Best Bengals Game Memory

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(06-27-2017, 08:57 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: You didn't have to be in attendance, but that was my initial thought.  If you haven't been to many games, feel free to use any game you observed.

My best memory wasn't the Super Bowl teams (I didn't get to go to many games back then) and it wasn't a playoff game or anything like that.

My best memory was the 2014 win over Denver.  It rained for a lot of the game.  We were freezing, but we had made plans to stay downtown and went out before the game and had a great time.  

When Dre Kirkpatrick made a pick six to seal the game, the place erupted.  It was almost like "ding-dong the witch is dead" as everyone had seen Manning bring teams back in that very situation.  Our hearts were in our throats before that pick six.  

After all the celebrating had started to die down (about the time they were preparing to kick off after the pick six), they showed a replay on the jumbotron (is that an 80s term?) and you see Dre pick it off and it showed Manning's face up close as Dre flew by him for the score.  He looked like "well, crap".  But what made it so hilarious was my Brother-in-law's line when they showed Manning's face.  After yelling "Chicken Parm you taste so good" to the insurance theme (among others) throughout the game, he goes:  "I don't think he's on my team" in the Nationwide tune and I just lost it.  We probably said that the rest of the night 1000 times and it never stopped being funny.  

Oh, the game was amazing, and I laughed so hard my sides hurt.  That's my best game memory...a close second was beating the Ratbirds after 9/11 the year after they won the Super Bowl.

What is yours?

I can't nail it down to one, I have two.

My first ever live NFL game was the overtime thriller against the Skins in '88.  Man, Riverfront was literally rocking.  I've never been a part of such an electric atmosphere.  It was so cold, your hot chocolate was just chocolate by the time you got back to your seat. We never noticed....

The second was the come from behind thriller in 2015 against the Seahawks.  We were in the endzone facing Nugent when he doinked it in.  I think that one is fresh enough in everyone's mind, it needs no further description.....except that I was sitting in row of Seahawk fans....lol.  Needless to say, I'm very glad I had my two young daughters with me to keep me grounded.

In all seriousness, we enjoyed some good natured barbs throughout the game, but one cat was crying about officiating, and I was crying back....and he kinda sulled up when he saw the writing on the wall.  You could feel it in the air in that amazing second half, the Bengals were going to win that day.