Tomorrow we find out.

The last two times the enshrinees both finished in our top 3, but they were NOT our 1-2 choices. Guess we'll see if that trend holds.

This is also almost certainly the final year for enshrinees to be selected in this manner.

Math:

WAS:

16 week season + 1 bye week + 4 preseason weeks = 21 weeks of football + wildcard + divisional + conference + off week + super bowl = 26 weekends of football

If Regular Season Week 1 (the 5th football weekend) is the Sunday after Labor Day, the Super Bowl is the 1st or 2nd Sunday in February

NOW

17 week season + 1 bye week + 3 preseason weeks = 21 weeks of football + wildcard + divisional + conference + off week + super bowl = 26 weekends of football

Same as before

FUTURE (without extra bye)

18 week season + 1 bye week + 3 preseason weeks = 22 weeks of football + wildcard + divisional + conference + off week + super bowl = 27 weekends of football

Pushes Super Bowl one week to the right, making it the 2nd or 3rd Sunday in February

FUTURE (with extra bye)

18 week season + 2 bye week + 3 preseason weeks = 23 weeks of football + wildcard + divisional + conference + off week + super bowl = 28 weekends of football

Pushes Super Bowl two weeks to the right, making it the 3rd or 4th Sunday in February

I agree that 18 games should add a 2nd bye.... but they're going to have to revamp the schedule to fit two extra weeks into the calendar. The easiest solution would seem to be the deletion of another preseason game AND start everything a week earlier. In fact, you could start the season on Labor Day Sunday, turning the entire 3-day weekend into a national celebration of football. For the current year, it might look like:

August 15-17 weekend - Preseason 1

August 22-24 weekend - Preseason 2

(theoretically, they could also start the weekend before [Aug 8-10], play two preseason weeks then have an off week for final cuts and prep before season kickoff)

August 31 (Labor Day Sunday) - Season begins

Jaunary 11 - 20th regular season week (18 games + 2 byes) - Final football weekend

January 17-18 - Wild Card

Janunary 24-25 - Divisional

February 1 - Conference

February 8 - off week

February 15 - Super Bowl

I don't think deletion of the off week before the Super Bowl is realistic. Too much money to be made on the hype, too many people making last-minute travel plans if their team is going.... been there, the extra week is actually a net good thing.

Anyway, that's my take on it.

By the way, I passed my FAA Medical Exam this afternoon. My flight status has been restored, I'm a pilot again. :)

FYI..... This might be a situation that's unique to MY season ticket account (since we have to square the books across different households), but in case anyone else is curious about the single-game pricing breakout for season tickets, here's the run-down for my seats in Section 104 (Lower Bowl, Field, ~10 yard line):

Excluding preseason, there are THREE price tiers this year:

Suck Teams Nobody Should Pay Actual Money To See: JAX NYJ NEP ARI - $166.25 per seat

Teams That Bring Their Own Bandwagon To Paycor: PIT CHI BAL CFT - $183.75 per seat

Local NFC Opponent With A Bandwagon That Might Also Be A Superbowl Preview: DET - $218.75 per seat

....and the preseason suck-show against IND is $131.25 per seat.

Season Total = $1750 per seat.

PRESEASON

$131.25: 8/23 (Saturday 1pm) - Dolts

REGULAR SEASON:

$166.25: 9/14 - Jugulars

$218.75: 10/5 (4:25pm) - Loins

$183.75: 10/16 (Thursday 8:15pm) - Stealers

$166.25: 10/26 - Jests

$183.75: 11/2 - Da Bearssssk

$166.25: 11/23 - Pathetics

$183.75: 12/14 - Raisins

$166.25: 12/27 (Sat) or 12/28 (Sun) (Time TBA) - Card-Anals

$183.75: 1/3 (Sat) or 1/4 (Sun) (Time TBA) - Clones

FWIW, There ya go.

3 hours ago, Griever said:

Isobel Hamilton

Those under 40 might not know that at one time Saturday Night Live was funny and entertaining, rather than the cringeworthy mess it is today.

