http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIc8krqspIc
I think Teo is going to announce that he will be the new lead singer for Altanta Rhythm Section.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIc8krqspIc
I think Teo is going to announce that he will be the new lead singer for Altanta Rhythm Section.
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T'eo reportedly not involved.
Friend: Tuiasosopo admitted to hoax
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... riend-hoax
Friend: Tuiasosopo admitted to hoax
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... riend-hoax
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I hope this ends this insane story. Manti Te'o is, by all accounts, a very good guy. He got caught up in the whirlwind of an "online relationship" that turned out to be a cruel hoax. If you think he's a little odd for taking an online relationship so seriously, allow me to introduce you to just about every person who uses online dating, including me. It's hard fort me to fault the kid for being lonely and finding some kind of connection with someone he believed to be real.dead_poet wrote:T'eo reportedly not involved.
Friend: Tuiasosopo admitted to hoax
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... riend-hoax
I think he is a quality kid, and while some seem to doubt his ability after the Alabama game, I'll go out on a limb and say he'll have a very good NFL career. The Vikes could do much worse than draft this kid.
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My question is know can charges be filed? Or is it just a suck joke that can't be legally punished? Felll bad for the kid. has to be extremely embarrassing being the punch line of the nation over an Internet romance.
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I'm sorry, but there are still many things that just aren't adding up. Didn't he say he met her at one point? I don't necessarily believe that he is tryint to get himself attention, but there's more to this story than this.BGM wrote: I hope this ends this insane story. Manti Te'o is, by all accounts, a very good guy. He got caught up in the whirlwind of an "online relationship" that turned out to be a cruel hoax. If you think he's a little odd for taking an online relationship so seriously, allow me to introduce you to just about every person who uses online dating, including me. It's hard fort me to fault the kid for being lonely and finding some kind of connection with someone he believed to be real.
I think he is a quality kid, and while some seem to doubt his ability after the Alabama game, I'll go out on a limb and say he'll have a very good NFL career. The Vikes could do much worse than draft this kid.
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At the very lest there's got to be a way to sue. This is America.NDVikeFan wrote:My question is know can charges be filed? Or is it just a suck joke that can't be legally punished? Felll bad for the kid. has to be extremely embarrassing being the punch line of the nation over an Internet romance.
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Getting trucked by Alabama is a bigger problem than having fake online girlfriends that die. No thanks, it'd have to be in the 4th round or later for me to consider it.
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One game drops him 2-3 rounds in your eyes? It's hard to objectively evaluate him lower than a second-rounder.GoldenBear91 wrote: No thanks, it'd have to be in the 4th round or later for me to consider it.
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Name some LBs that wearnt run over by Bama this year. They are better then some NFL teams.GoldenBear91 wrote:Getting trucked by Alabama is a bigger problem than having fake online girlfriends that die. No thanks, it'd have to be in the 4th round or later for me to consider it.
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Yeah the guy is a top 10-top 5 pick and now suddenly after one game he's not? Let's hope he falls to us and we get another steal!
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http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... owing-hoax
See? SEE???? This guy is LOONEY. Please, stay away from him... I'm afraid he will start having an afair with Pippy Longstocking or something.While Manti Te'o huddles with family and advisers to figure out his next move, many are wondering if he continued to perpetuate the lie that his girlfriend had died after he found out that it was a hoax.
Multiple media outlets have found numerous instances of the Notre Dame linebacker talking about Lennay Kekua as if she had existed after Dec. 6, the date that he and the university say he found out that the girl he thought he was having a relationship with and who died of leukemia was made up.
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Aside from his dead girlfriend marketing gimmick, I wouldn't be upset if they picked him at 23 or in the second somehow. On merits, the guy had one bad game that everyone is pointing at...and the rest of the season was an awfully good linebacker.
And for those who call Te'o looney, I think it's not that way at all. I think the guy worked with his buddy to con a lot of journalists (who should only blame themselves for not fact-checking their source). If it weren't for Deadspin, too, he'd have gotten away with it. He took a marketing page from Tebow's book and built himself a story. The media loves those because it means they can write more words and trick their readers into connecting with their articles (instead of a stat-heavy boring article). I think the guy worked with his old buddy Tuiasosopo to create a realistic tragic love story as marketing fodder to improve his eventual draft position (and Heismann chances...it's tough for a defensive player). If he could improve his draft position even by a few spots, that's potentially millions of dollars in a future paycheck. People scam other people for hundreds of dollars all the time.
