Manti Te'o Was Supposed to Sit Down With ESPN's Jeremy Schaap but Backs Out

I have a feeling that Jeremy Schaap would press him hard. Deadspin seems to agree with that assessment.

First, Jeremy Schaap fancies himself a hard-hitting interviewer, and wouldn't let this sit-down go by without asking specific, pointed questions that leave no wiggle room for non-answers. Te'o's statement contains facts that don't mesh with what's been reported, so it would be very easy for Schaap, if he wanted to, to pin Te'o down on a lie. Much better for Te'o to find another, softer interviewer. Like, say, Oprah.

The first question that needs to be answered is that Te'o talked with this girl on the phone for hours and supposedly fell asleep next to the phone on several occasions. Who was this girl he was talking to? She is in on the hoax and needs to be exposed for sure. He met her on Nov 28, 2009, after the Stanford Notre Dame game, and she finally fake died on Sept 12, 2012. So she fooled him for like 2 years. There has to be phone records to someone for those calls.