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(Yahoo) Hero Chad Ochocinco does not respond to Twitter follower for two years. Finally responds to fan with a trip to the AFC Championship Game, complete with plane tickets, hotel room, and baptism   (sports.yahoo.com) divider line 43
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puffy999
2012-01-24 08:11:46 PM
Good on you, JohnsonCincocho.
 
thomps [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 08:14:50 PM
greenlight is a couple of games late, but still cool to read
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 08:22:02 PM
Did he rape the fan and charge him $6.5 million for services rendered? Ohhhhhhhhhh.... no. That would be the owners AND fans.
 
FreakinB [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 08:48:18 PM
Regardless of how poorly he's been playing, and how old this news is, I like Chad because he does stuff like this.
 
JerseyTim [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 08:50:06 PM
Chad Ochocinco is still in the NFL?!?!
 
basemetal [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 09:07:41 PM
It's good to see Ochocinco finally get play on a real NFL team.
 
Ed Finnerty [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 10:02:45 PM
Two out of three ain't bad. Just think of what you could do with a free hotel room and baptism.
 
t3knomanser
2012-01-24 10:04:27 PM
basemetal: It's good to see Ochocinco finally get play on a real NFL team.

Really? Who's he playing for? I know he's been on the Pats' roster, but I haven't heard of him actually playing.
 
Gecko Gingrich [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 10:28:49 PM
The Pats played the Broncos in the AFC Divisional game. They played the Ravens in the Championship game.
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 11:08:48 PM
I heard about this last week before the game. Were we waiting to make sure he actually did it before we greened a story about it?
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 11:09:39 PM
Gecko Gingrich: The Pats played the Broncos in the AFC Divisional game. They played the Ravens in the Championship game.

Thanks for the info...what led to you sharing?
 
thomps [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 11:23:26 PM
jaylectricity: Gecko Gingrich: The Pats played the Broncos in the AFC Divisional game. They played the Ravens in the Championship game.

Thanks for the info...what led to you sharing?

miss lippy's car is green.

/billy likes to drink soda
 
adiabat [TotalFark]
2012-01-24 11:53:51 PM
Chad didn't play that game. His dad died and he attended the funeral.
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2012-01-25 01:53:17 AM
adiabat: Chad didn't play that game. His dad died and he attended the funeral.

Oh yeah, I hadn't thought about that part. So he flew out this follower to a game that he ended up missing.
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2012-01-25 02:14:11 AM
Try the veal....child.

/Obscure?
 
Cyberchp [TotalFark]
2012-01-25 02:57:05 AM
I don't think that chad guy is 85...
 
puffy999
2012-01-25 03:20:54 AM
No, it was the AFC Divisional game, not the AFC Championship game.
 
Hardy-r-r
2012-01-25 06:23:22 AM
Chad gave some fan his ticket? That's awesome. Now Chad has to go to some bar to watch the game.

I bet the Pats make him inactive for the SB
 
natural316
2012-01-25 06:53:04 AM
thomps: jaylectricity: Gecko Gingrich: The Pats played the Broncos in the AFC Divisional game. They played the Ravens in the Championship game.

Thanks for the info...what led to you sharing?

miss lippy's car is green.

/billy likes to drink soda

Not worthy of just a +1, let's give this a +2435
 
I sound fat
2012-01-25 07:12:45 AM
I never understood the hate for this man. There is nothing not to like about him.

Constant entertainment and all around nice person.
 
nopokerface
2012-01-25 07:16:52 AM
I sound fat: I never understood the hate for this man. There is nothing not to like about him.

Constant entertainment and all around nice person.

I agree. But, it's not just fans. I've never seen one guy be on the receiving end of more cheap shots.
 
Milk D
2012-01-25 07:34:10 AM
isn't this kinda old? like 2 weeks old?
 
SharkTrager
2012-01-25 08:24:21 AM
I sound fat: I never understood the hate for this man. There is nothing not to like about him.

