Tag: Manti Teo

As if the Manti story couldn’t get any worse – it just did. Manti’s girlfriend is actually Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the originator of the hoax who is—-actually a guy impersonating Lennay Kekua.

Te’o spent hours on the phone with Ronaiah – there never was a girl involved. What makes this more bizarre is that others talked to her/him including Robby Toma and Manti’s Mormon Bishop. Apparently they also thought he/she was a girl.

This is so weird that no one could really understand how this fraud could possibly continue for so long,

It’s bad enough that Manti got scammed but that he spent hours and hours talking to a guy and not a girl. All of this is just laughing stock and will follow Manti forever – you just have to feel sorry for this guy. The name he was so proud of is now just a joke.

Nothing else to say here – just weird and really sad.

ESPN’s Jeremy Schapp had a lengthy interview with Manti and seems convinced that Manti not part of the wild dead girlfriend scheme. Here is the interview:

There are articles all over the place slicing and dicing. Easy enough for you to find on your own. Manti has lived his whole life in a protective bubble and I, for one, believe he was perfect for this scam.

There is some female out there who is real and who did indeed talk to him continually – let the detectives out there find her get a picture, name and publish it and force her to give a statement.

In Today’s New York Post – an article and picture of a real and according to her Manti’s current girlfriend identified as Alexandra Del Pilar a student at St. Mary’s College, the sister school of Notre Dame.

Click Here For Full Article. Is this true? How the hell do I know. I’m finished with all of this and just wish Manti the best – he was a great great player and poster boy for the University.

Here are some of the pictures and video that have been created by the Manti Te’o crisis:

Anyone out there with more clever inputs please send them along.

This first one is provided by one of our avid readers—-Paul:

Here is an in depth video of the situation:

More Pictures:

Well the dam broke and all hell let loose on Manti Te’o and his imaginary dead girlfriend who just happened to call him last December – sorta just to say hello and by the way I’m not dead. Seems everyone’s All American Boy and Notre Dame Football Captain was the victim of a really cruel hoax that lasted a long time.

On my side bar check out Her Loyal Sons, NBC Sports and One Foot Down for more in depth analysis.

All of this is very, very odd. Everyone with a girlfriend has a picture of her usually displayed right on the student desk or bureau – I think or maybe in one’s wallet which guys usually flash around. How can you go to college with coeds for 4 years and not at least date one girl – well maybe he did. I don’t want to dig into Manti’s personal life but here’s a guy larger than life who every kid into sports knows about.

After the call from his dead girlfriend Manti calls the ND administration who immediately hire a private investigator who uncovers the scam and the chuckles they got out of the continuing fraud. Why would anyone do this and how can anyone be so naive. Maybe Manti has always lived an insulated existence even at Notre Dame. I’m sure Robby Toma his best friend could shed further light on this.

What’s interesting is Manti would ask the Stanford football players if they knew her. Also a Pro Player for the Arizona Cardinals – Reagan Mauia says he does knows her.

Anyhow the damage done. Manti should come really, really clean and the Private Investigation notes and summary should be released immediately.

Too bad – a really nice person and personal story destroyed and only a nightmare remains.

At the Home Depot Football Awards Show Manti’s take:

• Bednarik Award – Top Defensive Player
• Walter Camp Award – Player Of The Year
• Maxwell Award – Player Of The Year

That makes a total of 6 awards – record setting for a defensive player. God, we will miss this kid.

On another note and as expected OLB Danny Mattingly decommited from the Irish – how the hell does that make sense with ND the #1 team in the country.

Wavering RB Jamel James – he has never even visited the school. I count him as out.

So that brings total down to 20 and some maneuvering room for Kelly to add to this years haul.

After cinching the Butkus and Nagurski awards Te’o wins The Lombardi Award for Top Collegiate Lineman, as well as CBS SPORTS Defensive Player Of The Year.

Next up:

1. Maxwell Award–Player Of The Year Award.
2. Chuck Bednarik Award–Best Defensive Player.
3. Heisman
4. Lott Impact Award.

Tons of hardware coming to ND this year.

Everyone in the US knows who Te’o is and that he plays for Notre Dame–how good does it get.

Finally, we really need Bob Diaco for the BIG game–if he gets a HC job let it be after this game.

Manti starts this week winning The Butkus Award, The Bronko Nagurski Award and Named a finalist for trip to NY for The Heisman Award. Next up The Bednarik Award?

Notre Dame 2013 commit Jaylon Smith wins the High School Butkus Award. Manti won this in 2008–first ever.

For a look at Butkus and Bednarik scroll down–clips of each.

Other News;

ND Bowl Game Practice Schedule:

• DEC. 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30 & 31
• Jan. 3, 4 & 5
• Fly to Florida Jan. 2

Bob Diaco – reports in that he interviewed for Boston College job .

Biggest screw job – Georgia left out of BCS game.

BCS Games:

• Championship – #1 ND vs. #2 Alabama
• Sugar – #3 Florida vs. #21 Louisville?
• Fiesta – #4 Oregon vs. #5 Kansas State – must see game.
• Orange – #12 Florida State vs. #15 Northern Illinois – gotta be a joke.
• Rose – #6 Stanford vs. unranked Wisconsin

Who the hell is in charge of these selections?

Manti Te’o is getting praise all over the place, and it is well deserved–an inconceivable blend of Catholic vs. Mormon faiths in the most Catholic university in the US. Up for Heisman? Far reach for a defensive player–only Leon Hart won a H at ND but he played both ways–just as good on offensive as defense.

So how does this all end up–capsulized it’s the USC game, this Senior Day might help but it’s USC that will determine Te’o’s ultimate quest at ND. He has to be so dominate that voters can’t dismiss him–Manti vs. Barkley is the ticket, not only for ND but for Manti individually.

It was a close call for ND to sign Manti but outside of his vision we have to give kudos to Brian Polian and the big man Charlie.

If ND can win big time the next 2 games it will let the sails out of the detractors and if ND ends up in the big game and is successful it will cement this kid into all time ND football lore–if they lose, he will be just, a footprint in the college scene.

Let’s hope for a ND sweep all the way for this kid is really special in all ways.

After playing the best game of his career against Michigan, Manti for the 2nd week in a row was named The Ronnie Lott Impact Player Of The Week which propelled him to the SI Cover. Now this could be good or bad–a lot of jinxes associated with being Cover Boy. Let’s hope Manti slides by this downside.

He certainly deserves these accolades and boy does he represent ND in a positive light. Now there is also some Heisman talk–c’mon ND publicity dept start the promotion.

Next Manti was named The Chuck Bednarik National Defensive Player Of The Week. Great honor– for Bednarik was an All American at the University of Pennsylvania and an All Pro with the Phila. Eagles.

Here’s short video of Chuck Bednarik for the youngsters out there.

Manti going full out should easily win the Butkus Award, perhaps just before the Heisman.

Also for the youngsters here’s a short video on Dick Butkus All American at Illinois and All Pro with the Chicago Bears. Butkus from Chicago really wanted to go to ND but at the time ND frowned on married players–so off to Illinois. Enjoy the video.