Looks like Manti's dad is making it clear that Manti will continue to be a domer, regardless of mission status.
As we have learned in the past, this emphatic declaration proves one thing: we have no idea whether Manti will continue with Notre Dame.
There is a 1-year mission option!!!! Why didn't anyone tell me?
As we have learned in the past, this emphatic declaration proves one thing: we have no idea whether Manti will continue with Notre Dame.
Mission Possible
The next time Notre Dame freshman linebacker Manti Te'o plays in a game for the Irish football team could be in Dublin, Ireland, against family friend and Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo in 2012.
Or it could be next September against Purdue in the first game of the Brian Kelly Era of Notre Dame football. ... Or something in between.
Te'o is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it is tradition for members to take a two-year Mormon mission after turning 19. However, Te'o left open the possibility he may take a two-year mission, a one-year mission or make his Notre Dame experience his mission.
“I think he's probably already come up with an answer,” Te'o's father, Brian, said via phone from Laie, Hawaii. “But he promised his mom and me that he'd let us know once he touched the ground here in Hawaii.”
Te'o will fly home to Hawaii later this week, following final exams.
“The one thing I do know is, whether he goes on the mission or not, he is returning to Notre Dame,” Brian Te'o said. “He has told me that already. He loves it in South Bend. He's made the very clear to his mom and me.”
Brian Te'o said having high school teammate and lifelong friend Roby Toma on the team eased the adjustment for Te'o, one of the top freshmen linebackers in the country.
“I think those two needed each other more than they thought they would, especially at the beginning” Brian Te'o said. “They're like brothers. I know they're both looking forward to coming home to defrost.”
The next time Notre Dame freshman linebacker Manti Te'o plays in a game for the Irish football team could be in Dublin, Ireland, against family friend and Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo in 2012.
Or it could be next September against Purdue in the first game of the Brian Kelly Era of Notre Dame football. ... Or something in between.
Te'o is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and it is tradition for members to take a two-year Mormon mission after turning 19. However, Te'o left open the possibility he may take a two-year mission, a one-year mission or make his Notre Dame experience his mission.
“I think he's probably already come up with an answer,” Te'o's father, Brian, said via phone from Laie, Hawaii. “But he promised his mom and me that he'd let us know once he touched the ground here in Hawaii.”
Te'o will fly home to Hawaii later this week, following final exams.
“The one thing I do know is, whether he goes on the mission or not, he is returning to Notre Dame,” Brian Te'o said. “He has told me that already. He loves it in South Bend. He's made the very clear to his mom and me.”
Brian Te'o said having high school teammate and lifelong friend Roby Toma on the team eased the adjustment for Te'o, one of the top freshmen linebackers in the country.
“I think those two needed each other more than they thought they would, especially at the beginning” Brian Te'o said. “They're like brothers. I know they're both looking forward to coming home to defrost.”
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