Go ahead, ask me how I found out T.O. (Terrell Owens) signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. Did I find out through ESPN? No. NFL Network? Wrong again. How about the Cincinnati Enquirer? That's three strikes and you're out! Oops, that's a baseball term. We are talking football here. Actually, we are talking social media. I found out the Cincinnati Bengals signed T.O. from Chad OchoCinco on Twitter.
I got a tip early Tuesday morning, July 27, 2010 that T.O. was signing with Cincinnati. A friend of mine who was near Paul Brown Stadium confirmed that several media outlets were lining up outside the stadium. I quickly came to the conclusion something big was going to happen. Unfortunately, I was not able to officially confirm that T.O. was being signed. Instead, I read news articles saying the New York Jets were potentially interested in signing T.O. I tried to dismiss those reports, but nothing else was being posted about T.O. signing with the Cincinnati Bengals. This led me to start looking at online buzz for more information about where T.O. was going to sign. Online buzz showed the Bengals were the front-runner in the T.O. sweepstakes, at least from a conversational stand-point.
I was not able to officially confirm T.O. as being signed until mid-afternoon when Chad Ochocinco. posted a message via Twitter saying, "#OCNNBREAKINGNEWS My homeboy is a Bengal, all of our games have been moved to pay-per-view, you got to pay to see this shh!" Terrell Owens later confirmed via Twitter.
Now don't get me wrong. I am extremely excited to see the Cincinnati Bengals sign T.O. I'm just as excited to see how two premiere athletes playing on the same field will use social media. I'm sure both athletes will do a great job leveraging social media to enhance the game experience for fans! Needless to say, Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens' participation in social media puts Cincinnati on the forefront of sports-related social media buzz.
Something tells me we will see the terms "Cincinnati," "Bengals," "Ochocinco" and "Terrell Owens" trending on Twitter and other social media outlets quite a bit this football season. If we could only get Mike Brown to start tweeting!
Local Cincinnati Bengals Examiner, Dan Parzych, provides more details about the T.O. signing in his latest post titled, "Cincinnati Bengals sign wide receiver Terrell Owens." You can view his post by clicking here.
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It was unreal to see how many tweets/status changes took place when it was first announced Terrell Owens signed with the Bengals. These two are hilarious to follow on social media sites and I can't wait to see what they do this upcoming season!
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