It says something very negative about his character, but I don't think the guy is crazy at all. I think he'll feign being "used" by some web fraud because he might convince enough talent evaluators that he's just a dumb football player who got taken advantage of and made up a story to cover for his vulnerability. And I also think that this "relatively" silly scandal won't mean that he'll try anything this stupid again. I think the guy has learned his lesson and will probably be pretty much a model citizen. What's he going to do, create yet another story that no one will believe in an attempt to get into the Pro Bowl and maybe get a huge free agency payout in 4 years? It's not like the guy has a history of being arrested for theft, vandalism, public displays of drunkenness, drugs, or any one of the myriad of things that other players in this draft have in their criminal history. Aside from his silly story, Te'o is Tebow-clean.
As for crazy, I don't buy it. But I don't know him. Ask Harrison Smith, I bet he knows Te'o pretty well.
I'd still much rather take Alec Ogletree, though. I think he has more upside. He's the type of linebacker that fits much better into Alan Williams's defense. I would actually consider Ogletree over some of the higher ranked receivers. He's a punt blocking machine who tips passes and uses his athleticism to just wreak havok on offenses. Those are skills that have a good shot of translating to the pro game. Ogletree also was suspended for stealing a scooter helmet. So you know, there's that.
And for those who call Te'o looney, I think it's not that way at all. I think the guy worked with his buddy to con a lot of journalists (who should only blame themselves for not fact-checking their source). If it weren't for Deadspin, too, he'd have gotten away with it. He took a marketing page from Tebow's book and built himself a story. The media loves those because it means they can write more words and trick their readers into connecting with their articles (instead of a stat-heavy boring article). I think the guy worked with his old buddy Tuiasosopo to create a realistic tragic love story as marketing fodder to improve his eventual draft position (and Heismann chances...it's tough for a defensive player). If he could improve his draft position even by a few spots, that's potentially millions of dollars in a future paycheck. People scam other people for hundreds of dollars all the time.
It says something very negative about his character, but I don't think the guy is crazy at all. I think he'll feign being "used" by some web fraud because he might convince enough talent evaluators that he's just a dumb football player who got taken advantage of and made up a story to cover for his vulnerability. And I also think that this "relatively" silly scandal won't mean that he'll try anything this stupid again. I think the guy has learned his lesson and will probably be pretty much a model citizen. What's he going to do, create yet another story that no one will believe in an attempt to get into the Pro Bowl and maybe get a huge free agency payout in 4 years? It's not like the guy has a history of being arrested for theft, vandalism, public displays of drunkenness, drugs, or any one of the myriad of things that other players in this draft have in their criminal history. Aside from his silly story, Te'o is Tebow-clean.
As for crazy, I don't buy it. But I don't know him. Ask Harrison Smith, I bet he knows Te'o pretty well.
I'd still much rather take Alec Ogletree, though. I think he has more upside. He's the type of linebacker that fits much better into Alan Williams's defense. I would actually consider Ogletree over some of the higher ranked receivers. He's a punt blocking machine who tips passes and uses his athleticism to just wreak havok on offenses. Those are skills that have a good shot of translating to the pro game. Ogletree also was suspended for stealing a scooter helmet. So you know, there's that.
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I think we all grossly underestimate what it's like being a 19 year old kid in today's world of social medi - texting, sexting, tweating, and all the rest of the disconnected relationships that these people somehow thrive on.
One thing I do know... He's going to have one HELL of a time as a rookie in training camp. I can't even imagine how much grief he's going to get over all of this.
One thing I do know... He's going to have one HELL of a time as a rookie in training camp. I can't even imagine how much grief he's going to get over all of this.
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Eli wrote:I think we all grossly underestimate what it's like being a 19 year old kid in today's world of social medi - texting, sexting, tweating, and all the rest of the disconnected relationships that these people somehow thrive on.
One thing I do know... He's going to have one HELL of a time as a rookie in training camp. I can't even imagine how much grief he's going to get over all of this.
You're probably right about that!
You also made an excellent point about what it's like to be a 19 year old today, especially a high profile 19 year old. It's a whole new world...