02-03-2018, 09:35 PM
I remember watching the game in my dorm room. Oddly I seem to recall being optimistic we'd beat the Chargers, a Bengals big-game feeling I haven't had in decades. Anymore I don't know what I remember from watching the game and what I remember from seeing highlights. I was in a college dorm after all...
I went to IU in Bloomington so it was every bit as cold there as in Cincinnati so I could imagine how awful it had to be in the stands. I had been to a pretty cold (damp, 30s) game the year before and it seemed like the concrete in Riverfront used to suck the body heat right out of you. I'm in awe of those of you who actually sat through it in that weather.
Interestingly, even though it was genuinely dangerous to be outside it never occurred to anyone to cancel classes at IU the next day. Now, I teach at UC and we have canceled classes because it was 'too cold' more than once. I hate being cold, so i approve.
I went to IU in Bloomington so it was every bit as cold there as in Cincinnati so I could imagine how awful it had to be in the stands. I had been to a pretty cold (damp, 30s) game the year before and it seemed like the concrete in Riverfront used to suck the body heat right out of you. I'm in awe of those of you who actually sat through it in that weather.
Interestingly, even though it was genuinely dangerous to be outside it never occurred to anyone to cancel classes at IU the next day. Now, I teach at UC and we have canceled classes because it was 'too cold' more than once. I hate being cold, so i approve.
