10-23-2005, 10:34 AM
HUGE game for the Bengals and their fans today in Cincy.
The Steelers are in town, and suddenly, a game that has managed to remain a rivalry through some very lean years here in southern Ohio has real meaning for the throngs of orange an black-clad football fans.
A win here means that the Bengals will most likely be in the playoffs for the first time in a decade and a half (barring a meltdown of epic proportions).
Football has always been huge in this state, from high school to college to the pros, but suddenly this city is busting at the seams. I moved here in 1991, and given that they have yet to make the postseason in all the years since, I haven't witnessed this type of electricity surrounding the Bengals before. It's something the great soprts fans of this city deserve, quite frankly.
It's going to be a close game, methinks. But I gotta think the Bengals eke out a W here in PBS. I'll say:
BENGALS 31
STEELERS 27
The Steelers are in town, and suddenly, a game that has managed to remain a rivalry through some very lean years here in southern Ohio has real meaning for the throngs of orange an black-clad football fans.
A win here means that the Bengals will most likely be in the playoffs for the first time in a decade and a half (barring a meltdown of epic proportions).
Football has always been huge in this state, from high school to college to the pros, but suddenly this city is busting at the seams. I moved here in 1991, and given that they have yet to make the postseason in all the years since, I haven't witnessed this type of electricity surrounding the Bengals before. It's something the great soprts fans of this city deserve, quite frankly.
It's going to be a close game, methinks. But I gotta think the Bengals eke out a W here in PBS. I'll say:
BENGALS 31
STEELERS 27