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BlueStreak

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7. Today's articles are starting to openly state the obvious

Reply to BlueStreak (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 09:45 AM

Jan 2013

that this was a hoax in which Te'o was a major architect and actor.

Balloon Boy in cleats.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/01/the-mythmaking-of-manti-teo.html

And now two other attention whores want to get in on the action: Reagan Mauia, an Cardinals fullback nobody ever heard of, and Troy Polamalu, the Steelers player that nobody talks about anymore since he's been injured and has most of his good days behind him.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/sport/manti-teo-controversy/?hpt=hp_c1

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/16/teo-deadspin-story-eight-crazy-things/1840729/

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The biggest liar in sports this week is not Lance Armstrong. Check out Manti Te'o [View all] BlueStreak Jan 2013 OP

Sounds like Te'o was the victim. Scuba Jan 2013 #1

That's how Notre Dame is playing it out. Read my second link. BlueStreak Jan 2013 #2

Your NUTS... ELI BOY 1950 Jan 2013 #3

It is blowing out into the open now BlueStreak Jan 2013 #4

AN appeal to Manti to stop being stupid. Come clean. BlueStreak Jan 2013 #5

And here's the NYT article. The comments are a lot more insightful BlueStreak Jan 2013 #6

Today's articles are starting to openly state the obvious BlueStreak Jan 2013 #7

This actually explains a lot pipi_k Jan 2013 #8

Some sports writers out there are spewing on about how this will affect his NFL draft position BlueStreak Jan 2013 #9

NFL teams do scores on everything. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #12

And really, the NFL scout has to decide between only 3 possibilities BlueStreak Jan 2013 #13

USA Today lays out the impossibilities in the Notre Dame story BlueStreak Jan 2013 #10

NBC asks 9 simple questions Te'o and Notre Dame could easily clear up BlueStreak Jan 2013 #11

lol Go Vols Jan 2013 #14

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