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Ochocinco's interesting offseason brought him to the University of Cincinnati on Friday, when he trained with the Bearcats before promising to wrestle an alligator. Following his workout with the school's football team, the Bengals' loquacious WR also told WXIX-TV that he's convinced QB Carson Palmer is serious about his
plans to retire if the team doesn't trade him. "When someone like [Palmer] grows a random beard and says he's going to retire -- if he doesn't get traded -- he means business," the mercurial WR said. "And it's unfortunate, but it is what it is."
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Owner Mike Brown repeatedly has said he won't deal Palmer and The Ocho said he's begun studying college film of rookie QB Andy Dalton, who might wind up commanding Cincinnati's offense this season. ... And the alligator wrestling? Ochocinco claims that when an exasperated Brown suggested the receiver next wrangle snakes as part of his
carnivalesque offseason that also has included bull riding and a soccer tryout, he decided to go one step further. "I just one-upped (Brown): I am going to wrestle alligators," Ochocinco said. "Don't laugh, like I am serious and you'll see it. ..." Can't wait.
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