Manti Te'o had an Imaginary Girlfriend

It seems that there is an unusual story coming out today in College Football.

Manti Te'o, a linebacker for Notre Dame, had a girlfriend that he had developed relations with over the Internet. She would end up dying of Leukemia in September and when Manti Te'o found this out, it was just six hours after learning that his grandmother had just died. The story would garner national attention and help build up the interest around Notre Dame and Te'o as a leader of the team. He would go on to finish 2nd in the Heisman voting.

Now imagine that the girlfriend part of that whole story wasn't true.

Accoridng to Deadspin.com, the supposed girlfriend of Manti Te'o named Lennay Kekua never existed. The whole romantic story between them was nothing more than a hoax started by a friend named Ronaiah Tuiasosopo. It seems that it was nothing more than a fake twitter account using another woman's picture. The mystery woman noticed her image being used in place of Lennay Kekua and eventually told Deadspin.com about it and of Tuiasosopo who was a classmate of her's back in high school.

While Manti Te'o has said he was the victim of a hoax, a friend of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo told Deadspin.com that he was "80 percent sure" that Te'o was "in on it" and it was for publicity. Notre Dame is currently conducting an investigation around the matter.

Look Manti, we've all made up a girlfriend from time to time but you don't kill her off. You say you broke up with her, she moved away, that you had a chance at hooking up with the homecoming queen and she found out.

In all seriousness (or at least all I can muster), how does something like this slip through the cracks? What else isn't true in the sports world? Is Tom Brady's wife Giselle really a model? Did Kaepernick really write a letter to himself in the 4th grade? Was Colin even under 6 feet tall? Can Drew Brees' kid really kick a football through an entire neighborhood?

Whatever the truth is, it's out there... along with the true identity of Manti's fake dead girlfriend.

P.S. It was either this guy or Johnny "Beer Pong." Great Heisman choices last year.

Alabama Overpowers Notre Dame for the Title

Looks like the Fighting Irish got KO'd before they even threw a punch.

Last night was the illegitimate BCS National Title Game between Notre Dame and Alabama. The Notre Dame haters had been calling the Fighting Irish overrated and not worthy of a title shot and just looking at last night's game makes it harder than ever to shut those guys up. It wasn't anywhere near being a close game. Notre Dame scored their first TD in the 3rd quarter after 5 TD's from Alabama.

Everything was working for Alabama. AJ McCarron threw for 264 yards and 4 TDs, the ground game ran for 265 yards and and 2 TDs, and Alabama had 227 more total yards than Notre Dame (529 to 302). Meanwhile, Notre Dame struggled, especially on the ground game getting only 32 rushing yards on 19 attempts.

Alabama cruises to a victory 42-14 winning their 3rd BCS title and 2nd in a row. It is the 7th straight national title for a SEC team. It is also Nick Saban's 4th national title.

Where the hell is Johnny "Football" when you need it? There is no doubt that Alabama and Nick Saban are in some kind of dynasty right now. You might as well just stop watching college football until Nick Saban is done at Alabama. I have for a while now (that mixed in with a few other reasons).

Still, congratulations to the Crimson Tide on winning another national title.... and also on next year's title and the next one and the next one...

P.S. As you noticed, didn't even bother with any of the other bowl games. I was tempted to skip this one as they all seem meaningless. This one just had more people shouting for no reason.

Johnny Football Wins Heisman. No Cash?

Whoever of the two real finalists for the Heisman, history was going to be made. If Manti Te'o had won the award, he would've been the first pure defensive player to win it. But this is the Heisman which means QB's and RB's only.

With that in mind, Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M wins the Heisman award. "Johnny Football" received 474 first place votes and got 2,029 points from the voters. Manti Te'o of Notre Dame finished with 321 first place votes and 1,706 points from the voters. Johnny Manziel becomes the first freshman to win the award but is the 2nd youngest to win it behind Mark Ingram. Manziel threw for 3419 yards and 24 TDs this season while also running for 1181 yards and 19 TDs. Manziel caught the attention of the country when Texas A&M gave Alabama their only blemish of the season.

First, congrats to Johnny Manziel on winning the Heisman. It's quite an award for the exploited young adult... I mean "student athlete"... to get in lieu of cash, gifts, or even the right to sign with sponsors. I would've liked to see Manti Te'o win the award mainly for the defensive element but in no way did Manziel do any less to not win the award. He certainly earned it... along with cash, gifts, or simply the right sell football memorabilia of his if he wanted to.

With the Heisman handed out, bowl season is just around the corner for all those "student athletes." At least they will get some gifts then.

P.S. Not watching one snap of bowl season, including the illegitimate national title game.

Irish Beat USC and Finish Season 12-0

Looks like the Irish are on the way to their first BCS National Title game. Pity they won't win it.

Notre Dame had one final test before guaranteeing their shot at Illegitimate history and that was to beat their rival USC. The Trojans have had a disappointing season and beating Notre Dame would've made up for a little of that. USC, however, and had to send out Max Wittek, a Freshman QB, instead of injured Matt Barkley and had to hire Lane Kiffin instead of a decent head coach. Wittek didn't do well and USC didn't get the lead. Wittek threw two picks as the Irish win it 22-13. Notre Dame's Theo Reddick scored their only TD but it worked as they managed to get 5 FGs along with it.

So Notre Dame finish the season 12-0 and as the #1 team in the country. Meanwhile, their opponent looks too tough as they likely have to play Alabama or Georgia depending on who wins the SEC title game (an actual legit title game). Still enjoy the moment Notre Dame fans. It's a big one and anything can happen in the BCS ti... sorry, I couldn't finish that joke of a sentence.

Both #1 and #2 Go Down, Irish Now the Top Team?

Just when we thought that the SEC would be out of the National title hunt this year, they are right back in shotgun with Notre Dame in the driver's seat.

This wild weekend among the top 4 teams has taken a very sharp left turn. #1 Kansas State and #2 Oregon needed to win out and they would basically be guaranteed for a National title game. Kansas State went on the road and faced Baylor and could not hold that offense back. A total of 7 TDs scored by Baylor (5 on the ground game) helped them dismantle the top team in the country 52-24.

As for the high powered offense of Oregon, they hit a huge forest with Stanford. The Cardinal came into Eugene and milked the clock for all it's worth holding that Duck offense to 14 points and forcing OT. After the Ducks FG hit the post to miss, Stanford came up and Jordan Williamson hit a 37 yard FG to win the game and upset Oregon 17-14.

As for #3 Notre Dame and #4 Alabama, meet your new National title contenders. The Fighting Irish KO'd Wake Forest 38-0 while the Crimson Tide washed away Western Carolina 49-0. Notre Dame will likely be #1 and Alabama will likely move into the #2 spot. Can these two teams hold out for a illegitimate title game?