Buffalo Rolls Out the Red Placemats for T.O.
Most people didn’t think there’d be a huge reception for Terrell Owens when he got to Buffalo, but most people don’t realize that the airport doubles as the coolest hangout spot in town. And so there were legions of sad, sad Bills fans there to greet their newest 35-year-old clubhouse cancer, who brought a VH1 crew in tow to capture the whoops of the downtrodden for T.O.’s upcoming reality show.
Mayor Byron Brown later presented Owens with a key to the city, though hopefully it doesn’t work on medicine cabinets because there have been some issues with the pills.
Video of his airport arrival is after the jump because it’s one of those annoying ones that starts automatically.
Tags: let's get rowdy - BUFFALO STYLE, Terrell Owens, toronto bills, xmas ape
May 19th, 2009 at 11:25 am
The best felling in your entire life? Pure utter euphoria? Really?
May 19th, 2009 at 11:27 am
*feeling
Sorry, as a Bills fan I’m a little shaken up right now after watching that video.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:29 am
As a Bills fan, I wait patiently for death.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:30 am
legions of sad, sad Bills fans
Redundant.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:39 am
It’s Ladies Night…in Buffalo!
Actually, Ape is correct. The legions of Buffalonians who were actually just there to watch the planes land got a double treat. And Applebee’s was off the hook that night. The ambience, the decor…
May 19th, 2009 at 11:42 am
oh God… oh God, no…
/bills fan
May 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am
The Toronto Bills tag always makes me smile.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Hey, gloves up. Plenty of hot spots in town.
/Can’t wait for the train wreck to happen.
//No tailgating allowed at Toronto Bills games.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:53 am
HA HA!! Suck it Bills!
In an upcoming episode of “T.O, Epic Douche”, T.O is seen freezing his balls off, cursing at his agent on his cellphone, claiming that the Bills’s 0-8 start is due only to him not being allowed to be both the QB and the primary weapon.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Oh yeah, this should put them over the top in the AFC East…
May 19th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
@Rocco, I know there are plenty of Mighty Taco’s in town but I wouldn’t consider them hot spots.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
That seemed totally spontaneous and not orchestrated at all. I imagine the flyers handed out at the sports bar down the street from the unemployment office read something like this:
Act gay for T.O. and get on VH1!! Terrell Owens is coming to Buffalo for offseason training! Come down to the airport this Monday to greet him and show your love! If you say something sufficiently stupid, we’ll put it on the show!
It could be the start of a career in reality TV!!
And maybe your last chance to get the fuck out of Buffalo.
Free beef on weck for the first 100 people to arrive!!!!!!!!
May 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Do Bill’s fans brush both of their teeth or just the top one?
May 19th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Man, being a pro athlete today must be like what being royalty used to be. It’s not good enough that these people get paid tons of money, they get mass ass-kissings besides. True, fans will turn on them in an instant in the wake of a shitty performance/season, but still… I think if I had millions of dollars to console me, I’d find a way to get over being called a loser by people who would never make that amount of money if they could work for 10 lifetimes.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
So, so sad.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
As someone who lives near the flight path of the Buffalo Airport, I appreciate every plane that lands.
And no I wasn’t there, nor knew about this.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Bledsoe received a similar reception in 2002. Of course, they didn’t glue popcorn to cardboard so much as they were dragging chunks of cast iron and bronze around, but it was still a lovely gesture.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
T.O. needs to get a restraining order against the city, immediately.
/further saddened that I’m a huge Bills fan
/going to read “Little T Learns to share” to my toddler again….
/drinking kool-aid.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
And further if you are ever in Buffalo.
Go to a Premier Liquor you won’t regret it. Well your wallet might, with all the booze you’ll buy.
May 19th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
@UU: You too man?
May 19th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I am seriously starting to question my commitment to Sparkle Motion…I mean the Buffalo Bills.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Watch my TV show.
Steelers suck.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Thank you Peter Jackson wherever you are for this email….
From PK’s mailbag……
THIS STARTS THE FESTIVITIES OFF RIGHT. From Peter Jackson, of Atlanta: “No good reason why Vick shouldn’t be reinstated? God, you’re a fat [expletive deleted] idiot.”
\Props to King for actually including this.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Yeah, VH1 had nothing to do with that! Now where’s my Genny screamers at?
May 19th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Couldn’t billeive that did that.
/Our airport wings are better than the knock off crappy ones you’re getting.
//Mighty taco, mighty taco get some, eat some.
May 19th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Been to the Buffalo airport a number of times. Not a hot spot.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
As a Buffalonian, I admit publically that I considered skipping out on work and going to the press conference at the Albright-Knox Museum to see him receive the key to the city. Fortunately, my boss pulled me into a meeting 5 minutes before I was going to go and I can still claim my sanity…
Admittedly, I have already made plans to head to Rochester for training camp, but, hey, that’s normal, right?
May 19th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I just wish to god T.O. had signed with the Vikings……the clash of egos would have been EPIC!
Plus Drew’s melt down would have been also entertaining
May 19th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Dear Buffalo, on behalf of the rest of the country, WTF, settle down.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
now if my Boyz can only get Beefalo to take Wade Phillips….
May 19th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
@sherrif
We already had ‘em, he’s all yours.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Please tell me thats not a Nate Clements jersey.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
You have to give the photographer credit for managing to fit all the remaining citizens of Buffalo into one shot.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Pause it with 50 seconds left and you can capture the look on TO’s face where he realizes he is now playing in the whitest, most depressing place on Earth.
May 19th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Ain’t nuthin’ … hell, Green Bay *built* an airport once they signed Reggie White.
/wonders if Corky’s TV family bought him that No. 81 jersey
May 21st, 2009 at 1:40 pm
To Popcorn Guy:
The best felling in your entire life? Pure utter euphoria?
So, seeing TO at the fucking airport rates higher than 4 consecutive AFC Championships?
Granted, your team went on to choke in 4 consecutive Super Bowls, but 4 AFC Championships is nothing to sneeze at…
…right?
May 30th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
T.O. has high hopes for his time in Buffalo. Lofty hopes.