02-15-2022, 01:21 AM
(02-15-2022, 01:17 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I am old enough to remember all our Super Bowl losses, but honestly the 2015 playoff loss was the biggest gut punch I ever got from the Bengals.
#2 ranked UT Vols lose 2001 SEC Championship game to #22 ranked LSU and miss out on national Championship game.
#1 ranked Ohio State loses 75 Rose Bowl to UCLA.
2006 Bengals miss playoffs because of botched chip shot FG on last play of regulation. I can't remember if it was a bad snap or if that was the botched XP the final seconds of the game the week before against the Broncos. Those two losses back-to-back were a serious combination.
Wasn't Justin Smith called for a BS penalty vs Tampa that cost us a win in that same season? Then we lost 3 straight at the end in crazy fashion, when we just needed one win to make the playoffs?
We were better than 8-8 that year.
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