March 17, 200818 yr How... HOW in the world can you be a pukesburgh fan and have tOSU in your avatar? There are lots of Steeler fans all over Ohio, but especially in far eastern and southeastern Ohio.
March 18, 200818 yr Yeah, because the majority of Bengal fans in this area are bandwagon fans. I never saw any Cincy gear till after the 10-6 season... and then suddenly the market explodes and Carson Palmer/Chad Johnson jerseys are everywhere. 3 months before that, most people didn't even realize Cincy had a team.
March 18, 200818 yr Yeah, because the majority of Bengal fans in this area are bandwagon fans. I never saw any Cincy gear till after the 10-6 season... and then suddenly the market explodes and Carson Palmer/Chad Johnson jerseys are everywhere. 3 months before that, most people didn't even realize Cincy had a team. Kinda like all those Browns jerseys that popped up in Lexington when Couch was drafted.
March 18, 200818 yr I don't. They may aggrivate me sometimes, but we are still lucky enough to have an NFL franchise a few miles from home, so I love them for that.
March 19, 200818 yr Kinda like all those Browns jerseys that popped up in Lexington when Couch was drafted. Yeah, it was ridiculous. I'm glad he's not on the team anymore.
March 19, 200818 yr I don't know that that's 100 percent correct. The way I understand it, Saints fans were doing the "Who Dat" thing back in the early '70s. I don't recall ever hearing "Who Dey" until around 1980 or so. I've read that "Who Dat" was used by Louisiana High School teams in the 60's and 70's and the Saints started using it in the late 70's. I also read that some Saints fans apparently have apparel to prove that...
March 19, 200818 yr Kinda like all those Browns jerseys that popped up in Lexington when Couch was drafted. That's different. Those people liked the Browns, even though they stunk, because of Couch. A lot of current Bengal fans around here only started liking them for that one recent good year.
March 19, 200818 yr Here is another piece about the origins. http://bengalsjungle.com/whodeyorigin.html In 1981 the Bengals had changes that were new to the team. New Uniforms , a Super Bowl Birth and The Who Dey Chant. Today you learn the origin of the WHO-DEY chant/song. Rumors (It came from the Saints, It came from Alcorn State University, It came from LSU.) Today you learn how it got started, when it started and where it traveled once it became popular. It started in November of 1981. And following is the stepping stone to it's arrival. The Bengals were going up against the Steelers in the middle of October. Both had records of 4-2. The Steelers lost their first two games and then went on to win 4 in a row. It was the lowly Bengals playing the Super Bowl Champs of 1979 who was 9-7 in 1980. It was a big deal beating the Steelers because the Bengals already were defeated by co division leaders Houston and Cleveland who were 11-5 the year before. At that time Pittsburgh was the big game of the year. That and Buffalo who was 11-5 also in 1980. The Buffalo Bills game didn't mean as much because the Bengals only beat teams that had worse records than them in 1981 before that game. The first two games were against the Jets and Seahawks who had records of 4-12 in 1980. And Baltimore who won 1 more games than the Bengals in 1980. The Pittsburgh game meant more than all other games at the time. The Bengals Superbowl at the time. They won their Superbowl beating the Steelers 34-7. But the Bengals had a let down game following that game going against the Saints or (Ain'ts at that time). Losing 17-7. The future didn't look bright. Because next on the schedule every team had a winning record the year before. And the next 3 team were 11-5 after the 1980 season. First Houston who already beat us, then the Chargers and Rams. All three were in the playoffs the prior two years,The Rams and Oilers prior 3 years. San Diego was picked to win the Superbowl in 1981. Plus we had Cleveland again, who were 11-5 and Atlanta who finish 1980 at 12-4. Five of the teams had a total of 24 loses in 1980 Cincinnati went on a great run. After starting out 5-3. They beat Houston by 13, San Diego by 23 and Los Angeles by 14. The chant started after the San Diego game. Second game of November. The Bengals had 5 games in November and won all 5. Beating every team by more than 2 TD's. The Bengals only lost one more game all the way up to the Superbowl. That game was against the 49'ers who they also played and lost to in the Superbowl. The chant started, Who They think is going to beat them Bengals. ( Cincinnati was on a roll.they were 7-3 a season after they finished 6-10 and prior two seasons 4-12) When some hollered, "Who They think is going to beat them Bengals" Other fans would reply with "Nobody" A week or two later. The whole chant started to grow, and the nobody was stretched out to Noooo Boooooooody. Coming from an old car commericial of (Red Frazier Ford ) who was out of business at the time. But had a very popular commercial, Who's going to give you a better deal than Red Frazier? Nooo Boooody. Following that, the chant put was on a 45 record. Recorded by Cincinnati's WLW weatherman Who's first name was Zip I'm sure a Bengals fan site would claim that they started their chant first, but I don't believe it. I've heard that "Who Dat" goes all the way back to the 1800's.
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