9 YEARS LATER WE FINALLY HAVE A HOME OPENER

[Essex Johnson]

So how long has it really been,, well let me tell you:

Avatar was top movie of the 2009

Pawn Star and Modern Family first year in 2009

Black Eyed Pea has top song with Boom Boom Pow

UC tuition was $10,000 now $14,000

Cronin was just in his 4th year as Head coach

Brian Kelly last year as coach, we are on our 3rd coach now since 2009

Great American Tower had yet to open, open in 2010

So it is about damn time we have a home opener.. i am ready to rock the Jungle... WHO DEY...

[THE PISTONS]

Some things stayed the same...like our playoff win total.

[masonbengals fan]

Who Dey !!! 

I'll be there.

[grampahol]

None of those things seem like they were that long ago to me. Now had you said that At least 6 people die in a fall down an elevator shaft of a skyscraper under construction in Hong Kong 

it would have seemed like forever ago which did happen on the same day..  

[Atomic Orange]

I'm gonna go ahead and guess the NFL darlings have never went 8 straight years without a home opener.

From a personal level my daughter was 10. She just graduated this year.

[HarleyDog]

Enjoy while it lasted. However, I'd rather win-lose the first game on the road. If we lose at home game one? Fug! Seasons done. Fans in the toilet, city calls Trump and declares state of emergency, BLM comes to Cincinnati, more riots, coast guard storms the river, Arts center get a new (Spray) painting, parking attendant mulled, Longworth Hall burned down, woman raped, Covington retreats to Tennessee, National Guard is called, gasoline raises to $8 a gallon and Grippos locks its doors and moves to Pittsburgh!

Not sure we want or need a season opener in Cincy. Although, I could be wrong?

[Joelist]

Lest we forget we've also had a number of seasons we both opened and closed on the road. Meanwhile both the Rats and Stealers have had a good number of season with home openers and indeed seasons where they get to both open and close at home.

[leonardfan40]

For the 2009 home opener, the following players suited up for the Bengals:
Carson Palmer
Cedric Benson
Laveraneus Coles
Chris Henry
Bernard Scott
Dan "Butterfingers" Coats
Chad Johnson
Brian Leonard!
Andre Caldwell

On defense we still had...
Chris Crocker
Roy Williams
Dhani Jones
JJoe
Jonathan Fanene
Robert Geathers
Antwan Odom who had his 5 sack game the next week vs GB
And Tank Johnson


Some of those names seem like forever ago

[THE PISTONS]

Isn't 2009 the game where Hall tipped the ball instead of intercepting it and the ball bounced into Stokelys hands and he scored a long TD to beat us?

We were winning at the end then lost on that play.

Kind of a good summary of being a Bengals fan.

Here's video of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgS214u5lFA

[Pat5775]

(09-09-2017, 10:58 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Isn't 2009 the game where Hall tipped the ball instead of intercepting it and the ball bounced into Stokelys hands and he scored a long TD to beat us?

We were winning at the end then lost on that play.

Kind of a good summary of being a Bengals fan.

Here's video of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgS214u5lFA

Yep, that's the one. Hopefully we can finally get the taste of colossal home-opening failure out of our mouths tomorrow.

[samhain]

I was at that game. it was the horrendous Stokely tip touchdown. I didn't want another home opener for nine years after witnessing it firsthand. Fortunately, they followed with some nice wins to get things on track.

[Atomic Orange]

Stokley was a total asshole for doing that to us.

[*rfaulk34*]

8 years.