Professional Bull Riders - Two for the show

Two for the show

Chad Ochocinco and Bear Pascoe have joined the new PBR and ABBI Back Seat Buckers program.

Highlights

  • The Back Seat Buckers program allows anyone to own their own Futurity bull, who will be housed, fed, and trained by the ABBI.
  • The bulls will compete over the course of the season for half a million dollars.
  • Chad Ochocinco, Bear Pascoe, John Elway, Wayne Gretzky and Reggie Jackson have all signed on to the program.

In This Article

PUEBLO, Colo. - Two high-profile Back Seat Buckers will face each other Sunday in Super Bowl XLVI.
 
Chad Ochocinco is a wide receiver for the New England Patriots, and Bear Pascoe, the Central-California-raised cowboy, is a tight end with the New York Giants.
 
But neither Ochocinco nor Pascoe will be the only participant in the ABBI's new program to have won a Lombardi Trophy. Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway twice won the Super Bowl during his legendary career with the Denver Broncos.
 
Ochocinco, 34, is in his 11th year in the NFL, and his first with the Patriots after leaving the Cincinnati Bengals. Pascoe, 25, is in his third year in the league after a standout college career with Fresno State.
 
Although Ochocinco has been at the forefront of social media like Twitter, nearly half of Pascoe's Tweets in the month of January were online conversations with PBR veterans like @ShortyGorham, @BrendonClark, @RossColemanPBR, @LukeSnyder82 and others.
 
Naturally, Gorham is pulling for the Giants, although he admits he doesn't otherwise watch football. Gorham was among several involved in the PBR to congratulate Pascoe  on his Super Bowl appearance via Twitter.

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New York Giants tight end Bear Pascoe participates in a Back Seat Buckers news conference in New York in January.

"He's a cowboy," said Gorham, when asked why he feels the Pascoe and the Giants will win for the second time in the past five years, "and not the kind from Dallas."
 
"I want the Pats," said PBR broadcaster Craig Hummer, "but I think the Giants are going to shock the world again."
 
Three days after the Giants defeated the San Francisco 49ers to earn a trip to his year's Super Bowl, former PBR CEO and current Indy Car CEO Randy Bernard took to his Twitter account to congratulate Pascoe. He tweeted, "@bearpascoe congratulation….see you in INDY."
 
In addition to Ochocinco, Pascoe and Elway, the Backseat Buckers program includes two other sporting greats - Wayne Gretzky and Reggie Jackson.
 
Gretzky, 51, is widely regarded as the greatest hockey player in history, and Jackson, 65, is known as Mr. October for his World Series heroics as member of the New York Yankees.
 
Like Elway, Gretzky and Jackson were both inducted into their respective Halls of Fame.
 
All five athletes are expected to be in Arlington, Texas, next month for the Iron Cowboy Invitational, which will also serve to host the bull draft for the Back Seat Buckers program.
 
PBR and ABBI fans can follow @Ochocinco, @BearPascoe, @JohnElway and @OfficialGretzky on Twitter.
 
STRANGE BUT TRUE: As a member of the Giants, Pascoe wears No. 86. However, in college he wore No. 85, the same number worn by the aptly named Ochocinco his entire professional career.

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