09-10-2020, 10:15 AM
(09-10-2020, 12:33 AM)Bengal Dude Wrote: The majority of the players preferred the orange/white combo back in 2005. So the team decided on that combo as the alternate until 2016. I don't remember the exact reason for us going to back to the orange/black combo. I think either the players asked to change it up or it was supposed to honor the early Marvin teams.
There was no official reason for the return to orange on black, at least not that I recall. I just remember it surprised a everyone when they took the field with black pants.
I follow quite a few uniform pages on social media (I have a problem, okay!?), and everyone was ecstatic to see that combo return. Many users were saying things along the lines of “they finally listened to us”, “the Bengals are paying attention to what the fans want”, etc. And it was true, people were clamoring for the orange on black to return for over a decade. Maybe the team did finally take notice and listened to what the fans wanted? Who knows...
All I know is that now... the vast majority of fans aren’t happy that the orange jerseys are seemingly being phased out for the color rush alternates. For the second year in a row the Bengals will only be wearing orange jerseys one time. And as far as I can remember, this is only the second time the bengals are wearing orange against the Steelers.
