The only reason Te'o ended up in the second in the Heisman voting was because of his sob story. Without that, he would not have even been invited to New York.
I would put the blame then on the Heisman voting commission, not Te’o. If human interest angles are even a small part of their Heisman voting criteria, then there is a huge problem with how they select candidates. It’s an embarrassing situation for Mati, for sure, but that is all it should be. There should be no impact on where he falls into the NFL Draft, unless the media’s overreaction makes it happen. Compare this with the dozens of players arrested for DUI, domestic violence, drugs or assault, and Mati’s situation is small potatoes.
And my tall blond hair, blue eyed Swedish Victoria’s Secret super model on- line girl friend agrees with me, - so there.