New addition VMan in Germany

by Vman in Germany on Feb 6, 2009 3:11 PM EST

Let me start by thanking Josh for this opportunity. I am a life long Bengals fan who rides the roller coaster of excitement and disappointment with everyone else. I live in a predominent American community here in Germany but often feel alienated by my allegence to our team. It is difficult to find another true Bengals fan in Europe. I grew up in Cincy and even remember the thrill of being in the crowd for an AFC Championship game, so I always envision our teams return to glory.

I like to think I might bring a perspective that is not influenced by local talk shows and popular opinion. My sources are mostly from on-line media sources and the on-line Cincinnati newspaper pages and articles on this site. But rest assured, even from 4500 miles away I harbor the same distain for the Steelers, Ravens and Browns that all of you hold and am counting the days to next season with the hopes of revenge as well as redemption.

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You aren't the only one!

Hey, and I thought I (and my wife) were the only diehard Bengal fans in Germany! I’m in Vilseck and have plenty of Steeler fans to jab with, but it has pretty much been a one way show of late. Thing is, it’s so much harder for them to hate us than it is for us to hate them. Heck, you have to be a threat to be hated. Oh well. Glad to hear there are some more bengal stripes being worn over here.

by DUVols on Feb 7, 2009 12:37 PM EST reply actions