07-17-2016, 03:32 PM
(07-17-2016, 03:12 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Considering Cincinnati has one of the top zoos in the nation and has Bengal tigers, I'd say that having a tiger mascot is fittingExcept that's not where the name came from.
Either it was a nod to the FIRST Bengals team back in the lat 30's (that had one winning season...fitting).
Or to Brown's high school team he coached...the Tigers. (Also fitting as the Bengals tend to play like high school kids.)