Props to the old guys

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(01-05-2021, 02:39 PM)kalibengal Wrote: Im 55 now (born and raised in Los Angeles) and I got the Bengals Virus around age 9 (lets call it "BENVID 74") as I watched  them and them and their "WEBB"(Wilson, Edwards, Browner and Burley)  D line beat the mighty Steelers in the snow. Being a LB in pee wee football I was enamored with the team from that point on....and then on top of that figuring out a Bengal was at Tiger ...LOL  how cool was that?!  I used to ride my bike to the news stand every week to pick up a  "newspaper" (some of us recall these right?) so I could look up the player moves under the tiny "transaction" sections on the very back ...then I discovered the draft and I was all in!   I've  gone through all the temper tantrums imaginable through the the yrs and my mom used be really worried about how pissed I would get! and now after all these yrs have managed to have settled onto a "Pink Floyd comfortably numb "mode now....I try to not let it get to me as wife and kids and other more important matters at play as an adult. Yrs ago (late 90s) I ran into a Bengals fan out here in Los Angeles (where I grew up) at a sports bar....we were the no only 2 guys there watching this pitiful team on the smallest TV in the place in the corner of the bar . Well we are good friends now and have spent many days watching this team and you know the guy was on blood pressure meds and would take them during the game ...as he cursed at the TV. Its like I tell him, being a Bengals fan is like a bad drug habit...dont let it kill you.

I hear you on the comfortably numb part...
I've finally gotten there myself. It started with the 2016 season. I still watch them, and follow, but I don't get too worked up about it. I must admit, I got a little fired up during the Stooler game. First time in a few years I've left my seat...lol.

That's an awesome story, BTW.