This Wednesday the girlfriend of Notre Dame linebacker, Manti Te'o died after a long battle with Leukemia...This news is terrible enough...But Te'o received this news, just twenty four hours after he had gotten the news that his grandmother had died...
I can't imagine dealing with that all at once...Te'o has decided to deal with it, by leaning on his teammates who are all doing their best to be there for him...Te'o will play Saturday at Michigan State...Coach Kelly said, "He wants to be with his teammates. He wants to be with his people that care about him. He's a strong man, and he's going through a tough time, but he'll rise to the occasion."
It is expected that Te'o will head home to Hawaii After Saturday's game, and will be back in time to play against Michigan at home, the next week...
Last season, Te'o lead the Irish defense in holding Michigan State to just 29 yards rushing...There's no way they could do that again without him...Hopefully the rest defense will step up, and take some pressure off of his shoulders...It's got to be tough to go out and play football, with all this on your mind...I'll be honest, if my wife and grandmother both died, a day apart, I wouldn't be going to work...I'd probably be in a bottle...
All the best to Te'o, his family, and Lennay Kekua's family.
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