Dear Cincinnati Bengals, a letter from Cincinnati sports fans.The road to the Super Bowl has been long, but Cincinnati sports fans stuck it out. Related video above: Band of brotherhood, from Bulldog to BengalFor those of us that have lived it. We know what the past 30 years have been like.The Reds won the world series in 1990, but since it's been three decades of heartbreak.Kenyon Martin breaking his leg, Ken Griffey Jr. getting hurt year after year, Carson Palmer going down against the Steelers, the Roy Halladay no hitter, the Giants winning three straight at Great American ballpark.Seven straight Bengals playoff losses capped off by the Jeremy Hill fumble.The Bearcats blowing a 22 point lead.Xavier letting a double digit lead slip away.The Reds not scoring a single run against the Braves.Being a Cincinnati sports fan the last 30 years has meant suffering heartbreak most fanbases don't experience in a lifetime.But the wait is over. And our time is now.For the diehards that grew up going to Riverfront Stadium, to the generation that never saw a Bengals playoff win until this season, this is your moment.When the clock hits zero and Joe Burrow is lifting up the Lombardi Trophy, he'll be lifting up an entire city, fanbase and community that loves their teams more than words can describe.They'll be plenty of tears, who dey's, victory cigars and Skyline to go around.But for all of us that have waited our whole life for this moment, this is why we never gave up on our teams.And that's what makes Cincinnati special.We stuck together thru 30 years of heartbreak, playoff losses and waiting for this moment.But finally we get to come together for the first time in a long time, or for fans like me, for the first time ever.And see a Cincinnati championship, means the world to me.
Dear Cincinnati Bengals, a letter from Cincinnati sports fans.
The road to the Super Bowl has been long, but Cincinnati sports fans stuck it out.
Related video above: Band of brotherhood, from Bulldog to Bengal
For those of us that have lived it. We know what the past 30 years have been like.
The Reds won the world series in 1990, but since it's been three decades of heartbreak.
Kenyon Martin breaking his leg, Ken Griffey Jr. getting hurt year after year, Carson Palmer going down against the Steelers, the Roy Halladay no hitter, the Giants winning three straight at Great American ballpark.
Seven straight Bengals playoff losses capped off by the Jeremy Hill fumble.
The Bearcats blowing a 22 point lead.
Xavier letting a double digit lead slip away.
The Reds not scoring a single run against the Braves.
Being a Cincinnati sports fan the last 30 years has meant suffering heartbreak most fanbases don't experience in a lifetime.
But the wait is over. And our time is now.
For the diehards that grew up going to Riverfront Stadium, to the generation that never saw a Bengals playoff win until this season, this is your moment.
When the clock hits zero and Joe Burrow is lifting up the Lombardi Trophy, he'll be lifting up an entire city, fanbase and community that loves their teams more than words can describe.
They'll be plenty of tears, who dey's, victory cigars and Skyline to go around.
But for all of us that have waited our whole life for this moment, this is why we never gave up on our teams.
And that's what makes Cincinnati special.
We stuck together thru 30 years of heartbreak, playoff losses and waiting for this moment.
But finally we get to come together for the first time in a long time, or for fans like me, for the first time ever.
And see a Cincinnati championship, means the world to me.
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