Props to the old guys

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(01-05-2021, 01:13 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I am 58.  My dad came from the backwoods of Kentucky were they played basketball and baseball but not football.  So I remember watching the Reds and college basketball when I was younger, but I didn't follow the Bengals until I was 11 in 1973.  I still have a NFL paperback guidebook from the '73 season.  It is really weird looking at the All-Pro teams where the Offensive tackles like Gene Upshaw (6'5", 255") are smaller than today's TEs and Mike Reid was one of the best DTs in the league at 245.

Bengals O-lineman Howard Fest spoke at our Pee-wee football banquet.  He seemed like giant to a little kid like me.

Bill Bergey was my favorite Bengal because I played MLB, but he got traded after the '73 season.

The 2 Bengal Super Bowls bracket my college career.  The '81 season was my freshman year and the '88 season was my last year of grad school.

I'm 61, and have been a Bengals fan since the day they stepped onto the field in '68. I can remember going to family gatherings, where my Dad and all my Uncles were watching football, and as a young kid trying to pick a team to follow. I landed with Bart Starr and the Packers, until Cincinnati fielded a team, which sealed the deal.... root for the home town team. Been a Bengals fan every since.