Bengals guard Nate Livings out, Evan Mathis in; call it for what it is: The BS at PBS

by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 19, 2009 10:46 AM EDT in Injury

Early against the Denver Broncos last week, starting left guard Nate Livings left the game with a knee injury. Evan Mathis replaced Livings and finished the game, on the field, watching the play that Cincy Jungle would later call, The BS at PBS.

The rest of the media is calling it the Immaculate Deflection. But we argue that playing off an already created catch-phrase that was used for a Super Bowl game, and not a regular season opener, is unworthy of such a play on words. Furthermore, the question about the Immaculate Reception was created based on the fact that you couldn't see if the nose of the football hit the ground on Franco Harris' reception. Whether or not the word "immaculate" is properly used here (which really means clean, having no flaw, error, blemish or stain but it's used with some miracle metaphor based on Immaculate Conception), the fact is, we're a petty and trivial group with the inability to let things go. In other words, since we didn't create it, we don't like it. Anyway, the BS at PBS is a far more accurate phrase with the Bengals and the fans.

Oh, and the initial point of this is that Mathis will start in place of Nate Livings, who will sit against the Green Bay Packers.

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BS @ PBS

Is the best name hands down. The only thing worse than seeing the BS @ PBS in person was driving 7 hours to see it… then driving 7 hours back thinking about it. Probably the worst feeling as a Bengals fan minus Palmer getting injured in the playoff appearance (I’m too young to remember the Super Bowl)

by WhoDeyDerek on Sep 19, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions

yeah, super bowl xxiii (which my best friend refers to as “the game that never happened”) was certainly worse, but this shared the punched-in-the-gut feeling of seeing carson injured in that damn game.

you're all posers. i hated bratkowski before it was cool.

by Raging Clue on Sep 19, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

RE:

I second the Super Bowl “punched-in-the-gut feeling”. That feeling lasted for months. At least this time tomorrow the BS at PBS can fade.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 19, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Seeing as the original

Immaculate Reception occurred between the Steelers and the Raiders, methinks it was a Division Title Game and not a Super Bowl. Not to quibble or anything.

by IgnatiusJReilly on Sep 19, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions

The Nightmares Continue

Immaculate ? My ass ! The franco harris play got them into the SBowl and changed everything because Jack Tatum unloaded too hard on the receiver. Last week was awful as you know it’s on every “highlight” reel so I had to bob and weave to not see it again. DTV was nice enough to allow me to watch it live so I could treasure every gut-wrenching moment. My only solace was seeing other teams victimized by giving up long pass plays toward the end of the games that should never be completed (Like OAK against SDG or CHI against GB or in NCAA like NEB against VaTech) The realization was that it happens more than you think. Of course, none were as bad as what we suffered and didn’t really help that “punched-in-the-gut feeling”. It helped that the team took it in stride, but you have to wonder what will happen if we fall behind early or cough up another lead. ….I ordered a Bengal shirt ( I have about 100) during our darkest hour hoping it would bring us some luck. Let’s hope so ! I just want a win ! Is that too much to ask ?

by laibach on Sep 20, 2009 1:18 AM EDT reply actions