Lennay Kekua, A Hoax!

[BeauBenken]

Good catch. Still strongly doubt Wood was somehow "in" on it. Tuiasosopo allegedly has family members in the NFL. Top players from the islands are usually USC locks; wouldn't be surprised to learn he has ties to the Trojans.

Has had family members play for USC, yes.

 

[Redbar]

Doubt it. More likely, Woods is just a prick who's enjoying Te'o's embarrassment, and classlessly decided to congratulate the perpetrator on Twitter.

Hope you blow out a knee before the combine, Rob! Hugs and nibbles!

Whiskey, the Robert Woods tweet at iworship was from June 25, 2012. I'm not sure what that means but he isn't piling on after the fact. Maybe prior knowledge but I doubt it.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

This just got weirder.

Not really.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Re: Manti Te'o/Stanford letter — they were all allegedly written pre-death, read by siblings before games <a href="http://t.co/aqykH7gw" title="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1206588/index.htm">sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/…</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23NotreDame">#NotreDame</a></p>— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) <a href="https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/291794935492001792" data-datetime="2013-01-17T06:31:48+00:00">January 17, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[GreenSox04]

Good catch. Still strongly doubt Wood was somehow "in" on it. Tuiasosopo allegedly has family members in the NFL. Top players from the islands are usually USC locks; wouldn't be surprised to learn he has ties to the Trojans.

Marques Tuiasosopo, that awful quarterback. i knew i recognized that name.

 

[BeauBenken]

This just got weirder.

No it didn't. He said, in the interview, "I know this is kinda creepy..." Yes, she wrote the letter ahead of time.

 

[ARALOU]

SMH

 

[WakeUpEchoes]

No it didn't. He said, in the interview, "I know this is kinda creepy..." Yes, she wrote the letter ahead of time.

Yeah just saw Fortuna's tweet come back up.

I was scared for a second.

 

[NDPhilly]

https://twitter.com/jayRahz/status/288495738856558594

This is a big tweet.

Jayrahz:

I wonder if the real Lennay Kekua is watching the game.. Cause I know the fake one that didn't die is not watching over the Irish! #Ronaiah

Then that girl C.Tuitomariner responded

@jayRahz NO YOU DIDN'T @jayRahz !!!!! #IMDONE #Dead

 

[BeauBenken]

This is a big tweet.

Jayrahz:


Then that girl C.Tuitomariner responded

I was thinking the same things as you because of those hashtags, but they are denying it.

 

[GreenSox04]

https://twitter.com/JadeveonClowny

Is this Clownys real twitter? If so, he needs to be beaten.

interesting question, who would provide that beating...

 

[Kak7304]

https://twitter.com/JadeveonClowny

Is this Clownys real twitter? If so, he needs to be beaten.

No, I know he plays in the SEC, but I'm sure he can spell his last name "Clowney" correctly.

 

[We_Are_ND]

interesting question, who would provide that beating...

I quickly realized it was fake, carry on

 

[Kak7304]

https://twitter.com/JClowney7 is his real account.

 

[NDPhilly]

Tuitt vs Clowney would be quite the matchup.

 

[GreenSox04]

I quickly realized it was fake, carry on

good, i didnt wanna try and figure out who could beat up that mutant.

 

[We_Are_ND]

BTW, when people say #IMdone #Dead #Imsleeptho #Imsleep It means "nevermind" or "im done talking about it." Stupid I know, but that's what it means in her tweet.

 

[peoriairish]

FWIW, one of the authors of the original article isn't buying into ND's investigation of the hoax.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Not buying anything ND says about their "investigation," btw, and a close reading of the timeline of our investigation should explain why.</p>— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) <a href="https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/291791580451438592" data-datetime="2013-01-17T06:18:28+00:00">January 17, 2013</a></blockquote>

 

[Cali_domer]

 

[BeauBenken]

FWIW, one of the authors of the original article isn't buying into ND's investigation of the hoax.

Not buying anything ND says about their "investigation," btw, and a close reading of the timeline of our investigation should explain why.
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 17, 2013​

I don't see how. I'd love to see him explain.

 

[ND NYC]

now we know why jack didnt/couldnt take care of kellys deal between usc and ncg

 

[Kak7304]

AJ McCarron ‏@10AJMcCarron

I think we should give manti sum respect & don't judge bc we don't know what all is going on. It could be deeper than told. Praying for him!

Classy move by AJ.

 

[peoriairish]

I don't see how. I'd love to see him explain.

I agree. It also looks like they are putting out a supplement around noon tomorrow, 1/17 (not sure what time zone).

Classy move by AJ.

I saw this earlier as well and was very pleased. Well done by the mom kisser.

Yeah, I'm classy like that.

 

[Irishnuke]

I quickly realized it was fake, carry on

You could tell it was fake because he spelled things correctly and had coherent thoughts.

 

[clashmore_mike]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="217090099979100161"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/iworship">iworship</a> hahaha sick, what did you guys do today</p>— Robert Woods (@HeismanWoods) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeismanWoods/status/217094583383896065" data-datetime="2012-06-25T03:19:16+00:00">June 25, 2012</a></blockquote>
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from the deadspin "timeline" June is when the leukemia was "discovered" and the bone marrow transplant took place. Maybe Woods caught wind of that event?

 

[ND NYC]

just too bad there are no real well known, unbiased "just the facts" investigative journalists respected by all left in this world to really and truly identify and expose all the scumbags who perpetrated this and clearly explain it to "the masses".

 

[GATTACA!]

This is one of those stories that my kids are not going to believe one day.

 

[Irishnuke]

Anybody read this garbage yet?

@Jackie_Pepper: EXCLUSIVE: Manti Te’o Teammate: “He lied, but the media blew it up.” Pepper On Sports #notredame #fightingirish

 

[We_Are_ND]

OMG now people are saying that Manti was gay bc of this new twitter info. I think I am done for the night.

 

[irisheyes]

This has to be the biggest thing to happen in college football in a while

 

[North Buffalo Irish]

OMG now people are saying that Manti was gay bc of this new twitter info. I think I am done for the night.

49% of the internet is convinced he is gay, 50.99% think he created this for publicity. 0.01% think he's just a naive Mormon kid thousands of miles from home who got played in front of the entire country.

Time for bed, hopefully there will be something more concrete when I wake up.