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NoSuch Dame LB Manti "Snugglebunny" Te'o (official imaginary thread)

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colobuck79;2309716; said:
So Teo couldn't bench press 225?
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Te'o-style bench press:

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jlb1705;2309698; said:
You're looking at it rationally. All it takes is one person who doesn't. There are plenty of candidates out there. There are more bad front offices in the NFL than good ones.
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Let some GM take a chance on him. It'll make his failure that much more spectacular. The guy has to be the biggest fraud in college football since.....well, Brady Quinn.
 
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cincibuck;2309747; said:
Quinn, the Pickle and Te'o are but three of the reasons I root for Michigan for at least one game each year. The media can't wait for the next Great Story out of South Bend.
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Exactly why we shouldn't take them in: destroy the ACC and let them wander the fucking wilderness. Their choices will be that or go hat-in-hand to the Big XII and deal with being junior partner to Texas.
 
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As someone completely on board with the Hate Te'o Campaign, I watched nearly every single game ND played this year. While he doesn't jump off the charts statistically, he made some huge plays in critical situations that had a "wow" factor. Yes, he had a horrible game against Bama...right after being fattened up on the awards circuit and having zero focus on the title game until the night of. Paging the 2006 team (Troy Smith in particular): What happens when you do that? The SEC school whips your ass and you look awful. I think we are forgetting he did have some good games against very quality opponents in Oklahoma, Stanford, and (arguably) scUM and USC. While none of those teams are Bama, that is pretty solid competition. I think too often we hate those with hype to the point where we fail to see any possible upside, which the scouts are not going to do.

Of course that is outweighed against all the bad things (fake gf, horrible combine, always making excuses, horrible NC game, etc.). All that being said, I in no way want Te'o on my team (Bengals) regardless of what round...if he is available in the 7th, I say pass. Then again, the Bengals have enough off the field headaches, which makes me say I don't want another chronic one. In all reality, I don't think Te'o slips past the 2nd-mid 3rd rounds because of aforementioned idiots. I personally see him as a 4th-6th round grade and there are so many linebackers I would take ahead of him. I think you can get him to slim down and get his speed back up to be a subpar NFL LB...anything beyond that would be a miracle imo. Personally I want to see him not get drafted and expose him as the sham he is. However, he is talented enough that someone is going to give him a shot.
 
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Te'o tackling:

2010 - 18th in Total Tackles
2011 - 24th in Total Tackles
2012 - 57th in Total Tackles

Those are decent numbers, but 2012 was pretty mediocre. Nothing astounding, and nothing remotely Heisman-worthy.

Case in point: Boston College's Luke Kuechly led D1A in 2010 (Sophomore) and 2011 (Junior) and was picked 9th overall in the 2012 draft after forgoing his Senior season, and he wasn't invited to New York for the trophy ceremony.

It's all about the story and the spin with Te'o.
 
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RB07OSU;2309758; said:
As someone completely on board with the Hate Te'o Campaign, I watched nearly every single game ND played this year. While he doesn't jump off the charts statistically, he made some huge plays in critical situations that had a "wow" factor. Yes, he had a horrible game against Bama...right after being fattened up on the awards circuit and having zero focus on the title game until the night of. Paging the 2006 team (Troy Smith in particular): What happens when you do that? The SEC school whips your ass and you look awful. I think we are forgetting he did have some good games against very quality opponents in Oklahoma, Stanford, and (arguably) scUM and USC. While none of those teams are Bama, that is pretty solid competition. I think too often we hate those with hype to the point where we fail to see any possible upside, which the scouts are not going to do.
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And Troy was the last pick of the fifth round (#174 overall) in 2007. While we all love Troy -- and think he may have had better success in the NFL had he not been picked by the Ravens -- the NFL realized what Troy was: An exceptional college QB but not a real NFL-level QB. Te'o is in the same mold...
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2309752; said:
Exactly why we shouldn't take them in: destroy the ACC and let them wander the [censored]ing wilderness. Their choices will be that or go hat-in-hand to the Big XII and deal with being junior partner to Texas.
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I actually want to let them in for the opposite reason. Give them junior TV rights so they make half of what the ROC gets for 10 years, and piss on them by 50 points a year, year after year. It'll be like we did with Penn State except much more rewarding.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;2309768; said:
And Troy was the last pick of the fifth round (#174 overall) in 2007. While we all love Troy -- and think he may have had better success in the NFL had he not been picked by the Ravens -- the NFL realized what Troy was: An exceptional college QB but not a real NFL-level QB. Te'o is in the same mold...
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I agree that is what the NFL should view Te'o as and I don't think he warrants much higher of a pick (4th-6th imo is what he is worth). I was just saying if we are going to judge his collegiate performance in isolation (NC game), the collegiate performance of Troy would be down the tubes too, as well as others on that team. Both played plenty of future pros and performed very well during the regular season against them. While that performance deservedly hurt his stock, I think he performed markedly worse despite the competition, much like Troy. Yet another reason I wish they would play the damn NC game sooner or have playoffs to keep the teams near the level they played at during the regular season, but that is a whole other can of worms.
 
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