Here are the Blues Brothers, Jake and Elwood, singing their version of the song we sang at Riverfront Stadium every time our TE caught a critical pass. The song is "Rodney Holman", which they changed to "I'm A Soul Man" for the NY-based studio audience.

On 6/6/2025 at 5:00 PM, BlackJesus said:

I also briefly visited heaven at that moment

For me, it was the holding penalty on the 49ers on the kickoff after Breech kicked the go-ahead FG with 3+ left in XXIII. SF was backed up to the 9 and our D had only allowed one TD to Montana, Rice, Craig and Taylor. It was in our hands.

On 6/5/2025 at 1:01 PM, Griever said:

Jeff Saturday is available if the Dolts need a QB.

Thanks to everyone who voted. Here's the final tally:

14 Lemar Parrish (1970-77) (b.1947)

11 David Fulcher (1986-92) (b.1964)

10 Bob Trumpy (1968-77) (b.1945)

10 Reggie Williams (1976-89) (b.1954)

8 Dave Lapham (1974-83) (b.1952)

3 Jim Breech (1980-92) (b.1956)

3 James Brooks (1984-91) (b.1958)

2 Max Montoya (1979-89) (b.1956)

2 Cris Collinsworth (1981-88) (b.1959)

For the ties, I've arbitrarily ranked them in order by oldest age

Denver..... hmmmm..... I've only been to DSAFoFACMaICSMHSbtybPtcoang (Denver Sports Authority Field on Frontier Airlines Coors Mountain at Invesco Champs Sports Mile High Stadium, brought to you by Pepsi, the choice of a new generation), once. That was back in 2011, several naming rights sponsors ago.

Okay, a few questions, as Denver has clearly changed in the decade since all the displaced Californians moved in:

1 - Is pot smoking optional or compulsory? I'm retired and no longer have random drug testing, but I like my few remaining brain cells and dont want to mess anything up.

2 - Since all of the apartment buildings are controlled by TdA, does that extend to all of the hotels or just most of them?

3 - Can I opt out of the LBGTQ stuff and instead enjoy a tasty GQ BLT?

.... yummm

Otherwise, sounds like fun. Am I crashing on your couch? :)

Season Ticket Holders:

The Stripes are doing their annual Open House / Field Day events, starting next Friday. Attendees get access to the new locker room and weight room, on-field access and activities, etc.

It's free, but tickets are required, and they're available to STHs - check your email for the link. Parking avaialble in the stadium lots for five or ten bucks (I forget how much, sorry).

June 13 (Friday), 14 (Saturday), and 21 (Saturday) only.

10am - 530pm..... start times every 90 minutes

I've done it more than once, it's cool. Even caught a TD back in 2012.

Recommended.

PS - If none of my households claim our tickets, I'll make them available here. I can get 4.

^ bump

We are entering the final week of voting. If you have not voted yet, please hurry. There are three guys running neck-and-neck, plus two more who are just a couple of votes from being dangerous. Your vote will matter.

Poll closes at midnight ET this Thursday night.

3 hours ago, Griever said:

🤔

They need to ask me.

Staying with the same original list of 17 players at some point would either run dry, or would result in those still on the ballot being passed over year after year. Also, making it 100% dependent on fan voting introduces bias. I would begin adding new names to the list, maybe add four at first then add another each year for a few years. Guys like AJ Green, Geno Adkins, Rodney Holman, Sam Wyche(!), or even Andrew Whitworth or Takeo Spikes. The point is, I believe there are many names deserving of consideration beyond the 7 that will remain after this years' voting. Further, I fervently believe that at this point fan voting should be deemphasized, allowing the team, players, vets, local long-term beat writers, and other enshrinees to weigh-in. Maybe even alternate... fans pick one player in odd years, "insiders" pick in even years. Or establish a minimum number of votes needed to be enshrined, and a lower minimum to remain on the ballot.

Bottom line - the process has reached a point where the ballot AND the voting need revamping.

