Best Bengals Game Memory

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(06-27-2017, 11:16 AM)Sled21 Wrote: My two favorite memories are the look on San Diego's faces when the Bengals Oline came out in short sleeves during the Freezer Bowl, and Sam Wyche telling Cincy fans "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati".....

Yeah I was at both of those games.  LOL for the Cleveland comment.   You just have to love Sam Wyche.   Genius coach and has always worn his heart on his sleeve.  He had no appropriateness screens.  My favorite all time Bengals coach.

But the best game I ever saw was the Freezer Bowl.  It's the best game the Bengals ever played.  Just kicked San Diego's butts all over the field.   I had serious difficulty leaving the stadium.   I couldn't only not feel my feet, I could not feel my legs from the thighs down.  I looked like Robby the Robot.

I was supposed to wait tables that night (Edwards Restaurant at 5th and Eggleston).   I went into the place and was just trying to warm up - and couldn't.   I sat in one of the rear dining rooms for about an hour.  They sent me home.  There was no business (anyone who was anyone had been at the game or watched it on TV).   After another half  hour I got into my VW bug that had a gaping hole in the floor boards (a true Fred Flintstone vintage) and no heat and drove home to my apartment in Walnut Hills.   I took a shower that felt like I was being scalded, made a fire in the fireplace and watched every replay I could.   I didn't get warm for another two days.

Best game they ever played.  We out muscled, out skilled and out coached the Chargers.  They looked like a championship team.   It filled the empty spot in the football pleasure area of my brain that has rarely filled been filled.

Who-Dey!!!