Amazing. This incredible developing story about Notre Dame star linebacker Mant’i Te’o is insanely amazing.
Real football player Te’o possibly thinking about his not-so-real girlfriend. Photo courtesy of the Newswhip website.
The bizarre story is literally available via every conceivable media outlet and I think I’ve checked every single one; I just can’t get enough of it. The story was broken here and there’s a good follow-up here.
I’m obsessed with it. I couldn’t stop listening to sports radio and checking the twitter feeds last night, laughing out loud while trying to make sense of the absurdity. And I’m still doing it today. I feel like I’m watching an episode of the “X-Files.” The truth is out there. I think. Who the hell really knows? I’m not sure of anything anymore.
One of the more interesting angles of this story — for me — is the failure of the media and the journalists to do one of the first lessons taught in journalism school: verify and confirm. But then again, if the media had properly done its job, I wouldn’t have this absurdly entertaining story to enjoy so much.
New/old Mariner Mike Morse probably thinking about Te’o’s imaginary girlfriend. Photo courtesy of Curly W website.
In other sports news I care about, the Mariners brought back former M’s farmhand Mike Morse in a trade that isn’t being well received by Mariner baseball geeks, and the Seahawks lost defensive coordinator Gus Bradley to the Jacksonville Jaguars, who will now become a head coach.
Gus Bradley (on right) laughing at the absurdity of the Te’o girlfriend story. Photo courtesy of the British Eagles website.
This is all big news, but it’s nothing compared to this Te’o craziness. If Te’o, completely humiliated, drops out of the NFL draft and is thinking about a new career, maybe he should consider being a writer. I know I’d want Te’o in my writer’s group. I bet he’d come up with some incredible stories.