Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Is Cincy big enough for two?

Leave it to me to write something in regard to sports and competition as my first real blog entry.

As of roughly 5:30 p.m. cst, this evening Terrell Owens and the Cincinnati Bengals agreed to a 1 year deal worth up to $4 million (including base salary and incentives). Immediately following the announcement/breaking news on the ESPN ticker the desk anchor had received word in his ear piece that Chad Ochocinco was joining the telecast via telephone (honestly, I am a little surprised that the star of a Vh1 reality show had time to do anything other than weed out 84 women to get down to his #1 -suppose production has wrapped with larger things on the horizon like training camp). So Chad chats up the desk anchor and is a little cheeky and playful with word choice. The anchor asked what 85 thought of two large personalities running off the same line - how would they share the spotlight? 85 mentions that he and T.O. will be like Bonnie and Clyde or Batman and Robin - does this guy realize that not only were those two fictious characters (maybe the TO and 85 memoirs will be found in the 'fiction' section at Barnes and Noble next February) but the two duos were a clear 'I'm the head honcho and you are the sidekick." As Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler would say, "REALLY?!" No offense to the Bengals or the state of Ohio - I know everyone is healing in their own way after the departure of LBJ, but haven't the Bengals just attempted a "Heat-esque" move of their own? Even if the Bengals don't prosper in the WIN column this year there will certainly be some press from this next installment of as the world turns - pro athletes moving themselves throughout the league to stack a deck. As aforementioned, not sure if the mix will work out for Cincy. Hell, the place could end up better than before but if they are anything like me when it comes to mixing zesty ingredients their marinara sauce could leave little to be desired.

3 comments:

  1. It will either be a rousing success--or an unmitigated disaster. Personally, I like the move. Marvin Lewis is kind of like the Lion King of the "Island of Misfit Toys," so Ocho and TO might be a good fit.

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  2. So where does Will Ferrell fit in? You know, floating by on the ice berg while Berl Ives sings something about snow and children?

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  3. No, no. Ocho is the toy gun that shoots jelly and T.O is the train engine with square wheels. Will Ferrell--he's Hermie the Dentist!

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