Shannon Sharpe and Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson have successful on their palms with The Nightcap.
The moment response present between the 2 former NFL greats persistently packs in 10s of 1000’s of reside viewers.
Following Monday’s NFL playoff video games, pair answered a query on The Nightcap that led to an prolonged dialogue of HBCU tradition. A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority requested Sharpe and Johnson what fraternity they’d have pledged in the event that they needed to be part of the Divine 9.
Shannon Sharpe, in fact, went to Savannah State. He mentioned he by no means needed to be in a fraternity, that it by no means piqued his curiosity. He mentioned he got here to get a level and get to the NFL.
Chad Johnson began his faculty profession at Langston College earlier than getting kicked out. He finally ended up at Oregon State earlier than occurring to a storied NFL profession. Johnson mentioned he would have probably been a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.
Johnson is an envoy for Florida A&M, however he revealed he’s by no means had the prospect to expertise an HBCU homecoming resulting from work schedule.
“I’ve but to expertise homecoming and see what it’s like,” Johnson mentioned. “Seeing the soccer recreation, seeing the environment, the band — the Marching 100. Ms Tiffani Sykes the AD…If the environment at a easy recreation is like that once they’re taking part in Jackson State — even with (Coach) Prime gone. Simply nonetheless, the environment was f**king loopy. So I can simply think about what it’s like at homecoming.”
Sharpe, who lately returned to SSU with First Take, had an fascinating tackle homecoming.
‘Yo large rusty A** higher not be at no homecoming. You 50 years outdated speaking about some homecoming,” Sharpe barked.
“Ain’t that what they do?” Johnson replied. “Isn’t that the purpose of homecoming? It’s not for those that’s already there. It’s referred to as homecoming for a purpose.”
Sharpe lately had a homecoming of his personal at Savannah State on First Take, and likewise visited Winston-Salem State with Stephen A. Smith.
