Twitter exploded Wednesday afternoon following the news that the death of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's girlfriend was a hoax. Here are some of the more entertaining tweets:

"This is AWESOME" Lance Armstrong whispered to himself in his basement, wearing 4 yellow jerseys.

— Mr. Sports Journo (@BIGSPORTSWRITER) January 16, 2013

We probably should have known something was up when Manti Te'o listed Milli Vanilli as his favorite band.

— Jerry Beach (@defiantlydutch) January 16, 2013

Can't wait until Belichick takes Te'o in the fourth round, then notes he was a team captain. Kiper's hair will stand on end.

— Chad Finn (@GlobeChadFinn) January 16, 2013

To be fair, most people in California are fake

— Sam Miller (@SamMillerBP) January 16, 2013

RT @michaelhayes: When Manti Te'o tweeted about his two guardian angels twitter.com/michaelhayes/s…

— Jim Roberts (@nytjim) January 16, 2013

Even worse, Nick Saban is real

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) January 16, 2013

RT @fraserburn: @andrewbucholtz I'm just going to assume every girlfriend is fake until Brent Musburger has visual confirmation

— Andrew Bucholtz (@AndrewBucholtz) January 16, 2013

Elaine finds herself at the center of a controversy when a college football star uses her photo as a picture of his fake dead girlfriend.

— Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) January 16, 2013

Let those of you that haven't made up a fake twitter-girlfriend and killed her off cast the first stones. #MantiTeo

— Jeff Lind (@jefflind) January 16, 2013