Constant entertainment and all around nice person.

Football is serious business.
 
Anderson's Pooper
2012-01-25 08:49:38 AM
When he played for the Bengals he used to show up early and hang out with tailgaters. A couple of my friends played cornhole with him a few years ago. I know he can be a prima donna but from a fan's perspective, this is what the NFL needs more of.
 
pwn3d781
2012-01-25 08:58:10 AM
Anderson's Pooper: When he played for the Bengals he used to show up early and hang out with tailgaters. A couple of my friends played cornhole with him a few years ago. I know he can be a prima donna but from a fan's perspective, this is what the NFL needs more of.

Then Ben Roethlisberger goes and plays cornhole with a fan or two, and everyone wants to press charges. Some people can't win.

/I keed
//Athletes COULD learn a lot from Ocho here
 
Levian
2012-01-25 08:59:28 AM
jaylectricity: Gecko Gingrich: The Pats played the Broncos in the AFC Divisional game. They played the Ravens in the Championship game.

Thanks for the info...what led to you sharing?

He's attempting to say, albeit in a clumsy fashion, that the game Chad flew the fan out to see was the Patriot's AFC Divisional game against the Broncos. Subby erroneously reported that it was the AFC Championship game against the Ravens. The story is already well over a week old.
 
Ow! That was my feelings!
2012-01-25 09:10:45 AM
Nice gesture and have nothing against the guy, but will anyone be surprised when he joins these guys in a couple of years?

Link (new window)
 
Disaster Transport
2012-01-25 10:11:33 AM
I follow him on twitter and read this right after he posted it. Pretty awesome for the follower. He says he reads every message that people send him. With 3 million followers, that's gotta be a lot of messages. A couple days ago, he was driving around Foxboro, bored, and asked if anyone wanted to hang out. Seems like a cool guy. When he played for the Bangals, he heard that a game was going to be blacked on tv and tried to buy the remainder of the tickets to lift the blackout.

/is out for the Super Bowl, inactive I believe
 
karmaceutical
2012-01-25 10:15:34 AM
Who doesn't love Chad Ochocinco?? He seems like a fun and genuine human being.
 
Levian
2012-01-25 11:09:55 AM
Disaster Transport: I follow him on twitter and read this right after he posted it. Pretty awesome for the follower. He says he reads every message that people send him. With 3 million followers, that's gotta be a lot of messages. A couple days ago, he was driving around Foxboro, bored, and asked if anyone wanted to hang out. Seems like a cool guy. When he played for the Bangals, he heard that a game was going to be blacked on tv and tried to buy the remainder of the tickets to lift the blackout.

/is out for the Super Bowl, inactive I believe

I'm not saying he won't be inactive for the Super Bowl, but the team isn't required to announce their active/inactive players until game day. The same person who can get an early list of inactive players from Belichick is the same person who can get a detailed description of Gronk's ankle from him too. It's just not going to happen.
 
Eddie Hazel's E string
2012-01-25 11:52:48 AM
The_Sponge: Try the veal....child.

/Obscure?

thetvjunkie.net

Give it a rest, Andre.
 
lacrossestar83
2012-01-25 01:45:57 PM
oldnewsissoexciting.jpg
 
The_Sponge [TotalFark]
2012-01-25 01:49:58 PM
Eddie Hazel's E string: The_Sponge: Try the veal....child.

/Obscure?

[thetvjunkie.net image 495x330]

Give it a rest, Andre.


Heh.
 
Renegade Pervert [TotalFark]
2012-01-25 02:04:06 PM
Eddie Hazel's E string: The_Sponge: Try the veal....child.

/Obscure?

[thetvjunkie.net image 495x330]

Give it a rest, Andre.

Child please...
 
skinink
2012-01-25 03:23:16 PM
Old story or not, I didn't know about it until the Fark link today. I wish Ocho Cinco was more of a force on the Patriots but I would be very happy to see him get a Super Bowl ring anyways. It's disappointing to not know why he was never in sync with the offense/Tom Brady.
 
