Blame it all on my roots..

[Johnny Cupcakes]

I was born into a Bengal loving family, so I always kinda knew of them and casually rooted for them, but it wasn't until I was 16 that I really discovered the love. In the 2002 season, my grandfather decided he was too old for his season tickets (my family had 6 in a row), and I was the first one he offered them to. It was me, my dad, my two uncles, and one of my uncles two sons (we have since added two for my two little brothers), and in my first season, I got to experience the Bengals worst season ever. That didn't matter though...the game day experience had me fanatically hooked.

Unfortunately, due to having a job where I worked away from Cincinnati a lot, I chose to not keep my season tickets beginning in 2014. My family all still goes, and hopefully in 2016 or 2017, I will be able to jump back into my seat at PBS.

I am fortunate to have never experienced long spells of horrible play by the team. According to some of the more old crotchety members here, that invalidates my opinion. I'm just grateful that I've been semi lucky so far.