08-08-2015, 08:59 AM
I remember being excited before 1978 that Sporting News had Bengals winning the AFC Central and going to the Super Bowl. They didn't have Steelers doing much. ....Then Bengals had a lousy season and Steelers won Super the next 2 years, 4 Super Bowls wins in the 1970's.....The media didn't have Bengals doing anything going into 1981 or 1988, our 2 trips to the Super Bowl. .....So my point is the preseason media hype is hype and hype only. It' doesn't mean much. Coach Paul Brown said it best when asked in preseason about where the media has them picked to finish. He said, " all these magazines and things come out around this time of year saying who will finish where. It makes you wonder why we even play the season. I've noticed they get it pretty wrong every year, so let's just go ahead and play the season. "
So, anybody picking Bengals to lose, that don't mean anything, nor does anybody picking Bengals to win. It doesn't mean jack. I shake my head at how college goes so much on preseason polls. They would be better off just picking back up where teams finished last year after all the bowl games and championship games ( Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama, ect..), instead of having an AP Preseason Poll and a UPI Preseason Poll. Don't let the media take the teams that won and move them down in the polls before the new season starts, make teams win and earn their way up the rankings, or lose their way down. The good thing about the NFL is that the polls don't mean a thing, only what happens on the field.
So, anybody picking Bengals to lose, that don't mean anything, nor does anybody picking Bengals to win. It doesn't mean jack. I shake my head at how college goes so much on preseason polls. They would be better off just picking back up where teams finished last year after all the bowl games and championship games ( Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama, ect..), instead of having an AP Preseason Poll and a UPI Preseason Poll. Don't let the media take the teams that won and move them down in the polls before the new season starts, make teams win and earn their way up the rankings, or lose their way down. The good thing about the NFL is that the polls don't mean a thing, only what happens on the field.
1968 Bengal Fan
