09-30-2015, 10:25 PM
(09-30-2015, 08:14 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Dear lord you mean you missed the 90's lol. That was the true test of fandom. But we lifers did get 1988 and 1981.
The 80s were nice. Although I learned to loath the 49ers.
Growing up, my whole family were Browns fans. Of course, can't particularly blame them since that was the only pro football team in Ohio at the time. When the Bengals were started it was Paul Brown, who was already famous in the state from his time with the Browns and Ohio State.
The start of the Bengals a few years later started to slowly taking away fans from the Browns. Two SB appearances in the 1980's while the Browns languished were just egg in Modell's face. :)
One of my aunts was down here to Florida (she comes down every winter now and is still a Browns fan). To her Arte Modell resides in a fiery place where there are no exits allowed.