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Scott Radecic works for Populous?? That's wild: John Murphy ‏@JohnMurphyShow An in-depth explanaton of #Bills stadium renovation plans with Scott Radecic of @Populous tonight at 8pm

Some teams will write him off. Year after year, players are written off come draft time by teams for reasons that are arguably less substantial. The media attention, possible ribbing by opponents on the field, etc. Even if he provides convincing evidence, there are legitimate reasons a GM or coach might not want Te'o on their team. I don't doubt that if he can clear things up a bit by providing some proof, he could still be drafted in the 1st round.

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump Congratulations to Tom Scocca and Timothy Burke of @Deadspin for exposing the Manti Te’o fiasco. Deadspin ‏@Deadspin @realDonaldTrump Go !@#$ yourself.

Zach Braziller ‏@NYPost_Brazille John Anselmo has signed a contract as an assistant coach with the Bills, per a source. Huge loss for Syracuse and NYC football.

Of course. It's noteworthy that some already don't give him the benefit of the doubt. It'll be hard to shake that stigma for many teams, regardless of the truth.

Matt Miller ‏@nfldraftscout NFL exec. this morning, "We'll draft criminals, but lie to my face and you're off our board." Some don't believe Te'o's story.

A few details from the Bills---- Populous is doing the renovation: http://www.buffalobi...89-6f6314b1dd85 Improvements to Ralph Wilson Stadium will be done in phases. The initial design phase has already begun, with some site and building improvements to be completed prior to the 2013 season. The majority of renovations will be completed the following year, 2014, with some renovations extending into the 2015 offseason.

Plans being presented to the legislature and media today: http://www.buffalobills.com/media-center/photo-gallery/Stadium-Renovation-Renderings/f880b12e-c166-4ed6-9660-223cc9dde508#cf220cee-7bb3-4f88-992d-ea931c5f4416

Pat Forde ‏@YahooForde I've been told by two people that ESPN's Jeremy Schaap will conduct the Manti Te'o interview. Jeremy is an excellent reporter.

This was already discussed on pages 19 and 20--- it's likely not real:

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/college-football/story/_/id/8849887/usc-trojans-scuffle-following-bowl-defeat-sources-say Multiple sources told ESPN that a "flat-out brawl" transpired when one of the team's younger players began "bad-mouthing Matt Barkley." The player questioned why the injured quarterback did not play and challenged USC's collective senior leadership in the room.

I think you're right: Mr. Sports Journo ‏@BIGSPORTSWRITER A lot of these tweets/realizations were mentioned in the original @Deadspin story by @bubbaprog and @jackdickey. Retweeted by Justin Megahan

Check out this guy's twitter account--- he includes tweets from early December of some twitter users alleging the Lennay Keuka thing was a hoax. Make of it what you will: https://twitter.com/justinrmegahan

Yes, anyone can retweet tweets from someone else's account, and it also includes the original tweeter's avatar, too.

Yeah, my initial thought regarding the dearth of tweets was that they had been deleted. I realized the mistake pretty quickly. A reporter had retweeted it, which added to the confusion. Anyone can retweet them as long as his account is public. The original timestamp will remain.

FWIW: Tyler Burns ‏@burnSTYLEr @richarddeitsch @MerKenyon Yes, I think @LennayKay was stolen after the handle was released. @LoveMSMK must've been deactivated <30 days ago Retweeted by Richard Deitsch

Retweets carry the timestamp of the original tweets next to them, so it appears confusing at to when they were posted.

That part is definitely accurate.

It's possible the twitter handle was changed back to @LennayKay. From the Deadspin article: Lennay Kekua's Twitter name was @lovalovaloveYOU from 2011 until April 2012, @LennayKay from April until September 2012, and has been @LoveMSMK ever since.

According to the Deadspin article and other outlets, this is "Lennay's" twitter account. It is reportedly being manned by "Lennay's' mother. This was tweeted 25 minutes ago: L K ‏@LennayKay It isn't fair to drag Reagan and Troy into this.. a lot of truths and myths need to be addressed here, and they will be at noon PST tomorrow EDIT: This does NOT appear to be the same twitter account.

Right. 18 pages in 6 hours.

Did Trestman refuse to interview with the Bills in 2010 or did they actually speak with him? It's entirely possible they did contact him this time out, and he wasn't interested. We barely knew who they did speak with, after the fact.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/notre-dame-stands-manti-te-o-says-perfect-012348590--ncaaf.html Swarbrick said Te'o got a call when he was in Orlando for a college football awards show, which was Dec. 6, from a number he knew to be Kekua. The voice on the other end was the one he knew as Kekua, Swarbrick said, and the person on the other end who Te'o had known to be his girlfriend, who he thought died in September, told Te'o she was not dead. "Manti was very unnerved by that, as you might imagine," Swarbrick said. That night Te’o won three awards – the Bednarik Award for top defensive player, the Walter Camp Foundation player of the year award and the Maxwell Award, given to the top player in the nation. Swarbrick said the woman tried to restart the relationship after that phone call.

Mock drafts are not "reports" of team's interest, as has been said several times. They are educated guesses made by commentators with little concrete evidence.

There's really no reason for them to comment on another team's hire. Were the Bills expected to comment when the Redskins hired Shanahan just because they met with him for 10 hours? The media simply overreacted. There's nothing to suggest college coaches fail more often or more miserably than coaches with pro experience. A few high profile college names like Spurrier, Pettrino and Saban failing is apropos of nothing in regards to Kelly.