FWIW, the households that share my seats also conducted a vote, and the results were all over the place. To help with tiebreaks, I asked everyone to list THREE names in 1st-2nd-3rd order. Whomever got the most top-2 votes would get in, with all sorts of tiebreakers (most total votes, then most 1st vs most 2nd vs most 3rd, and finally player age) to break the ties.

We picked Trumpy outright, and Parrish on tiebreak:

Player: 1st-2nd-3rd

TRUMPY: 1-2-0 (3 top-2 votes)

PARRISH: 1-0-1 (1 top-2 vote, 1st place vote, 2 total votes,1947)

Williams: 1-0-1 (1 top-2 vote, 1st place vote, 2 total votes, 1954)

Montoya: 1-0-0 (1 top-2 vote, 1st place vote, 1 total vote)

Lapham: 0-1-1 (1 top-2 vote, 2nd place vote, 2 total votes, 1952)

Breech: 0-1-1 (1 top-2 vote, 2nd place vote, 2 total votes, 1956)

So we voted for Trumpy and Parrish, who just happen to be the two senior guys on the ballot.

Done.

 

And didn't know about the FB page ... done as well.  🙂

5 hours ago, High School Harry said:

The Greg Cook must be the Holy Grail.

He was Joe Burrow before Joe Burrow was born.... well, before the injury.

 

On 5/13/2025 at 6:32 PM, Shebengal said:

Anyone want a Bengals hearse?

 

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/05/13/bengals-themed-hearse-for-sale-origin-still-mystery/83370576007/?utm_source=enquirer-dailybriefing-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailybriefing-headline-stack&utm_term=Content List - Stacking - optimized&utm_content=pcin-cincinnati-nletter65

 

$4500 and it’s yours!! 

 

If I weren't a 5 hour r/t drive to Cincy I'd be all over this. Maybe if I ever get this relo done....

37 minutes ago, High School Harry said:

A.J. Green?

Too soon?

Really don't think so.

 

Oh, there are easily 5-6 dudes we could add to that.  AJ is definitely on the short list IMO.

8 minutes ago, T-Dub said:

 

Good job, but there's no option for not needing options.

 

I gotchu.

2 hours ago, Griever said:

 

 

I expect this is because we have only one home night game on the schedule this season.  The Open in Orange will be week 2 regardless of lights, but if the team is looking for fan guidance regarding the TNF game against the Stealers....  both choices are excellent, but the team will wear White Bengal for the White Out game, and that needs to be at night.

 

For me... White is the obvious answer.

I'm expecting the new "Open In Orange" tradition will continue against Jacksonville in week 2, and since we have only one home Primetime game, that'll likely be the Ring of Honor Induction night (meaning the reception will be the Friday or Saturday prior), and it'll probably be a White Out....  though a Stripe Out is also a possibility.... both effects look 23x better at night than during the daylight.

On 5/14/2025 at 8:12 PM, BlackJesus said:

 

?  x3 vs Stealers

 

8:15pm Mountain Time is 10:15pm ET.  Do the networks know that?

20 hours ago, T-Dub said:

2nd question needs more options

 

 

You're right.

2024 Go-Bengals poll results:
Linky: https://forum.go-bengals.com/index.php?/topic/92829-bengals-2024-ring-of-honor-nomimees/

 

18: (*)Tim Krumrie
9: David Fulcher
8: (*)Corey Dillon
3: Lemar Parrish
2: Bob Trumpy
2: Reggie Williams
1: Jim Breech
1: James Brooks
1: Max Montoya
0: Cris Collinsworth
0: Dave Lapham

(*) = Enshrinee

 

2023 Go-Bengals poll results
Linky: https://forum.go-bengals.com/index.php?/topic/87834-2023-ring-of-honor-nominees/

 

16: Tim Krumrie
11: (*)Boomer Esiason
10: (*)Chad Johnson
8: David Fulcher
3: James Brooks
3: Corey Dillon
3: Dave Lapham
3: Max Montoya
2: Lemar Parrish
2: Reggie Williams
1: Cris Collinsworth
0: Jim Breech
0: Bob Trumpy

(*) = Enshrinee

 

So apparently, our track record shows that our third place finisher, plus one of the top two, end up getting into the Ring.