And With the 17th Overall Pick, the Steelers Choose....

[Ghost]

Does it bother anyone else that he skipped the Senior Bowl? After getting totally abused in the biggest game of his life (he was flat out terrible) he has a chance to go play against great competition and show how he responds to adversity and he declines? WTH? No thanks. That's worse than being one of the world's biggest imbeciles and allowing this internet thing to happen to you. It was 2012, not 1998 - the internet isn't new. For goodness sake, he's young enough to really not remember much of the world without computers and the web.

The reporter who broke this story has stated point blank - he doesn't believe there is any way in which Te'o clould not have known for as long as he claims and let this go on. No way. And I agree.

[Oviedo]

Does it bother anyone else that he skipped the Senior Bowl? After getting totally abused in the biggest game of his life (he was flat out terrible) he has a chance to go play against great competition and show how he responds to adversity and he declines? WTH? No thanks. That's worse than being one of the world's biggest imbeciles and allowing this internet thing to happen to you. It was 2012, not 1998 - the internet isn't new. For goodness sake, he's young enough to really not remember much of the world without computers and the web.

The reporter who broke this story has stated point blank - he doesn't believe there is any way in which Te'o clould not have known for as long as he claims and let this go on. No way. And I agree.

I'd prefer Ogletree and Minter over T'eo no matter when we are picking

[Mister Pittsburgh]

Does it bother anyone else that he skipped the Senior Bowl? After getting totally abused in the biggest game of his life (he was flat out terrible) he has a chance to go play against great competition and show how he responds to adversity and he declines? WTH? No thanks. That's worse than being one of the world's biggest imbeciles and allowing this internet thing to happen to you. It was 2012, not 1998 - the internet isn't new. For goodness sake, he's young enough to really not remember much of the world without computers and the web.

The reporter who broke this story has stated point blank - he doesn't believe there is any way in which Te'o clould not have known for as long as he claims and let this go on. No way. And I agree.

I doubt they had Internet service in the small wooden shack he grew up in until a few years ago. Educated people get conned in financial dealings all the time and sometimes lose everything. This kid got conned by a sick in the head femme gay dude into thinking he was talking to a hot brunette babe. Coming from a very poor family, a being a college athlete that isn't allowed to work, he had no money to go flying to south bend to California to visit.

Personally I think the whole thing is overblown due to the weird factor and of course the media. If you look at the kids college career, minus one game against an OL where his DL was getting killed, I would have no issues if we dropped pick 17 on him. I think Te'o and Timmons could be pretty awesome in the middle of our defense.

[pfelix73]

Ogletree- no way.. Wasn't this kid in trouble with the law? If not, then I apologize, but I thought he was....

[Ghost]

Ogletree- no way.. Wasn't this kid in trouble with the law? If not, then I apologize, but I thought he was....

He suffered from Santonio Holmes disease and was suspended for 4 games to start the season for a failed drug test. Don't believe the law was involved though. Coach Richt handled it internally for UGA.