Worst Date Ever, or Just Another Day for Manti Te’o

So we are having a contest that's asking you to submit your worst date story, called "Love Gone Wrong."  But I can't imagine anyone having a worst date scenario than Manti Te'o the linebacker from Notre Dame.  I  don't know if you have followed this bizarre story or not but it's the craziest thing I've ever heard.

According to the Athletic Director at Notre Dame Manti was "Catfished" in other words duped.  Now, I have had dates that I wish were imaginary, but this guy is supposed to be a academic All-American who finished second in the Heismann trophy race, and yet for years, supposedly he was dating a girl that didn't exist.

How does this happen? He told everyone that his girlfriend died on the same day that his grandmother did, and their final wish was for him to play that day against Michigan State.  He goes out and has the game of his life with 12 tackles.  He was like a wild man on the field, and they gave him the game ball. Notre Dame fans were going wild, the Michigan St. fans gave him a standing ovation, it was like something out of Rudy and it was all a HOAX!

According to Te'o, he got a call while he was at the ESPY'S from a number that he recognized as hers.  The person on the other end sounded like her and she said ..wait for it..."Guess what? I'm still alive!"  Holy crap! I'd be looking around for Penn and Teller.

So if you think you've had bad dates, top that one.  Your girlfriend, whom you've never met, who you said you had met, who died, who really didn't die, who calls you on your phone and says, "I'm just joshing, now you have to tell the world that you were lying about the whole thing!" Yeah, I know I'm confused too.

Two things I know for sure:  He'll never be able to pass the psychological test to buy a gun now, and I'm hunting down my decoder ring to find the Oprah Channel for this interview.