Why you do?

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(Yesterday, 01:11 PM)jason Wrote: I think the Brown family cares about winning. They just care about winning on their terms. The Reds are totally content to take your money and farm players for New York, Boston, LA, and the teams that can afford to compete.

And take Blue Jays Castoffs

[Hammerstripes]

The ONLY reason I became a fan was because of the uniforms. When they switched to the striped helmets I became a fan (9 years old).

I thought they were the coolest thing in the world and I'm too loyal to ever switch.

[sandwedge]

(Yesterday, 08:36 AM)jason Wrote: I like ugly uniforms and antiquated ownership and management structures...

I actually was a Los Angeles Raiders fan (Jim Plunkett, Marcus Allen, Lester Hayes era) as a kid, but they weren't as easy to see on TV in the Dayton area as the Bengals. My dad was a Bengals fan and took me to at least one or two games a year at Riverfront. That environment was insane (before the NFL became the bougie corporate environment it is now) for a small child. By the time the 88 super bowl season rolled around I really started following the team, and I'd hear all the Gary Burbank shit on 700. I started drifting to the local team. I lost interest when Wyche and the boys all left. I regained it in college just to be a heel for my college roommates who were all Browns fans... Then the Browns moved and the Bengals were on every week in Columbus. They sucked, but Blake and Pickens were exciting. Rooting for a loser became my passion. Then it started to "pay off" with Carson and Chad... Decades later; here we are.

You have to be the smartest person in Morton with a college degree! 

[*jason*]

(Yesterday, 11:39 PM)sandwedge Wrote: You have to be the smartest person in Morton with a college degree! 

I didn't finish it... I blend right in.

I have all of the debt to show for it though.

[sandwedge]

(9 hours ago)jason Wrote: I didn't finish it... I blend right in.

I have all of the debt to show for it though.

Don't we all..

Wait till we won't be able to fill our gas tanks this summer...

[sandwedge]

(05-20-2025, 04:57 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Ok. I need to take a break from the bashing and do something a little different. Some of you may start thinking that i don't actually like the team. I'm sure we've done this before, but i'd like to know why and when you became a Bengals fan.

I've told this story before but it's been a while and i'm sure we have new people over the last couple years. So here's littly Ricky's story...

Back in 1978 i was 12 years old and me and my friends were just getting into sports seriously. Playing around the neighborhood and watching pro and college sports on TV. At the time, my Uncle worked at Barleycorn's downtown and it just so happened that Bengals players would hang out there on Friday nights before home games. My dad had told me this and on this particular Friday, i asked him to bring me some autographs to show off to my friends. So, the next morning i wake up, eat some cereal and sit down to watch Saturday morning cartoons. That's what we did back in the day. Anyway, i'm sitting there and i think, "hmm, that was a pretty cool dream last night...wait, was it a dream?". So i get up and go back in my room and there on top of the dresser was an NFL football and a signed pic of Gary Burley. Not only that, my dad said i had 2 tickets to the upcoming home game against the Falcons. 

Now, any of you that know the history of the Bengals, know they weren't very good in the late 70s. At that particular time, the Bengals were 1-12 with their only win coming against Houston earlier in the season. The football that was sitting on top of my dresser just happened to be a game ball that Gary Burley had received for getting 4 sacks in Houston the week before, in a loss (they got game balls even in losses back then), and he just kept it in his trunk. 

So, i go to the game with my Uncle, the one that worked at Barleycorn's and low and behold, the Bengals win their 2nd game of the year 37-7 and go on an OG DCB. The Falcons had been fighting for a playoff spot at the time at 8-5. After the game, me and another kid got to ride in Burley's cadillac on the way to get something to eat with my Uncle and a couple other players (who i don't recall right now). 

I've been hooked ever since. NFL football is my #1 sport to watch, bar none. I love college basketball too but not nearly as much as NFL football and as fate would have it...i bleed orange and black, despite my distaste for who owns and runs the organization. 

For those interested, here is that game, with little Ricky sitting in some end zone seats, taking in all the action. 






I was able to call into the Lance McCallister show some time back when he had Burley as a guest and related this story to him. 

What's your story?

Thanks for the video! I wish it was 1978 again!
I see the officiating hasn't changed much, still pretty bad!
Seeing some of the old commercials and products was kind of cool
Cheerleaders with big breast instead of today's tiny ones.
Thanks again for the walk down memory lane.

[Soonerpeace]

Well I became a fan when several OU Sooner players became players as well as my hometown Zac Taylor became coach. Knowing a few or people very close to them piqued my interest. 

[Tiger Teeth]

All of this is my dad's fault. Thanks old man. Lol