01-06-2021, 01:20 AM
(01-05-2021, 10:02 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: I was 6 years old. I remember watching the games that season. My one grandpa was a Steelers fan which haunted me the rest of the 90s as he already rubbed in my face what poor decisions I made in team selection (I was born and raised in Cincy, but he grew up in PA). The '91 season I asked Santa for a Bengals uniform for Christmas and even Santa made fun of me because the team was so awful that season and apparently he could see the future...
But the 90/91 season I watched Boomer and the guys and that was probably the real start of my love affair with the team and football in general (I only vaguely remember the SB appearance prior and mostly from the hype around the city and how everything was in stripes more than the season or SB itself).
FWIW, 1990 was the first year I really followed the Reds, too. Went to my first game that summer with my dad, which is something I'll never forget. I didn't see a Bengals game in person until 1998. Neil O'Donnell vs John Elway. And the Bengals hung with them most of that game.
I can't even fathom sometimes how much life has passed since that playoff win. It's ridiculous.
I was at that '98 game too. I think the broncos were undefeated and the bengals were like 2-5 and they damn near beat em. It was the first time i ever saw the banner fly over the stadium..."Mike Brown, step down" Alas, we all know that didnt happen but we were hopeful that in a few years it would become a reality. WHo knew that 22 years later MB would still be active?
