What was it like in the 80s?

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(08-25-2020, 09:04 PM)Jhowdy54 Wrote: born in 86 I dont remember anything from the 80s when we were good.  Only crap 90s and 1 and done 00s and 10s.  

Did you feel like we were we Americas team?

How loud were the fans in riverfront?

National media love us any instead of trashing us every second now?

Just curious how the energy was with everything.  With Burrow here I just want that feeling one time.

The "Jungle" was truly a jungle.  Incredibly loud....some of that might have been aided by the design of a basic hole in the ground.   People dressed crazy, acted crazy.  

National media is harder for me to describe.  My Bengal news was the Dayton Daily News.  There was no USA Today or internet.  I certainly didn't feel any National bias against the Bengals.  The Cowboys and steelers had a lot of national love, but the Bengals were viewed as young and innovative.  They kind of came out of nowhere in 81-82 season and with this flashy new uniform.  It was not universally loved but it was so "in your face" it was hard to ignore.  Look at the early Patriots uniform.  We may love it now in some retro-rationale but it was so lame.  They looked like a USFL team when they changed their uniforms. 

I don't think that "feeling" will ever return because games are so expensive and the fans there (at PBS) in areas like the Club Lounge are there more for social or business reasons.  They often retreat to the back area and hang out.  That is why that area always looks empty.  The area behind it (The Club Level Lounge) requires those seats for admission and is admittedly a nice area.  I switched seats with a guy during a cold weather game so my dad could go back there to warm up frequently.

Too many people worried about their fantasy team and on their phones to ever be what it once was.   The college experience at a place like OSU is more fun.