(06-27-2017, 08:57 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: You didn't have to be in attendance, but that was my initial thought.  If you haven't been to many games, feel free to use any game you observed.

My best memory wasn't the Super Bowl teams (I didn't get to go to many games back then) and it wasn't a playoff game or anything like that.

My best memory was the 2014 win over Denver.  It rained for a lot of the game.  We were freezing, but we had made plans to stay downtown and went out before the game and had a great time.  

When Dre Kirkpatrick made a pick six to seal the game, the place erupted.  It was almost like "ding-dong the witch is dead" as everyone had seen Manning bring teams back in that very situation.  Our hearts were in our throats before that pick six.  

After all the celebrating had started to die down (about the time they were preparing to kick off after the pick six), they showed a replay on the jumbotron (is that an 80s term?) and you see Dre pick it off and it showed Manning's face up close as Dre flew by him for the score.  He looked like "well, crap".  But what made it so hilarious was my Brother-in-law's line when they showed Manning's face.  After yelling "Chicken Parm you taste so good" to the insurance theme (among others) throughout the game, he goes:  "I don't think he's on my team" in the Nationwide tune and I just lost it.  We probably said that the rest of the night 1000 times and it never stopped being funny.  

Oh, the game was amazing, and I laughed so hard my sides hurt.  That's my best game memory...a close second was beating the Ratbirds after 9/11 the year after they won the Super Bowl.

What is yours?

(06-27-2017, 09:10 AM)Wyche Wrote: I can't nail it down to one, I have two.

My first ever live NFL game was the overtime thriller against the Skins in '88.  Man, Riverfront was literally rocking.  I've never been a part of such an electric atmosphere.  It was so cold, your hot chocolate was just chocolate by the time you got back to your seat. We never noticed....

The second was the come from behind thriller in 2015 against the Seahawks.  We were in the endzone facing Nugent when he doinked it in.  I think that one is fresh enough in everyone's mind, it needs no further description.....except that I was sitting in row of Seahawk fans....lol.  Needless to say, I'm very glad I had my two young daughters with me to keep me grounded.

In all seriousness, we enjoyed some good natured barbs throughout the game, but one cat was crying about officiating, and I was crying back....and he kinda sulled up when he saw the writing on the wall.  You could feel it in the air in that amazing second half, the Bengals were going to win that day.

(06-27-2017, 09:16 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: That Seahawk game is definitely one of my tops as well.  The only thing that propelled the Denver game to the top was that it was in primetime, and the "I don't think he's on my team" after the pick still makes me chuckle.  

(06-27-2017, 09:43 AM)rezolve11 Wrote: I, like a few before me, really enjoyed the Broncos and Seahawks games. My brother and I were hoping that the Broncos game was Dre's coming out party. Obviously it took a little longer, but I think he is solid now. I loved the Seahawks game because even though we were down 17 going into the 4th and not a single team had ever come back from that, my brother and I refused to say it was over. And what we got sure was a treat.

I remember watching the game that we stomped the Jets 49-9.
The game we beat the Bears 45-10 and Ced almost got 200 yards on the ground.
I remember beating the Patriots and stopping Tom Brady's streak of throwing at least 1 TD in a game.
The crazy Packers game when both teams turned the ball over like 4 times each.
That wonky game against the Bucs when they lost because they had too many men on the field.
The Chiefs game from not too long ago when they ended up kicking something crazy like 7 field goals? I was there to see that. They moved the ball up and down the field with ease and just couldn't punch it in. That was a great game to be at.

So many good memories of the Bengals. I'm more excited now that I am having a son that can grow up and watch the Bengals with me. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. Unfortunately for me, I got married the weekend the playoffs usually start LOL and my wife isn't a huge football fan. So the second day of our honeymoon was the Bengals playoff game against the Steelers, and man was that a crap show.

WHO DEY!  :andy:

(06-27-2017, 11:16 AM)Sled21 Wrote: My two favorite memories are the look on San Diego's faces when the Bengals Oline came out in short sleeves during the Freezer Bowl, and Sam Wyche telling Cincy fans "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati".....

(06-27-2017, 11:35 AM)sandwedge Wrote: You will need your "way back" machine for this one. Mine is a game in the 70's between the Browns and Bengals. Pat MacNally who played TE and was our punter at the time getting completely knocked out by Tom Darden, I think, on a pass route and still managing to hold on to the ball for 1st down. They carry him off to the sidelines, give the guy some smelling salts and send him back in! The way he laid on the field, all crumpled up, you'd thought he was dead. Instead he goes on to punt and I even believe he caught the game winner or some crazy sh*t like that.......

(06-28-2017, 05:59 AM)StoneTheCrow Wrote: Corey Dillon's rookie rushing record for an individual game. It was a Thursday night game against the Tennessee Oilers (yes, Oilers). Light snowfall. Every time he ripped off a run they played Chumbawumba "I get knocked down, but I get up again..". That song was heavily played that night.

(06-27-2017, 05:34 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: So many to choose from...   But id have the Say Benson's Destruction of the Bears was one of the best games overall by the bengals I have witnessed.  

Not a great comeback or a close game but we didn't punt until Jordan palmer was handing off the ball to a backup RB  as we were up 45-3 at that point


And the 2 Ohio Shootouts with Cleveland as 2 of the highest scoing league games at the time.  were probly my favorites to watch.

(06-28-2017, 09:02 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I was at that game as well!  The funniest play of all time happened that night.  I wish I could find a video of that game to share the fake punt ran by one Reggie Roby, who is probably the biggest punter in NFL history.  Reggie did a fake that I have never seen before or since.  He simply took the steps like he was punting it, passed it to himself behind his back, and took off.  Reggie got something like 20 yards on that fake punt.  I was LMAO watching him bound along.  I joked that he could have got more yards if he would have ran backwards and let his enormous ass do some blocking for him.  

If memory serves, he might have been the leading rusher for the Oilers that night.

Great memory!