Interest about the Cincinnati Bengals keeps growing

by Josh Kirkendall on Oct 7, 2009 4:36 PM EDT in Media

Even though the Bengals have more games with available tickets then sellouts, there's a growing feeling that Cincinnati could be in the playoff hunt this year. Hey, if you're a pessimistic, take your pessimism elsewhere. I'm talking playoffs baby. This all started when the Bengals beat the Pittsburgh Steelers and showed enough guts to rise above a less-than-stellar performance to beat in-state "rivals" in Cleveland.

Then, on Monday, the team announced another sellout against the Bears. You have to believe that tickets are starting to be sold. People are starting to believe.

Nielson ratings, how television programming is measured, has two known components that are generally used. Household ratings and household shares. A rating represents one percent of the total number of televisions available. Share represents the percentage of televisions tuned into the broadcast. The numbers would obviously only apply to the Cincinnati Bengals market and not the United States -- like you actually thought 61% of the country watched the Bengals beat the Browns. I think I'm close to explaining all of that. If not, do a Wiki search and bring us back some knowledge.

Long story short, because of many fans growing interest with the Bengals, shedding aside the Mike Brown anger for at least another season interest keeps picking up. Hey, what is that? That's the Cincinnati Bengals. And those boys have guts. It could be that the Browns and Steelers helped drive the ratings -- being division opponents and all -- or it could be that those games may have just made people realize how awesome watching the Bengals are. And by awesome, I mean totally aging 3-4 months in the span of one possession.

Market	Game	Date	Rating	Share	Rank
Cincinnati	Bengals at Browns	10/4/09	34.6	61	1
Cincinnati	Steelers at Bengals	9/27/09	35.8	57	1
Cincinnati	Bengals at Packers	9/20/09	30.8	51	1
Cincinnati	Broncos at Bengals	9/13/09	27.7	54	1

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This year, no Monday Night Football games for us. No Sunday Night Football Games for us.. oh, and no Thursday Night Games for us…..yet.

However, I believe that we have a chance to beat the Ravens, and if we do, Both the Steelers and Ravens rematches will be HIGHLY watched by many football fans, just like many people tuned in to watch Fauvre tear up his old team. Everyone loves a compelling storyline.

by UpStateMike on Oct 7, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

I Prefer The Sunday Schedule.

I like the consistent Sunday 1pm and 4pm Start. We don’t need the Sunday night or Monday night primetime slot. I’m assuming the Bengals players like the 2009 schedule. It’s easier to develop a pregame routine, both mentally and physically.

by Who-Dey on Oct 7, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions

And

If this team stays mentally and physically strong, we’re going to the damn playoffs.

by Who-Dey on Oct 7, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey I'm all about the Playoffs and we deserve the rumblings

But I’m kind of feeling like Mora on this topic (PLAYOFFS!?!?!). I mean we can call the Cleveland game gutsy but the fact is we got up 2 scores and couldn’t put them away. Look at what Baltimore did to them, and yes that was a “rival” also, so they should have been more than ready for that game, probably just as ready as they were for the Bengals.

I feel like our holes in our O-Line is going to be way too restricting and we need to play defense the same way the whole game, not just up and down. The biggest issue of them all is Bob Brat. The guy is restricting our offense and I just don’t see how we can be successful with this fool calling the plays.

Like I said, I feel like with a 3-1 start, there should be some playoff rumblings, but man we need some help in a couple of key areas before we anoint this team the second coming of the ’05 Bengals.

by kennythered on Oct 7, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions

to hell with ’05, we need the second coming of the ’88 bengals, but with a better ability to finish.

i'm going to go america all over your ass!

by Raging Clue on Oct 8, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

my memory of the marvin lewis bengals is extremely short.

i have forgotten about everything prior to this year’s training camp. the past means absolutely nothing to me at this point. this year’s team is COMPLETELY different from any bengals team i’ve ever seen. if carson and chad can get on the same page, our offense can be dangerous. Brat does need to go though… i have a feeling he is keeping Henry off the field and we’re wasting good opportunities with him. i want to see less Coles, more Slim…

my vision of the future is also extremely short. week to week. WHO DEY

by GrooveLeg on Oct 8, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions

We might just get a Sunday night game!!!!!

Remember when the NFL was going to move that Bengal vs Shitzburg game to Sunday night because of the ratings. The NFL has the power to do it. If the NFL feels that the next Shitzburg, Vikings,or the Jets games will have better ratings, then they will move the game to a night game. If playoff implications are on the line!!!!

by WHYUS!! on Oct 7, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions