10-13-2018, 11:32 AM
December 30, 2001. Bengals vs Steelers. Dick LeBeau’s last home game as head coach. My first Bengals game in Cincinnati!
I think the high was like 7 degrees that day, and the wind was howling. I’ve never been that cold in my life. The Steelers were winning 17-0 at one point. There were a billion Steelers fans there and they were all talking crap. I was miserable/mad/sad that we had come up from NC for that.
Brian Simmons ended up blocking a FG and returning it for a TD. The Bengals tied the game up and Neil Rackers missed the damned XP as time expired. Game went to OT where the Bengals actually won by 3.
It was so satisfactory to see all of those Steelers fans who were talking trash to walk out with their head hung. And we weren’t cold anymore! We had been jumping up and down and yelling enough in the 4th quarter to warm us up! I’ve never again seen a Bengals crowd as happy as that after a game.
I think the high was like 7 degrees that day, and the wind was howling. I’ve never been that cold in my life. The Steelers were winning 17-0 at one point. There were a billion Steelers fans there and they were all talking crap. I was miserable/mad/sad that we had come up from NC for that.
Brian Simmons ended up blocking a FG and returning it for a TD. The Bengals tied the game up and Neil Rackers missed the damned XP as time expired. Game went to OT where the Bengals actually won by 3.
It was so satisfactory to see all of those Steelers fans who were talking trash to walk out with their head hung. And we weren’t cold anymore! We had been jumping up and down and yelling enough in the 4th quarter to warm us up! I’ve never again seen a Bengals crowd as happy as that after a game.
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