DVDave
2012-01-25 03:52:06 PM
He's actually done this before, albeit because he felt guilty about his own jackassism. And the recipient politely declined.

/Go JETS
 
Ow! That was my feelings!
2012-01-25 03:56:49 PM
Renegade Pervert: Eddie Hazel's E string: The_Sponge: Try the veal....child.

/Obscure?

[thetvjunkie.net image 495x330]

Give it a rest, Andre.

Child please...

one of the funniest shows on tv right now.
26.media.tumblr.com
 
puffy999
2012-01-25 03:57:38 PM
Ow! That was my feelings!: Nice gesture and have nothing against the guy, but will anyone be surprised when he joins these guys in a couple of years?

Link (new window)

Actually, yes, I WOULD be surprised.

Chad has an entertainment career waiting ahead of him. Unlike guys like TO, people do actually like him.
 
Renegade Pervert [TotalFark]
2012-01-25 04:07:21 PM
Ow! That was my feelings!: Renegade Pervert: Eddie Hazel's E string: The_Sponge: Try the veal....child.

/Obscure?

[thetvjunkie.net image 495x330]

Give it a rest, Andre.

Child please...

one of the funniest shows on tv right now.
[26.media.tumblr.com image 500x313]

Without a doubt! Rafi's lines in the season finale were fantastic.
 
Disaster Transport
2012-01-25 05:32:50 PM
Levian: Disaster Transport: I follow him on twitter and read this right after he posted it. Pretty awesome for the follower. He says he reads every message that people send him. With 3 million followers, that's gotta be a lot of messages. A couple days ago, he was driving around Foxboro, bored, and asked if anyone wanted to hang out. Seems like a cool guy. When he played for the Bangals, he heard that a game was going to be blacked on tv and tried to buy the remainder of the tickets to lift the blackout.

/is out for the Super Bowl, inactive I believe

I'm not saying he won't be inactive for the Super Bowl, but the team isn't required to announce their active/inactive players until game day. The same person who can get an early list of inactive players from Belichick is the same person who can get a detailed description of Gronk's ankle from him too. It's just not going to happen.

True, I must have been thinking of last week's game.
 
Your Average Witty Fark User
2012-01-25 09:14:45 PM
I sound fat: I never understood the hate for this man. There is nothing not to like about him.

Constant entertainment and all around nice person.

Fark hipsters and douchebags hate him. Normal people who aren't assholes seem to like the guy because he's just that- likable, and normal.
 
Lligeret [TotalFark]
2012-01-25 10:08:05 PM
puffy999: Ow! That was my feelings!: Nice gesture and have nothing against the guy, but will anyone be surprised when he joins these guys in a couple of years?

Link (new window)

Actually, yes, I WOULD be surprised.

Chad has an entertainment career waiting ahead of him. Unlike guys like TO, people do actually like him.


Plus he is really good at getting companies to just give him stuff. In particular car companies.
 
jht [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 08:06:52 AM
Here's the difference between Ocho and TO in a nutshell (since they were on TV together, and they get compared a lot):

TO has been called a clubhouse cancer many times. He has big public contract battles. Likes to be outrageous on the field. Amazing talent in his prime, but couldn't stick on a team for long before the act wore thin.

Ocho tried to get traded in '08 but then showed up for camp and went back to work. He changed his name. Played on one team for a decade, then finally went to another team this year. Other players have nothing bad to say about him, but even though he's been just a bit part in NE he hasn't made waves and has nothing bad to say about it. In his prime he was noted for touchdown antics.

I think basically the difference is that despite the Twitter use and the end zone celebrations, Ocho is basically a decent guy who enjoys football and has fun. And it comes through, which is why people like him.

And I think that TO, despite his immense talent, never really had fun on the field.
 
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