Ocho rewards fan for tolerating years of Twitter silence

• By Marc Sessler NFL.com
• Published: Jan. 14, 2012 at 02:10 p.m.
• Updated: Jan. 15, 2012 at 02:35 p.m.
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Say what you want about Chad Ochocinco, but the man is an original. Sure, he's been close to invisible this season in New England's offense, but that's not how he'll be remembered, at least not by one young fan.

College student Victor Gonzalez, one of Ocho's 3 million-plus followers on Twitter, has spent the past two years trying to elicit a response from the receiver online. Mired in a one-sided relationship for the ages, Gonzalez hit his breaking point last Sunday,according to FOXSports.com.

"Been tweeting you for two years and have not ever gotten a response,"Gonzalez wrote.

And then it happened. Ocho wrote back.

"Damn 2 years? My bad. Want to come to the game saturday?"

It took the less-famous of the two very little time to respond and skillfully turn the table: "I would love to but i live in FLA. can you fly me out?"

Not a problem for Ochocinco, who promised to transport Gonzalez from his home in Fort White, Fla., up north in time for Saturday night's Patriots-Broncos divisional playoff game.

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"Bundle up young Jedi for it is cold here," Ocho tweeted Friday.

Gonzalez touched down safely in New England. Now they have entered into that blissful first stage of new friendship, where all the world is a carnival, with Ochocinco taking Gonzalez to Red Robin for dinner Friday, followed by a trip to pick up endless amounts of Patriots gear Saturday, before the kickoff at Gillette Stadium. The lone blemish: Ochocinco saw the field for only one play in the Patriots' 45-10 victory,according to ESPNBoston.com.

The lesson here: If you're in a one-sided relationship, especially with a celebrity who tends to ignore your advances, keep pushing.

A very interesting story came up over the weekend. Patriots wide receiver, Chad Ochocinco, is flying a fan out to see the Denver-New England game in Boston. So why exactly is Ochocinco doing this good deed. This following a tweet sent by the fan complaining about Ochocinco not getting back to him on twitter. So Ochocinco felt bad and flew this lucky fan to New England to see the Patriots game. I find this story to be very good for the NFL because some NFL players are jerks and would never do something like this for an average fan. But I believe Ochocinco brought the good out sports by doing something very simple to make a fans dream come true.