Florida State Frat House Trolls Notre Dame With Manti Te’o Sign
By Sam Richmond
One Florida State fraternity took a shot at Notre Dame for Manti Te’o’s nonexistent girlfriend controversy.
Florida State and Notre Dame will face off Saturday in a battle of top-five teams and one of the most anticipated games of the 2014 college football season.
Naturally with such an important game on the horizon, trash-talking between the two fan bases is well under way. Among it: a sign, courtesy of Florida State’s Alpha Tau Omega chapter, making fun of Notre Dame and its former star Manti Teo.
Teo, the former Notre Dame linebacker that received attention after it became known in January 2013 that his thought-to-be-dead girlfriend was not a real person, but rather the product of “catfishing.” Since Florida State had a perfect season last year and are undefeated to start this year, the Seminoles haven’t lost since before the controversy began.
What makes this sign great is that it points out the easy target that is Te’o, but it also pumps up Florida State’s own performance on the field.
The photo included a caption that read: “The house is ready for @collegegamedayespn#GetUp4Gameday #FSU #GoNoles #Taus #ATO #BlameJameis.”
As the caption notes, ESPN’s College Gameday will be in Tallahassee for the game. Surely the brothers at ATO plan to make their presence known during filming.
Florida State enters the game (8:00, ESPN) as the No.2 team in the country, while Notre Dame is currently No. 5.
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