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If he in fact turns out to be homosexual, I have a feeling the new pop-culture Internet term 'Kekua" is going to be he new term for a "beard."

Like, oh that's just his Kekua...

And as an aside, IF it is true that he is gay, its really sad that he felt that either his family, his religion, his team, or some combination of the three would not approve or would view him as less of a person.

HAHAHAHAHA

Notre Dame sent someone to videotape an interview with a guy who set up a fundraising site in honor of Te'o and Lennay, and this was after the NC game.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8854472/teammate-manti-teo-says-player-played-girlfriend-angle

But, but, but, Swarbrick said ND knew about the hoax on Dec. 26.

Yeah, besides the shitty fact-checking by Thamel due to time constraints, the story is just so unbelievable.

Yes, how many 22 year olds take over in an executive position in a construction company after her 50+ year old father died, all the while, flying to New Zealand to work with kids.

I wonder if his career expectancy should now be measured in hours.

Oh my. This will not end well. There is just no way it does.

Per former VP of player personnel for Dallas Cowboys Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt):

"Manti scheduled to talk to media on Feb. 23 at #nflcombine. He's not required to be there. If he shows, will top huge crowd Cam (Newton) drew in 2011."

I knew Swarbrick was lying. He said Te'o might speak "Thursday." Feb. 23 is a Saturday.

Matt Hayes ‏@Matt_HayesSN

Alema Te'o, uncle of #Manti, explains what he believes happened. Another strange twist: http://bit.ly/WLEZEe

So this guy blatantly lies to you and you do nothing?

The Te'o family can't be this stupid.

As more people come forward to talk about how Te'o was duped, more reports come out listing the times Te'o kept the story alive despite being alerted it was a hoax.

It's such a tragedy, a tragedy I tell you, that the single most trusting human being can't answer questions and has to rely on his "adviser' to tell us that Te'o is most upset that his family members are victims suffering from the hoax.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8856519/manti-teo-talked-girlfriend-knowing-hoax

Emmert has it all wrong when he says, "[I]t's hard to tell where the facts lie at this point."

No, no, no, no, no, Mr. NCAA president. The facts don't lie. Te'o and Swarbrick do.

After ND knew about the hoax and still sent someone to videotape the sad fan about his fundraiser in honor of Te'o and Kekua, and posted the video on the ND youtube site the day before the Deadspin story came out.

The best way for Swarbrick to give ND a way out is to say, "Man, I totally screwed this up by not insisting the story be refuted immediately upon learning of the hoax. My bad. I resign. Please don't hold my mistakes against the school or its ruling body, since I did not report this matter to them."

Edit: It's interesting that a lawyer would use the term "compelling evidence' in connection with a matter of reputation.

There are three levels of burdens of proof in trials:

1) preponderance of the evidence (i.e. 50.00001%);
2) clear and convincing (a standard for determining such things as whether punitive damages are warranted or [i] whether actual malice has been shown in a defamation action brought by a public figure or against someone reporting on a subject of public concern; and
3) beyond a reasonable doubt (the burden on the state to prove a crime).

Swarbrick very much wants this out of the ordinary civil standard of preponderance of the evidence. He wants us to believe in the innocence of Te'o and himself unless the evidence against Te'o is compelling.

Well, him repeating the story several times after he knew it was false is pretty compelling, Jack, you lying, deceitful asshole.

This guy has the right attitude, calling it what it is -- at least three weeks of failure to disclose fraud by Notre Dame. Maybe most of us weren't damaged by it, but that doesn't change the fact that Swarbrick was a part of an agreement to remain silent about a huge lie that had been foisted on the public.

http://brewonsouthu.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/nds-ad-swarbrick-duped-the-press-for-three-weeks/

Question for the next 24 hours--is Jeremy Schaap just a complete suck up or what?

He took an interview of Te'o without cameras. "When (people) hear the facts, they'll know," Te'o said. "They'll know that there is no way that I could be part of this."

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8859077/manti-teo-notre-dame-fighting-irish-denies-being-part-hoax-late-girlfriend

In the article referring to the interview, there is no indication that Schaap confronted Te'o with questions about why he persisted in the story after December 6. If Schaap failed to ask Te'o any questions about why he persisted with the story, then no one should ever bother to read his tripe again.