by Jackie Helm

Last night on Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch, we learned more about Candice and her obsession of athletes. She stole a football from the Rose Bowl (episode 1) and keeps it on her nightstand beside a picture of Chad. She swooped a shirt that Chad left behind in the house. She thinks that dating an NFL player is the ultimate prize in life. This in addition to her likelihood of smashing a homie doesn't look good for Candice.

Remember last week when Chad privileged Tara to get close to him and she called their dry humping "gross and disgusting". Tara was busted because the other girls snitched on her ungratefulness, but Chad kept her anyway. This week Tara tried to clear her name. She told Chad that what happened was....blah blah blah, some sorry excuse. Chad appreciated her explanation but was still leery.

Once again, Chad found a way to gracefully exploit the competitors by having the LA Galaxy teach them to play soccer. He even admitted that this group date for the Blue Team was to see how they "looked" playing opposed to determining skill. A goal won 3 kisses so Chad let Rubi score one on purpose. But, she left him hanging. In effort to make Rubi jealous, he purposely let Candice score a goal too. Naturally, Candice redeemed her smooches; however, Chad gave her one quick peck and was done!

The Blue Team personal date went to Rubi (#1) and her match up Candice (#14). The entire date (and side comments from Chad) displayed kudos for Rubi and a sign that Candice was about to kick rocks. Candice tried smack talk on Rubi, but it wound up smacking her in the face. Rubi continued to ooze sexiness and class and that's all really mattered.

Meanwhile, sad news came in for Lisa. Her grandfather became terminally ill with cancer and was given two weeks to live. She was terribly upset and made the decision to leave the competition. Chad respected her decision but some of the ladies cheered for her departure. It was quite disrespectful due to the nature of her circumstance.

The Red Team group date took place at Dave & Buster's. Overly competitive Chad cried about being beat in some of the games by the girls! The lady who won the most tickets got 1:1 (one on one) time with Chad and the winner was Laurice. Hilariously, their 1:1 consisted of a quick and basic conversation. He claimed to have connected with her because they both were raised by their Granny. Heather moved to the next level automatically due to her being Lisa's match up. So apparently, she still needed to redeem her 1:1 time...or something like that. They also had a quick quaint conversation. Heather impressed Chad with the fact she spent three years fine tuning herself rather than messing with a man.

Eliminations consisted of only Rubi vs. Candice. Chad, once again, brought his boy B'Twice in for the occasion. I don't know why B'Twice is there. Perhaps it's for viewers pleasure because all he does is stand there, nod his head in agreement with Chad, and look extra scrumptiously delicious.

Candice and Rubi

Chad went back and forth with the girls pretending to be confused on who to pick. The obvious choice was the radiant Rubi and crazy Candice was sent home. Chad even commented, "Come on, who you think I was going to pick?"

As Candice departed she became miss smarty pants stating that she felt like she was a good judge of character but not that time! Indicative of her groupie behavior, Candice made sure to tell B'Twice that it was nice meeting him. Once Chad absorbed Candice's attempt to knock his character, naturally his response was, "Child please"!

Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch airs Sundays at 9/8c on VH1.

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