20 - Years since the Bengals have won a playoff game
0 - Total number of playoff wins in Mike Brown's tenure as owner
.359 - Bengals regular season winning percentage since Mike Brown took over as owner (115-206-1 in 20 seasons)
29-34-1 - Record since 2005 playoff game vs Steelers
6 - Seasons the Bengals have lost their first six games since 1991. No other team has more than two.
0 - Teams North of Cincinnati without an indoor practice facility
10 - Players arrested in a 14 month span from 2005-2006
32 - Mike Brown's ranking, out of 32, of the "Best Owners in the NFL" by Michael Silver of Sports Illustrated in 2007
458,000,000 - Amount, in dollars, that Hamilton County Taxpayers paid to build PBS
2032 - Year that Hamilton County will have finally paid off its debt on the stadium deal
3 - Total number of non-clerical employees employed in the Bengals scouting department, lowest in the league
747,000,000 - Amount, in dollars, paid in free agency by the Bengals from 1994 - 2005, second worst of all 28 teams in existence for the duration, behind only Arizona
118 – Ranking, out of 118 professional teams, of the “Worst Franchises” in professional sports, as ranked by ESPN the Magazine in 2003.
97 – Ranking, out of 98 general managers in all four major sports with three or more years of experience, of Mike Brown’s performance as a GM, as ranked by Forbes in 2007.
i cant believe the pitt panthers and the irish are tearing up the same field 14 hours before ochocinco will be trying to make cuts on.
Posted by: artist formerly known as Section 101 | November 14, 2009 at 09:25 PM
God I hate the Steelers and their fans! Have you all seen the Enquirer message boards? Jesus Christ, they are a bunch of degenerates. Once, just once, I'd love to sweep them and show them how to enjoy a win with class. If God is indeed just, he will bring a victory to our boys tomorrow--I probably shouldn't have used their names in vain if I'm hoping for divine intervention.
All kidding aside, I really think the Bengals have a shot tomorrow. They NEED to stop the run, like they been doing almost all year.
Posted by: TheCarlPickensClause | November 14, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I think God's football intervention justice quota for the 00s was met when the Giants beat the Patriots in that Super Bowl. We're on our own now.
In other news, the usually Bengal-hating Joe Theismann picked the Bengals to win this one. And he's the only person I've seen do so.
Posted by: Mockenrue | November 14, 2009 at 10:27 PM
As I said earlier, my natural inclination would have been to like the Steelers. Small market team. Run by people who know football. Excellent results for almost 40 years. It's exactly what we wish the Bengals were!
The Enquirer message boards are a cesspool. The yinzers apparently have nothing better to do than troll other cities message boards! Never has a great team had such unworthy fans.
Posted by: FeedMikeBrownToAquaBengal | November 15, 2009 at 02:29 AM
Anyone who thought we could stop the pressure on Mike Brown ought to read his comments in the FOX Sports interview (Also Florio is reporting Brown is interested in signing Larry 2.7 yards per carry Johnson)
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/10368764/Castoffs-giving-Bengals-a-shot-at-AFC-North-title
As the Bengals owner candidly told FOXSports.com on Friday, "We aren't like Indianapolis that just tears people apart week after week or New England."
"We've put together a pretty good season to this point, but for the most part, it's been very close games," Brown said from inside his office at Paul Brown Stadium. "It's too early for congratulations. We're at the midpoint of this season. Who knows what the second half will bring? We're just fighting and scrapping and we'll see where it goes."
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It's enough to make you sick to your stomach.
Posted by: FeedMikeBrownToAquaBengal | November 15, 2009 at 02:41 AM
23-14 Bingahls. BTW, way to keep on message. Now this board is for people who want to talk about the 'Crying Irish' and UP.
Maybe, just maybe, by knowing that this stuff had to be talked about because of the monotony of the work that identifies this website, TPTB on this website will understand that not only does this site go off on various tangents, that it is a pathetically small aspect of 'football life' and that to be what it is, TPTB should have known from the 'git-go' their rantings actually deserved a much smaller and cogent website -- one that people got to have their say about the problems with the Bingahls and only concentrating on the irreverance for all things Bingahls?
BTW, anyone from 'Pizzgee' or 'Shiviet' going to go see the Bingahls?
Posted by: wch | November 15, 2009 at 03:20 AM
Boy I wish we could get this feeling every year instead of every 4 years, or in a larger sense, twice every 20 years.
Posted by: Al | November 15, 2009 at 03:23 AM
FMBtAB,
Actually, I like that quote from Mike Brown, as it shows that he realizes this team isn't designed to blow people out. Could he actually be showing that he realizes there's still work to be done in the draft?
As for LJ, I watched every game he played in college (live for probably 90% of the home ones), and he's a totally different running back with a decent line, which, surprisingly, we have this year. His junior season at Penn State, he'd break three or four tackles just to get back to the line of scrimmage, but then the o-line got it together his senior year and he set the Big 10 single game rushing record four or five teams that season. If Kansas City had been able to compensate for the losses of both their awesome tackles, LJ would still be a darling of the league. Now, with that said, does that mean I want him in stripes? From a purely talent standpoint, I'd say yes. There's also the sentimental part of me that wants to see my favorite running back (warts and all) playing for my favorite team. However, from a team chemistry and risk/reward standpoint, there's no way I want him on the Bengals. Plus, who do you drop - Brian "White Tiger" Leonard or the potential future franchise rb Bernard Scott? Not something Mikey Boy needs to be taking a risk on at this point in an otherwise promising season.
wch,
Stop being an annoying twat. Misspelling things like that is a yinzer characteristic, and this site has evolved since it first opened and become more of a community. I can't speak for everyone else, but when I see certain commenters' names attached to comments, I have some idea of what to expect, and most of the regulars on this site I would have no problem buying a beer for and talking about football with. That's the nature of the beast, unless you've got huge turnover on who's visiting your site. I don't really think it's counterproductive to the message we're trying to spread - if anything, it shows that we have more going on in our lives than a single-minded hatred of Mike Brown's policies. That makes us a little more creditable and a little less whackjob.
Posted by: Wyatt | November 15, 2009 at 08:12 AM
America Fuck Yeah!
sorry, I just had to do that b/c I hate the stillers more than any team, and it's b/c of their fans and that smilin Korean Ward, douchbag.
Posted by: JoseOle | November 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Someone should get Himes a set of red-and-white checkered bibs, and a plate with a certain famous double-decker hamburger on it, so he could loiter outside of Frisch's doing a Heisman (I mean a Himesman) pose
Posted by: Hofbraunow | November 17, 2009 at 06:03 PM