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New Rules for Jersey Etiquette at a Bengals Game

From 2003 to 2008 (the first five years of the Marvin Lewis era in Cincinnati), it was a crime for a fan of Mike Brown's Bengals to wear the jersey of a Bengal player that isn't on the team anymore. Nor was it acceptable to wear personalized jerseys (and be over the age of 13) or to wear college gear. And the Bengals Pro Shop was a must pilgrimage for a Bengals fan at least once of twice during the year.

But now that Mike Brown's Bengals have not hired a GM, have not added any scouts, performed like a big pile of suck winning only four games (all meaningless), was the only team in the bottom ten in the NFL that did not make any coaching or management changes, Marvin Lewis chuckled and battled through every press conference expressing that he doesn't really care if there are fans, and the team used former Pittsburgh Steeler coach Bill Cowher's quote to entice Bengal fans into returning(this would be like having Jim Tressel write Michigan football's season ticket renewal letter); the need to wear the jersey of an active player has gone in reverse.

Let's take a look at the new rules for jersey etiquette at a Bengals game...

Rule #1 - Who's jersey should you wear?

Used to be...

Wearing a jersey of a Bengals that is no longer on the team was grounds for endless ridicule. If your guy left town, your jersey should have been lit of fire (failing a store offering 50% another jersey with a trade in - ah, in a perfect world). Wearing the jersey of an active player or Bengal legend was a must.

Is now...

Wearing a jersey of a Bengals that is no longer on the team is awesome. The older the better, the more random the better. The more tattered the jersey the better. The only true tule is that the random players should be from the Mike Brown era. Gus Frerotte, Neil O'Donnell, Jeff Blake, Carl Pickens, Corey Dillon, Neil Rackers, Darnay Scott, Jon Kitna, Jeff Query, Harold Green, Eric Steinbach, Willie Anderson, Deltha O'Neal, Madieu Williams, Akili Smith, Peter Warrick, Kelley Washington, David Pollack, Odell Thurman, Justin Smith, Kenny Irons, and David Klingler are all in play.

To review...

buying and wearing a brand new Keith Rivers jersey: waste of money; wearing a David Klingler jersey that you've had for years stuck in a drawer: AWESOME! Keep this in mind when Mike Brown let's Touraj Houshmandzadeh (aka The Hardest Man in Bengals history) walk in about two weeks.

Bengals...Texans...GUS JOHNSON...It's the NFL on CBS!

Lost in the mess that is the 2008 Bengals season is the fact that crappy Bengals football means crappy matchups.  And if it's a crappy matchup...CBS sends it's best...Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker! 

This week's game against the Texans will be called by Gus Johnson...who (as I once said) sounds like he's announcing each game in an airplane hangar. 

Hey, while the Bengals might go 0-16 this year...at least for those matchups against the Ravens, the Chiefs, and the Browns...there's a good chance Gus Johnson will be breathless.  And that's just for the pregame intro!

Enjoy!

Cincinnati's Mayor Proves He Doesn't Watch Football

"It is very important that we continue to support the Bengals, even when they are having tough times."

This is the quote given yesterday by Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory.  I'm sure that the true Bengals fans were thinking the same thing I was thinking...

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?!

It’s clear that Mark Mallory has never actually sat through a game (let alone a series of games) watching this team play “professional” football for the past 18 years.  And why should he?  He needs to make sure that shootings in Cincinnati are kept to a minimum and that nobody blows up Clifton.  I totally understand why sitting down to watch the Bengals lose on a week-by-week basis isn’t exactly high on Mallory’s priority list. 

But I’ve got two requests for the mayor:

The Revolution Hits the Airwaves - Catch Comrade Simon on 700 WLW Tonite at 8 PM

A little late in getting to this but Honorary WDR Member Paul Daugherty will host Comrade Andrew Simon to discuss if fans finally are ready to walk their disgusted talk after 17 years of futility.  Check it out. 

For out of towners, try streaming over the internet here:  Click on the Listen Live tab to hear the show.  Here is Paul's article that will be the focus of the show.

We will post a recap of the show when it is released.

Who Dey.

Free Speech Silenced at Bengals Game

Paul Daugherty brings us news that two signs at the Bengals-Saints game on Saturday critical of the team's decision to resign Chris Henry were removed by authorities.  As the Doc writes:

The best attack the Bengals evidenced was against a couple anti-Mike Brown banners hanging brazenly from opposite ends of the taxpayer-funded stadium.

One read, "Hey Mike, Surely You Can't Be Serious. Please Tell Me Chris Found Jesus." The other offered, "Fool me once shame on you. Fool me six times, shame on Mike Brown." Each was removed by the middle of the first quarter. Let freedom ring.

In my view, Hamilton County taxpayers are PAYING for the stadium and should have every right to criticize the team.  Although Mike Brown, with his history of implementing speech codes on players, certainly disagrees. 

So, I say to you heroes who will not sit down and let Mike Brown continue to destroy our Bengals, do not let them silence you. Continue to agitate and speak out about the bonehead decisions that the management has made that have led to zero playoff wins in 17 years.  The only way the Bengals will ever change is if enough of us speak out and demand change.