowace — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:20:14 +0000

Makes sense to me. So many experts or so call experts will say look at how he crossed his legs that proves he is guilty .The way this world is you need legal help when speaking in public sad commentary of the system we live in. Ones have judged him already,Sad day for sports .

By: superputman

superputman — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:18:25 +0000

Publicity stunt gone wrong.. possibly a poor attempt to get on ‘Catfish’ and expand his national visibility.. or just to get him added attention from sports media. I mean, lets face it, investigative journalism has fallen apart.. the hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ are the closest thing we have to investigative journalists now a days….

By: dadawg77

dadawg77 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:16:28 +0000

When any wrong step might cost you millions,.it makes sense to have a rep with you.

By: auburntigers34

auburntigers34 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:15:56 +0000

the people that claim that Te’o was Catfished don’t seem to realize that they’ve been Catfished by Te’o.

By: istateyourname

istateyourname — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:15:50 +0000

A TV interview that really isn’t a TV interview about a person that really isn’t a person? He’s goooood. He’s still doing it! Stop it already!

By: eddardofthehousestark

eddardofthehousestark — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:05:15 +0000

MDS, I must congratulate you. This was the first time I’ve ever read a PFT article and thought “This must have been written by Mike Florio,” only to scroll up and have been wrong. Clearly you’ve been taking legalese lessons with your boss.

By: nfllaborstrifesucks

nfllaborstrifesucks — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:04:33 +0000

What’s the over/under on how many losers are going to get their 15 minutes of fame, courtesy of ESPN, as a result of this massive waste of time?

By: pillowporkers

pillowporkers — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:59:07 +0000

When I first read this, I thought it was a pretty crazy story. Still think it is but I don’t really care about right now because I know it’s going to take about 2 months minimum before we get any resemblance of real facts. This thing is going to drag on forever. For now, I’m not going to waste my time reading on it, or posting on it again.

By: nfllaborstrifesucks

nfllaborstrifesucks — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:55:42 +0000

Why didn’t they go with the courtroom sketch artist rather than the actual photos?

By: niners816

niners816 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:54:38 +0000

Catfished. Its kind of funny and sad. And Schaap is creepy.

By: sb50

sb50 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:51:20 +0000

What Manti did was stupid, and I think almost everyone will agree with that. It probably was just for publicity, just for people to root for him and gain national recognition from sport fans and non-sport fans. However, I believe the media is unnecessarily blowing the whole thing up. Yeah it was a dumb thing to do and he probably shouldn’t of lied about it, but why does every single media site and newspaper have to act like this is the crime of the century?

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:51:05 +0000

The truth would be nice.