All masters of mind on deck for T.O., Ocho Cinco
By Greg Simms
Staff Writer
Saturday, October 04, 2008
The expensive sections at Texas Stadium will probably be loaded with psychiatrists by 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5.
That's because Terrell Owens (OK, T.O.), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, and Chad Ocho Cinco, wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, will be in the same place for at least three hours.
I'm not saying Owens and Ocho Cinco are crazy, but you must agree they are vastly different. Owens showed that the cameras and tape recorders must be focused on him at all costs back in the days when he was with the San Francisco 49ers. Not so with Ocho Cinco. The consensus was that his greed for attention was different, somehow benign. He was just a fun guy.
I wasn't convinced. I saw the same symptoms and figured the former Chad Johnson would turn into Mr. Hyde pretty soon, and he did when he went a little berserk at halftime during that 2005 playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Neither he nor the Bengals have been the same since. So if one of you shrinks down in Irving, Texas, can figure Ocho Cinco out, give me a call. I'll take it from there.
• The only thing good about college football is the games. The rest of it is senseless. I'm talking about the game's structure, or at least what serves as one. I won't even get into the BCS nonsense. Preseason ratings are another thing. The first poll should not be published until after the sixth game of the season. Waiting that long gets the raters past Ohio State playing Youngstown State, Ohio and Troy, for example. By then even knowledgeable fans can do well rating teams.
Staff Writer
Saturday, October 04, 2008
The expensive sections at Texas Stadium will probably be loaded with psychiatrists by 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5.
That's because Terrell Owens (OK, T.O.), wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, and Chad Ocho Cinco, wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, will be in the same place for at least three hours.
I'm not saying Owens and Ocho Cinco are crazy, but you must agree they are vastly different. Owens showed that the cameras and tape recorders must be focused on him at all costs back in the days when he was with the San Francisco 49ers. Not so with Ocho Cinco. The consensus was that his greed for attention was different, somehow benign. He was just a fun guy.
I wasn't convinced. I saw the same symptoms and figured the former Chad Johnson would turn into Mr. Hyde pretty soon, and he did when he went a little berserk at halftime during that 2005 playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Neither he nor the Bengals have been the same since. So if one of you shrinks down in Irving, Texas, can figure Ocho Cinco out, give me a call. I'll take it from there.
• The only thing good about college football is the games. The rest of it is senseless. I'm talking about the game's structure, or at least what serves as one. I won't even get into the BCS nonsense. Preseason ratings are another thing. The first poll should not be published until after the sixth game of the season. Waiting that long gets the raters past Ohio State playing Youngstown State, Ohio and Troy, for example. By then even knowledgeable fans can do well rating teams.
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