How did you become a Bengals fan?

[McC]

Before there were Bengals, (yes, I'm THAT old), my dad was a Cleveland Browns fan. I was a huge Jim Brown fan.

We didn't live in Cincy but we were from there and my dad was a fan of anything Cincy. When the Bengals were born, there was no way he wouldn't be a Bengals fan and there was no way I wouldn't be a fan of whatever he loved. It was just inevitable, really.