NoSuch Dame LB Manti "Snugglebunny" Te'o (official imaginary thread)

[ScriptOhio]

Clint Eastwood hits on Manti Te'o's girlfriend

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Donations & awards would be legitimate avenues to pursue, in my IMO. Those are easily targeted and proven areas of benefit.

I think game results and polls are another matter, and I think the Domers have a long enough history of bias in the polls to question whether a sympathetic girlfriend tragedy shifted the polls very much.

jiwns, I'm not arguing poll results (although I think they definately got the benefit of the doubt this year). What I'm saying is that there is enough precedence to have the NCAA make ND vacate wins in which Te'o played via the ethics clause in their by-laws. It's clear ND had knowledge of this as early as Dec 26th, and quite possibly much earlier...not to mention the fact that Te'o may have concocted this whole charade.

Will it happen? Probably not. Nonetheless...

 

[Muck]

 

[jwinslow]

I'm finally starting to come around a little bit, but from the opposite direction. I don't believe the fake girlfriend helped them win any games, but now finding out that ESPN learned of the hoax and sat on it for 10 days has opened my eyes a bit.

Having that bombshell leak on Dec 26 (especially if they were home for the holidays) would have been an incredible distraction and certainly would have hampered their ability to focus and prepare for Alabama.


Then again, we saw what happened, so perhaps it didn't affect the outcome after all

 

[MaliBuckeye]

I'm finally starting to come around a little bit, but from the opposite direction. I don't believe the fake girlfriend helped them win any games, but now finding out that ESPN learned of the hoax and sat on it for 10 days has opened my eyes a bit.

Having that bombshell leak on Dec 26 (especially if they were home for the holidays) would have been an incredible distraction and certainly would have hampered their ability to focus and prepare for Alabama.


Then again, we saw what happened, so perhaps it didn't affect the outcome after all

Sure, but everyone knows that ESPN always waits to run stories and release information until AFTER the holidays and the BCS games.

I can't think of one instance where that wasn't true. Not a one.

 

[RB07OSU]

Sure, but everyone knows that ESPN always waits to run stories and release information until AFTER the holidays and the BCS games.

I can't think of one instance where that wasn't true. Not a one.

Literally what I was just about to post...anyone from ESPiN even want to try to say they aren't overtly pro-ND now? Hell, even pro-Oregon? I like both these teams but most college fans I know, even avid ones, have no idea that Oregon might be facing sanctions or why they are...yet they "know" every single detail of a couple tats because ESPiN just couldn't stop talking about it during the Sugar Bowl. I can't even recall the Lyles situation being brought up in the Oregon-KSU game.

On an unrelated note, check out this delusional article from the Irish site on Rivals. The author literally tries to make it out like TMZ has informed the world of their opinion on the Te'o situation. Get a clue man...we can read Te'o's own words, add in the chronology, and use common sense to realize that both Te'o and your AD are completely full of [Mark May].

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

And this is why we should all salute the poor bastard. He's managed to totally derail the "return to glory and wake up the echoes" narrative surrounding No Dame and in a matter of 48 hours turn that narrative into a mocking punchline. This is why I don't think No Dame was ever going to go public with the info. It's been three weeks. The NC game was ten days prior. When, domers? Were they holding onto it so as not to ruin anyone's Valentine's Day? Easter? The notion that that university of all places was going to proactively go public with something not only embarrassing but that but making a total mockery of their dream season is ridiculous.

Clearly No Dame was going to give up self-respect for Lent and Deadspin forced their hand, making them do it a month early.

 

[Oh8ch]

Wait, so you're telling me a Catholic institution would willfully cover something up that would be harmful to its image? I challenge to you name nary even one...hundred instances of that occurring!

It's not like he raped his imaginary GF. I am sure No Dame would be all over that one. (They would have spies in scissor lifts looking for FACTS and EVIDENTS.)


Just wondering if late at night when the lights are out Manti isn't thinking about his imaginary BF. It would explain a lot.

 

[sears3820]

In Te'o's defense, some of the best sex I've ever had has been with imaginary girlfriends.

 

[BuckJr]

"At least mine are real Te'o"

 

[AKAK]

someone shop this, please... TIA.

 

[Abenaki]

"At least mine are real Te'o"

I'll take the fake every day of the week...

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

What Did He Know and When Did He Know It?

Senator Howard Baker's famous question

 

[Dryden]

The all Te'o mailbag.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8856794/the-all-teo-mailbag

Was it really "BREAKING NEWS" that Manti's girlfriend didn't exist? Shouldn't we tweak that to something a little different, like "BREAKING WTF: MANTI TE'O'S GIRLFRIEND DID NOT EXIST"?

ESPN needs more "breaking WTF?!"

 

[MaliBuckeye]

Literally what I was just about to post...anyone from ESPiN even want to try to say they aren't overtly pro-ND now? Hell, even pro-Oregon? I like both these teams but most college fans I know, even avid ones, have no idea that Oregon might be facing sanctions or why they are...yet they "know" every single detail of a couple tats because ESPiN just couldn't stop talking about it during the Sugar Bowl. I can't even recall the Lyles situation being brought up in the Oregon-KSU game.

See, I think they're "pro-huge sacks of money". Bashing the program with the largest fanbase in the nation turns the dial. Not talking about something that will end up undermining the NCG that they are broadcasting is a smart money move.