se-alum;1367623 wrote:So, were any questions asked at the presser?

none.

karen lotz;1367626 wrote:none.

Shocking.

Perhaps Swarbrick is the mystery man in Manti's life.

se-alum;1367628 wrote:Shocking.

Perhaps Swarbrick is the mystery man in Manti's life.

I'm joking. He answered questions for half an hour, it just ended. I thought you were watching?

se-alum;1367622 wrote:It's fathomable....to ND fans that want it to be.

So that situation I described could never happen to anyone ever? Just me being delusional?

Good to know...

http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2012-10-12/sports/34419536_1_brian-and-ottilia-manti-te-o-irish-head-coach

"They started out as just friends," Brian Te'o said. "Every once in a while, she would travel to Hawaii, and that happened to be the time Manti was home, so he would meet with her there. But within the last year, they became a couple. And we came to the realization that she could be our daughter-in-law. Sadly, it won't happen now."

Quoting his father. A direct quote. But of course, they never met...

sherm03;1367630 wrote:So that situation I described could never happen to anyone ever? Just me being delusional?

Good to know...

Did he make a comment about meeting her after a game a few years back?

karen lotz;1367629 wrote:I'm joking. He answered questions for half an hour, it just ended. I thought you were watching?

I watched for a couple minutes while he talked about how great a person T'eo was.

sherm03;1367618 wrote:And I proposed...maybe he lied about being in her presence because people were asking questions and giving him shit about having a cyber girlfriend...so he lied that he has actually met her to save face with friends, teammates, etc.

Still not sure how that isn't fathomable...

What about his family lying for him as well? Fucked up

KR1245;1367634 wrote:Did he make a comment about meeting her after a game a few years back?

They were suppose to meet her on senior day this year is what I read

He said they have met
His father says they have met
Now he's claiming that he was duped?

This doesnt add up

sherm03;1367630 wrote:So that situation I described could never happen to anyone ever? Just me being delusional?

Good to know...

About as fathomable as never wanting to meet the dying love of your life.

Can anyone confirm or not if Te'o was still talking about his "girlfriend" after the 26th?

Crimson streak;1367639 wrote:They were suppose to meet her on senior day this year is what I read

His family was supposed to meet her then. The South Bend Tribune wrote specifically about Manti and her meeting after the Stanford game, and in Hawaii, per Brian Te'o.

The thing I feel like he was completely naive was the fact about his grandmother dying. Why would he make his fake gf die 6 hours later. I would think that would be the last thing on his mind. Who knows its a fucked up situation I really don't know what to believe

I'm trying to come up with any scenario that would make this situation one of the most important stories in history.

Mulva;1367647 wrote:I'm trying to come up with any scenario that would make this situation one of the most important stories in history.

lol

@TheeDosEquisGuy: He met Manti Teo'o's girlfriend.

Mulva;1367647 wrote:I'm trying to come up with any scenario that would make this situation one of the most important stories in history.

If it caused him to come out of the closet. Closest we have to an openly gay NFL player is Michael Strahan

KR1245;1367634 wrote:Did he make a comment about meeting her after a game a few years back?

Yes...which would fall into the "lying about it just being an online relationship to keep from getting shit" part that I proposed.

Pick6;1367638 wrote:What about his family lying for him as well? Fucked up

Maybe he lied to his family and said he was meeting her. Again...it's possible.

se-alum;1367641 wrote:About as fathomable as never wanting to meet the dying love of your life.

Swarbrick said he tried to arrange meetings and she wouldn't show.


Look, I'm not trying to say that he had no part in this. And I will admit that I want him to just be a gullible douche in this whole situation for the reasons that Ewok mentioned above (every "good guy" in sports turns out to be a fraud and I don't want Many I to be one of those guys). But I have said that he was involved in perpetuating the story...then he's a complete piece of shit.

I'm just trying to say that there is the possibility that he's just a chump...but people want to act like there is no way that could be the case.

sherm03;1367653 wrote:
Maybe he lied to his family and said he was meeting her. Again...it's possible

Come on man..His father said he met her in Hawaii.

sherm03;1367653 wrote:Yes...which would fall into the "lying about it just being an online relationship to keep from getting ****" part that I proposed.



Maybe he lied to his family and said he was meeting her. Again...it's possible.



Swarbrick said he tried to arrange meetings and she wouldn't show.


Look, I'm not trying to say that he had no part in this. And I will admit that I want him to just be a gullible douche in this whole situation for the reasons that Ewok mentioned above (every "good guy" in sports turns out to be a fraud and I don't want Many I to be one of those guys). But I have said that he was involved in perpetuating the story...then he's a complete piece of ****.

I'm just trying to say that there is the possibility that he's just a chump...but people want to act like there is no way that could be the case.

Why would a school try to arrange for a girl nobody's met, to come to campus. That seems very unbelievable.

Pick6;1367657 wrote:Come on man..His father said he met her in Hawaii.

His father said that Manti met her in Hawaii. Too far of a stretch to think that Manti said, "I'm going to meet my girlfriend, dad" and then left the house?

sherm03;1367660 wrote:His father said that Manti met her in Hawaii. Too far of a stretch to think that Manti said, "I'm going to meet my girlfriend, dad" and then left the house?

If you had bet a large sum of money, what would you put it on...

Te'o actually being duped, catfish'd whatever? Or him bullshitting everyone?

Midstate01;1367659 wrote:Why would a school try to arrange for a girl nobody's met, to come to campus. That seems very unbelievable.

Sorry for the vague use of "he." "He" in that sentence refers to Te'o. Nobody is implying that the University tried to arrange any meetings.

sherm03;1367653 wrote:Yes...which would fall into the "lying about it just being an online relationship to keep from getting shit" part that I proposed.



Maybe he lied to his family and said he was meeting her. Again...it's possible.



Swarbrick said he tried to arrange meetings and she wouldn't show.


Look, I'm not trying to say that he had no part in this. And I will admit that I want him to just be a gullible douche in this whole situation for the reasons that Ewok mentioned above (every "good guy" in sports turns out to be a fraud and I don't want Many I to be one of those guys). But I have said that he was involved in perpetuating the story...then he's a complete piece of shit.

I'm just trying to say that there is the possibility that he's just a chump...but people want to act like there is no way that could be the case.

So you continue to love this person that won't meet you? If your girlfriend blows you off, probably not really your girlfriend, and Te'o is smart enough to know that.