January 17, 201313 yr Worst case scenario, Te'o was in on it from the beginning and is about as low of a form of scum there is. Best case scenario, Te'o is a person of zero character and integrity and lied his butt off for the past 3 years. Either way, he's a tool. I agree with PP92's theory.....He's gay, and was using the fake girlfriend as a beard.
January 17, 201313 yr Worst case scenario, Te'o was in on it from the beginning and is about as low of a form of scum there is. Best case scenario, Te'o is a person of zero character and integrity and lied his butt off for the past 3 years. Either way, he's a tool. I agree with PP92's theory.....He's gay, and was using the fake girlfriend as a beard. Wouldn't it be much easier to use a live person for a fake girlfriend? And if so, maybe not say she died? Makes no sense. Chalk another athlete up to wasting away millions of dollars. No sooner than signing an NFL contract, he'll pay an enormous amount for prime ocean front property on the moon.
January 17, 201313 yr 'You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time'
January 17, 201313 yr The only way I could even remotely still like this guy is if the scenario were like this: He met a girl online, saw pictures of her and thought she was hot, started communicating with her, then told his friends he actually met her so they don't think he's a giant weirdo for having an exclusive online girlfriend. But for the life of me, I simply cannot see the catfish scenario working. This is the 21st century. Wouldn't you consider facetiming/skyping/some form of video chating with your girlfriend? One way or another, Te'o is a complete moron. I'm questioning the integrity of Notre Dame for allowing idiots to obtain degrees. I could see this happening at a state school, where the people are only half as smart, but it shouldn't happen at Notre Dame.
January 17, 201313 yr The only way I could even remotely still like this guy is if the scenario were like this: He met a girl online, saw pictures of her and thought she was hot, started communicating with her, then told his friends he actually met her so they don't think he's a giant weirdo for having an exclusive online girlfriend. But for the life of me, I simply cannot see the catfish scenario working. This is the 21st century. Wouldn't you consider facetiming/skyping/some form of video chating with your girlfriend? One way or another, Te'o is a complete moron. I'm questioning the integrity of Notre Dame for allowing idiots to obtain degrees. I could see this happening at a state school, where the people are only half as smart, but it shouldn't happen at Notre Dame. Don't kid yourself, the only thing Notre Dame gives a damn about is football. They'd cover up anything (such as the sexual assualt of two girls and the death of one) to protect their "beloved" football team. Penn State isn't the only school that would cover up anything and everything for the good of their program.
January 17, 201313 yr With all this commotion, Lance Armstrong must feel like that the luckiest man in the world now that the spotlight has been pulled off him unlike earlier in the week :lol:.
January 17, 201313 yr I can't take full credit. Getslow mentioned it first and all I needed was one other person to think what I was thinking and then I ran with it. I keep waiting for Getslow to jump in here. I spent so much time reading about this yesterday I'm about done with it. It's the only reason I haven't been in on this. But... here I am. Worst case scenario, Te'o was in on it from the beginning and is about as low of a form of scum there is. Best case scenario, Te'o is a person of zero character and integrity and lied his butt off for the past 3 years. Either way, he's a tool. I agree with PP92's theory.....He's gay, and was using the fake girlfriend as a beard. If the truth comes out that he is gay and has been using this as a cover, then not only do I not blame him, then in truth all I'll have for him is pity and sympathy. I didn't think the Deadspin article was even subtle about this. I thought it did everything but come right out and say it but if the writers had reason to know that this is the case, then I absolutely applaud them for not saying it directly. No one deserves to be outed that way. But this is still speculation from all of us because we just don't know. In truth, maybe the reason I'm so ready to latch onto this is because it's more appealing to me than believing he made all this up just for publicity or because he's some sort of sociopath. The reasons he'd do it are perfectly clear. They guy is 1) a football player, 2) at Notre Dame, and 3) a Mormon. That's like the "stay in the closet as long as possible" trifecta. I think he had the made-up girlfriend as a cover but needed a reason no one ever saw her and as soon as you start expanding on the lie is when it begins to unravel. With that kind of scrutiny, there was no way he could keep it up. Again, this is pure speculation and maybe it's just me being optimistic and hoping he's not capable of a story this outrageous for nothing but publicity.
January 17, 201313 yr With all this commotion, Lance Armstrong must feel like that the luckiest man in the world now that the spotlight has been pulled off him unlike earlier in the week :lol:. His interview airs tonight. Te'o will be back page news tomorrow.
January 17, 201313 yr I spent so much time reading about this yesterday I'm about done with it. It's the only reason I haven't been in on this. But... here I am. If the truth comes out that he is gay and has been using this as a cover, then not only do I not blame him, then in truth all I'll have for him is pity and sympathy. I didn't think the Deadspin article was even subtle about this. I thought it did everything but come right out and say it but if the writers had reason to know that this is the case, then I absolutely applaud them for not saying it directly. No one deserves to be outed that way. But this is still speculation from all of us because we just don't know. In truth, maybe the reason I'm so ready to latch onto this is because it's more appealing to me than believing he made all this up just for publicity or because he's some sort of sociopath. The reasons he'd do it are perfectly clear. They guy is 1) a football player, 2) at Notre Dame, and 3) a Mormon. That's like the "stay in the closet as long as possible" trifecta. I think he had the made-up girlfriend as a cover but needed a reason no one ever saw her and as soon as you start expanding on the lie is when it begins to unravel. With that kind of scrutiny, there was no way he could keep it up. Again, this is pure speculation and maybe it's just me being optimistic and hoping he's not capable of a story this outrageous for nothing but publicity. I believe that if he comes out as gay, that it will cost him more money in the NFL draft then if he made this whole thing up.
January 17, 201313 yr His interview airs tonight. Te'o will be back page news tomorrow. No he won't. No one cares about Lance Armstrong.
January 17, 201313 yr With all this commotion, Lance Armstrong must feel like that the luckiest man in the world now that the spotlight has been pulled off him unlike earlier in the week :lol:. He loves attention though. He's probably mad. :lol:
January 17, 201313 yr That's like the "stay in the closet as long as possible" trifecta. Possibly the best sentence I've ever read on this site.
January 17, 201313 yr No he won't. No one cares about Lance Armstrong. More people do than you even know. Te'o is fodder for us, people who love sports. There are a lot of us, but many more fringe fans and housewives will be interested in the Lance Armstrong story because it reaches far past the sport of cycling. It is the man who founded the charity of yellow wristbands. His appeal reaches across more demographics.
January 17, 201313 yr Wouldn't it be much easier to use a live person for a fake girlfriend? And if so, maybe not say she died? Makes no sense. Chalk another athlete up to wasting away millions of dollars. No sooner than signing an NFL contract, he'll pay an enormous amount for prime ocean front property on the moon. No. A fake girlfriend can't get mad at you and blackmail you about your secret life and if she does you can just kill her.
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