Average Steelers fan. Long on Super Bowl rings. Short on intellect and employment.
When I was a lil ‘Zilla growing up in war-torn Afghanistan, the San Francisco Forty-Niners were the league punching bag.
So much so, it left on me an indelible image of that franchise – even during the team’s dynasty years of the ’90s, to me its brand represented “sucks, and sucks bad.”
Even today, to me the SF punching bag image lives on. So, why bring up this now, you ask? Because it’s all about brand image – how other teams view us.
Sure, okay, I’m strongly opposed to government-rationed breast implants, but am a huge proponent of social media. As such, I try to scan all NFL and Bengals sites, and am a fan of Cincy Jungle, and think Josh does a great job with the site, which probably generates the most traffic from other AFC North fans. Have you ever read Bengals-related comments from Pittsburgh and Baltimore fans? Simply, scary. But why do they say what they say? All those stupid comments?
Mostly, because of our brand image.
For a city that really has nothing to offer mankind outside the Steelers, I’m always amazed at the football ignorance of their fans. I’m not just talking about the incredibly stupid, derogatory Bengal-directed comments; I’m talking basic football 101 stuff. I mean, with all the good teams they’ve had over the past 30 years, you’d think some degree of football smarts might rubbed off, right? But nope.
And Baltimore fans? They actually, for whatever reason, seem a tad-bit smarter than Pittsburgh fans, at least in a football sense. But Baltimore fans remind me of a sad, twangy country-western song about dogs dying, and wives leaving. Well, maybe that’s because their first wife, the Colts, left them in the middle of a snowy night in ’84. Rumor is, the Colts actually chewed off their right arm to escape the dismal existence of living in Baltimore, Maryland. Hey, you didn’t hear that from me.
Raby, The Baltimore Ratbird.
But none of that explains all those idiotic, remedial Bengals-related comments, you say. So why do they say it? Yup, cuz of Mike Brown and our bad brand image.
Just like, in my mind, I can’t get past all those bad 49′er teams of years ago, Pittsburgh and Baltimore fans just can’t see past the ’90s Bengals. To them, Cincinnati will always be the Bungles, despite since ’03 (2008 nothwithstanding) the Bengals have either won the AFCN, or was a last-season contender.
So, we as Bengals fans must show patience when reading ignorant blog posts from Pittsburgh and Baltimore fans. Remember, Steelers fans are, well, from Pittsburgh. And Baltimore fans got dumped by their first wife, before hooking up in a sleazy online chat room with their current mangy Ratbird of a team .
Please don’t blame them. Blame Mike Brown.
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Great site guys. The video player rocks. Any hot chick movies planned this week?
C-Bacon,
Sorry, not exactly ‘hot chick movies’ … but over time we’ll have a good variety of Bengals-related video content. And a few chicks.
What, no Browns mentioned? That powerhouse from LaBronlessville? Im with you on the Steelers and Ratbirds (hahahaha!) fans. Personally I hate Pittsburgh a lot more.
Meeting the Ratbirds in chat room. Priceless, Zilla.
BHOF
Ratbirds in a chat room. Love it.
The new site rocks.
BHOF,
For years I hated Pittsburgh more than NBC primetime programming. But I have to say the last few years Baltimore and their fans are making a soilid move for No. 1. Maybe when the dancing murderer finally retire I can hate them less.
Zilla
Thanks, CCQB…much appreciated. Lot of work behind the scenes under the barbed whip of our fear-inducing leader, Timzilla!
2Coy. I second your motion for hot chick movies. Zilla, the pressure’s on. Be a man. Give us more women.
Hey, we’ve put out the casting calls, but all the women say they’re afraid of us. Claiming Oddbounces is a good old boys network. Jeez, I guess all those probono hours working for NOW went to waste!