Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens look for love on VH1

By Mike Frey

If you like brash NFL players, you are going to want to start tuning in to VH1 on Sunday nights. Fresh off his run on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars, Chad Ochocinco teams up with Terrell Owens to give the channel a tandem of wide receivers that only the reality-show genre could cover. Premiering Sunday, July 11, at 9pm ET, Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch and Season 2 of The T.O. Show find the superstar athletes taking their game off the field, with Ochocinco looking for love [Update: and, apparently, a seafood lover] from among 85 women — or ocho cinco women, for those who speak Spanish poorly — and T.O. trying to reconnect with his ex, volleyball-player-turned-model Kari Klinkenborg. Both guys are known for grabbing touchdowns and attention, and both shows look good, but in sports there’s always the need to declare a winner, so we present the following statistical breakdown to help you decide which one is right for you.

ochocincodwtsChad Ochocinco
NFL team: Cincinnati Bengals
Age: 32
Pro Bowl appearances: Six
Wingman: Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Bernard Berrian
Previous TV experience: Placed fourth on the most recent installment of Dancing With the Stars; was one of the stars on Season 5 of HBO’s Emmy-winning Hard Knocks
Past feuds: Shawne Merriman, Carson Palmer, Marvin Lewis, Joey Porter
Best TD celebration: In a 2005 game, Ochocinco (then Chad Johnson) kneeled down in front of a Bengals cheerleader and delivered a mock marriage proposal.
Random Tweet: marriage is out the question, you can thank Elin “Greedy” Woods for the change of heart

owens_terrell_me0310Terrell Owens
NFL team: Free agent*
Age: 36
Pro Bowl appearances: Six
Wingman: Make that wingwomen. Friends/publicists Kita Williams and Monique Jackson
Previous TV experience: Paired with model Joanna Krupa and withdrew from competition four weeks into ABC’s The Superstars; uncharacteristically played a background role in Season 4 of Hard Knocks
Past feuds: Donovan McNabb, Rodney Harrison, Tony Romo, Bill Parcells, Andy Reid, Steve Mariucci, Jeff Garcia and just about everyone else he has played for, with or against
Best TD celebration: During a game in ’02, T.O. pulled a Sharpie out of his sock, signed the ball and handed it into the crowd.
Random Tweet: @ underground!! Waiting on jay cutler 2 come n here 2 explain how I wouldn’t fit n their system!! Where u @ Jay?!

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