Ochocinco Staged That Lambeau Leap, And We’re Fine With It

by AG | September 24, 2009 - 5:56am | 0 comments - 7 reads

[inline:ocho24] Got an email from C.E. Bro last night at 12:40 a.m. that said this: Dude you gotta post about Ocho Cinco admitting he bought 4 front row tix last week to make the lambeau leap. He's talking, of course, about this post-touchdown celebration from last week's win over the Packers. He's also making fun of my total man crush on Ochocinco. So here's the latest twist in the story: Curiously, he managed to find a small patch of orange to jump into, a trio of Bengals fans -- one wearing a tiger-striped cheesehead -- who gave him a big welcome. But the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel dug and discovered -- it turns out that Ochocinco used his ubiquitous Twitter account and put out the word. And Mike Bergs; his brother, Lee; and Lee's friend, Brian Keil, became part of the conspiracy.

"We're thinking, OK, that would be great if it comes together, but you know how it is. He's got to score in our end zone. Heck, he's got to score, period, and find us in the heat of the moment. We knew there would be a ton of other Packer fans around," Mike Bergs told the Journal Sentinel. Ochocinco procured four front-row tickets in the north end zone and sent them to Mike Bergs' home in Evanston, Ill., the newspaper reported. (The fourth ticket went to Bergs' friend, Ross Peterson, who actually is a Packers fan. No word on his fate.) They decked themselves out in orange -- Lee Bergs was the one with the corrupted cheesehead. So it was not hard for the receiver to find his target. "When he started making his way toward us, we knew it was on," Mike Bergs said, according to the Journal Sentinel. "His face. I wish I could have been shooting a camera at him. The smile on his face was from ear to ear. He was so excited." So what's our take on all this? We love it. Look, Ochocinco is trying to bring some fun to the Cincinnati faithful, and what sports fan can argue with that? Seriously, when's the last time the Bengals had something to cheer about or rally behind? Not since Boomer Esiason was lined up behind center has there been this much excitement in Cincy. (We kid, we kid.) We think you have to give credit to Ochocinco trying to energize the fan base. After all, you know what 85 would say to any cries of phoniness: Child Please.