I am an unabashed Class of 1994 homer. For us, our senior season came out of nowhere. The Golden Boy 2.0 felled by injury. Untried and untested Kevin McDougal ('94) stepping under center and into the limelight. A daunting schedule. If it weren't for an unimaginable loss to Boston College, we, too, would have been undefeated. To compare Kevin McDougal to Everett Golson is perhaps too facile and superficial, but here goes: mobile quarterbacks from the South, consistently good enough in their ...
Manti Te'o Hoax
The Te’o Hoax: A Timeline, What We Know, What We Don’t Know
The past few days have been an absolute whirlwind. With all the reports of the Te'o hoax, including Te'o speaking himself, I felt it was needed to create a clear timeline of all events reported. I also wanted to take a step back and summarize what we do and don't know at this point in time. So without further ado, below is a timeline of all the events that I have been able to record (and most importantly, source) in order to help keep everything straight. Each event has a link associated with ...
Friday Roundup: The “Yes, Even More Te’o Hoax News” Edition
I'm not staying up nearly as late as I did last night/this morning when I compiled yesterday's post on all the news that came out in regards to the Manti Te'o hoax. More news has come out and this story has yet again taken even more crazy twists and turns. This will likely continue until Manti speaks and tells his side of the story, but until then, the speculation and craziness will remain. But hey, the Roundup must go on right? Let's get to the latest developments in this circus. The ...
Hook, Line, and Sinker — Manti Te’o Reeled into Hoax
It was the best story of the 2012 college football season. It was a story that propelled Manti Te'o into legendary status. It helped make the Notre Dame 2012 football season seem as if it was one of destiny. It was all a lie. Manti Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, was nothing more than a "catfish", and the Deadspin story turned every Notre Dame fan's world upside-down. Speculation ran rampant across the internet. Was Te'o involved in the hoax? Did Te'o create the hoax himself? Or was Te'o ...