Manti Te'o

[slick1ru2]

http://m.deadspin.com/5977416/notre-dames-lennay-kekua-investigation-basically-consisted-of-a-few-guys-using-google-and-nexis

Again, deadspin with some good analysis.

No one has verified these phone calls Manti claims. And Notre Dame just sat on this until deadspin exposed it. I just don't get how with reports like this Manti says he wasn't convinced she never existed until the deadspin article. He's really playing up the dumb card.

He turned over his phone records to the committee at Notre Dame that is investigating this mess.

[NCBull]

http://m.deadspin.com/5977416/notre-dames-lennay-kekua-investigation-basically-consisted-of-a-few-guys-using-google-and-nexis

Again, deadspin with some good analysis.

No one has verified these phone calls Manti claims. And Notre Dame just sat on this until deadspin exposed it. I just don't get how with reports like this Manti says he wasn't convinced she never existed until the deadspin article. He's really playing up the dumb card.

He turned over his phone records to the committee at Notre Dame that is investigating this mess.

 

Alright, I'll bite...link?

[Gismo]

http://m.deadspin.com/5977416/notre-dames-lennay-kekua-investigation-basically-consisted-of-a-few-guys-using-google-and-nexis

Again, deadspin with some good analysis.

No one has verified these phone calls Manti claims. And Notre Dame just sat on this until deadspin exposed it. I just don't get how with reports like this Manti says he wasn't convinced she never existed until the deadspin article. He's really playing up the dumb card.

He turned over his phone records to the committee at Notre Dame that is investigating this mess.

The article in the link says the exact opposite. It says that Manti wasn't even interviewed and that phone records were not reviewed.

Edited January 20, 2013 by Gismo

[slick1ru2]

So now that 6 different people came forward, duped by the same guy...

[charsibb]

So now that 6 different people came forward, duped by the same guy...

 

... all paid by ND to make Teo look less bad...

[Who'sYourData?]

So now that 6 different people came forward, duped by the same guy...

 

... all paid by ND to make Teo look less bad...

 

What I find interesting is the process ND used to pick random people out of society to pay off to come forward with this story.  How do you pick people at random to pay off?

 

Oh, and how do you get them to post tweets a month ago?  ND was paying people before ND knew there was a problem!  Divine intervention?

[charsibb]

So now that 6 different people came forward, duped by the same guy...

 

... all paid by ND to make Teo look less bad...

 

What I find interesting is the process ND used to pick random people out of society to pay off to come forward with this story.  How do you pick people at random to pay off?

 

Oh, and how do you get them to post tweets a month ago?  ND was paying people before ND knew there was a problem!  Divine intervention?

 

 

Well duh!

 

[EduBull]

In preparation for what will hopefully be a knee-slapping laugh riot when the Katie Couric / Manti Te'o mutual appreciation society meets tomorrow, here's an interesting look back at some of Notre Dame's previous media hoaxes.

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-23/manti-te-o-joins-notre-dame-s-long-tradition-of-hooey.html

[charsibb]

Really should change the official name of the school to Notre Shame, LOL

[EduBull]

So we didn't learn much in the way of specifics today, other than Manti refuses to provide a coherent rationale for the most basic questions.  He claims he didn't lie while admitting he did.  He claims to have been deeply "committed" to Lennay Kekua yet for no particular reason never visited her in the hospital or anywhere else during the three years of this deep commitment.  

 

Clearly, we are not dealing with a rocket scientist here. I hope no one seriously believes the Notre Dame nonsense about inflexible academic standards for football players.  This guy cannot possibly have an IQ over 85. His family didn't help matters.  

 

I'm leaning toward thinking that Manti is a gifted athlete with a below-normal intelligence who was churned up and spit out by Notre Dame and the sports media.  Even if they wanted to maintain the facade of high admissions standards for athletes, they should have at least assigned some sort of guardian to keep a close eye on Manti, and kept a closer reign on his press interviews.  They had to have known Manti would be an easy target.