Manti Te'o

[fox]

He looked like he was crying when walking to locker room at halftime.

[CAGator93]

Good kid. Good player. But I have no idea how he finished second in the Heisman.

[orangeblueorangeblue]

Originally Posted by GATORDONE

Potentially most overrated player in any BCS game aside from any Nole of course

I think that's a stretch. As mentioned, he did have 10 tackles. Compare that to, say, Troy Smith.

[tilly]

Originally Posted by jaxgatorjag

Did anyone else think it was creepy the way Musburger was drooling over AJ's girlfriend and mom?

Yes. The entire internet....twitter....Facebook...blogosphere...ES PN....and a couple threads on this board. So yes a few others thought so as well.

[GatorDeputy13]

Originally Posted by rpmGator

Manti was on his back so much last night, he got astonomer of the year as well.

Priceless! Thanks for the laugh.

Dep

[GatorPlanet]

Originally Posted by Bushmaster

In fairness to Teo, he had 10 tackles last night. The reason he looked so dominant all year is their level of competition was not good. He would probably start on a lot of SEC teams, but he would be just another linebacker. I would take Bostic and Jenkins over him any day.

Admittedly, I hadn't watched ND all season. But based on last night, I seriously doubt Manti or Punjab or whatever his name is would have cracked UF's starting lineup.

[GatorPlanet]

On the other hand, UF's linebackers couldn't tackle last week either.

[Gulfsailinggator]

never bet against a samoan

[ajjaxgator]

There were some gems dropped last nite.
"Teo had a better view of Lacey than Michelangelo had of the Sistine Chapel."
"David Copperfield wishes his disappearing act was that good."
ND- Never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
What was that graphic? In 3 BCS games, outscored 150-50?

[gator1986]

Originally Posted by fox

He looked like he was crying when walking to locker room at halftime.

Thanks you! I wasn't the only one

[secgator]

Originally Posted by CAGator93

Good kid. Good player. But I have no idea how he finished second in the Heisman.

Easy answer--he played for ND and had a special story. Pretty much explains it.

While he may indeed be good kid and a heartfelt story about his grandmother and gf--his LB play (all year) was not enough to warrant Heisman consideration AT ALL. There are many other defensive players much more deserving of the consideration--Clowney, Jarvis Jones are two which are FAR better on the def than Te'o.

Not even in the same league IMO.