Comments on: Te’o's uncle takes aim at Ronaiah Tuiasosopo

By: robert831

robert831 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:59:36 +0000

Manti Te’o and Ronaiah Tuiasosopo are close friends who were trying to manipulate the public into gaining attention and sympathy. I’m sure they thought it was funny. Without question he knew she was fake, it was probably his idea to start with. These guys are idiots and I don’t want Manti on my team even with a 7th round pick.

By: pastabelly

pastabelly — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:16:11 +0000

I think he is very draftable. But any team drafting him should understand than he needs pyschological counseling. His family has done him no favors and his problems are probably much deeper than being a habitual liar.

By: Stiller43

Stiller43 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:17:43 +0000

Theres no chance the “love of your life” gf of THREE YEARS gets in a horrible car accident, and you dont see her…gets diagnosed with incurable cancer, and you dont see her…she never came to any of his home or away (close to her home) football games of Manti’s…And last but not least, he claimed his gf died of cancer 2 days after he said he realized it was a hoax.

Plus his own teammate said most of the team knew it was fake, but that he liked the attention.

He could provide his phone records stating that maybe he was actually on the phone the 8 hours a night with her…like he said he was. That would provide a little insight to wether he’s telling the truth or not. But we all know he was just soaking in the attention.

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:46:01 +0000

It feels like Notre Dame is scared of being culpable or irresponsible in some way and Swarbrick is trying to pressure Te’o to confirming that he is purely a victim, that way if/when it does come out that Te’o isn’t telling the truth, then Notre Dame can claim that Te’0 was clearly lying to them the whole time. Te’o needs to consider throwing ND under the bus and focusing on solving his own problems at this point, depending on the actuality of the situation.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:40:02 +0000

Every few hours that pass in which Te’o doesn’t face the press is more proof (in my alleged mind) that either (a) he and the university haven’t decided on The Agreed-Upon Lie and all the supporting Small Lies, or (b) he hasn’t learned his lines yet.

Te’os uncle’s appearance on the radio is more proof that this thing is getting beyond the control of the legendary Notre Dame media relations machine. In order for The Agreed-Upon Lie to work, everyone, EVERYONE with any connection to a situation has to shut up and let the Liar-In-Chief of the situation be in control.

By: bigdawgdaddy

bigdawgdaddy — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:26:28 +0000

42-14
ROLL TIDE
the SEC … REAL football & REAL girlfriends

By: eezyxyz

eezyxyz — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:49:00 +0000

“Then again, there’s also a chance that by opening his mouth he will remove all doubt.”

C’mon, there can’t still be any doubt. If Te’o was simply the victim of a con then you’re asking people to believe that a young man in love NEVER once tried to visit his dying girlfriend in hospital? Because, obviously, if he truly was just a victim of a con he would have discovered it pretty quickly as soon as he tried to do that.

By: h0c2000

h0c2000 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:32:52 +0000

I bet Manti longs for the days when people ridiculed him for dressing like the swamp thing.

By: xpensivewinos

xpensivewinos — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:01:29 +0000

My mantra is simple: When the “love of your life” dies, you go to the funeral.

By: terrytate89

terrytate89 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:54:52 +0000

The Lyin’ Hawaiian

By: rtant2013

rtant2013 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:43:48 +0000

So Tuiasosopo found a girl that looked exactly like the pictures to meet with Te’o? The girl who’s picture was used already came out and said she knew nothing about it and was shocked when she saw her pics were being used. That sounds absolutely ridiculous. And if that was the case, then why has Te’o changed his story and sayed he never met her? Te’o it would be best for you to just tell your family to shut up.

By: stigman2012

stigman2012 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:42:40 +0000

Thank god…I was seriously worried this story wasn’t going to surface today.

Honestly, this kid was in on this stuff. If you were the victim of a hoax, you a) disclose the hoax as soon as you find out OR b) just simply claim you and the ‘girlfriend’ broke up. The ONLY reason you say ‘she died of cancer’ is to in some measure profit.

And for the ‘gay cover up’ crowd…don’t be rediculous. If you are a football player covering up gay tendencies, you either do the Rock Hudson and date girls anyway, or you claim these long distance relationships and just keep breaking up with them, or you just keep lying on your Facebook status and your Twitter.

If you have killed off the ‘girlfriend’ to ‘cancer’…there’s more motive than I’m afriad to exit the armoire.

By: tatvin

tatvin — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:34:53 +0000

come on…either Manti thinks were all stupid for falling for HIS lies or he is one of the most dumbest person on earth..

By: abninf

abninf — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:27:33 +0000

“Alema Te’o believes that the plan was so elaborate that Tuiasosopo actually had a girl pretend to be Lennay Kekua and periodically meet with Manti.”
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But Manti said he never actually met her. All the involved parties need to shut up, get together and get their lies straight.

By: dabeardown

dabeardown — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:27:02 +0000

This story has more holes than 3 tons of swiss cheese. So if he met a “fake” girlfriend wouldn’t he be suspicious when the picture on the news of her death is different than the girl he met? The girl was shocked to learn her picture was being used.

By: franklinandbashandflorio

franklinandbashandflorio — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:26:30 +0000

Bruce Willis: You see what??

Manti: I see dead girlfriends…

By: bills4

bills4 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:24:15 +0000

Well put! He is guilty as hell. Way too many issues!

By: vikesfan320

vikesfan320 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:16:06 +0000

What doesn’t make any sense to me is that Te’o was supposedly ready to go public with this whole story on Monday, but yet here it is two days after the story broke and he hasn’t talked about it. He was supposed to talk about it in three days, what’s taking so long to get his story ready then?

By: dalucks

dalucks — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:13:53 +0000

Each day, we get a step closer to Manti Teo going undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft.
There is not a lawyer nor a public relations firm that can help him.

By: troysmithsghost

troysmithsghost — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:12:10 +0000

Never mind that the ‘real’ woman herself, who came forward in shock when she saw her own picture splashed across the television screen, has never mentioned actually meeting the guy. I don’t think Te’os family is in on this hoax, but sure as Hell Manti is.

By: troysmithsghost

troysmithsghost — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:11:03 +0000

For this version of ‘the story’ to be true, Manti Te’o still had no business telling the media about his girlfriend that died a full 2 days after later claiming to have already found out it was a hoax. Sorry, but covering for being gay from his strictly conservative religious family and his religiously conservative school still is the best explanation.

By: catquick

catquick — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:10:22 +0000

In Tuiasosopo’s defense, not ONE of those fake cancer patients died after he collected money for their care.

By: bullcharger

bullcharger — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:08:08 +0000

Still BS… Manti would have wanted to Skype with her and not only look at the two false pics on facebook. He should come clean now.

By: dikshuttle

dikshuttle — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:06:18 +0000

I disagree.

He needs to stay silent until all facets are released. Whether he’s innocent or guilty, any post-appearance revelations would tilt the story out of his control.

Fascinating, though, eh?

By: greyhawk9

greyhawk9 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:59:16 +0000

please stop the lies people….please

By: mikebyrne1502

mikebyrne1502 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:58:47 +0000

Maybe he did go to the authorities and his lawyers are telling him to keep quiet until they get all the facts themselves, ether way he’s got to say something soon people aren’t just going to forget