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This Day in Bengals History: Ickey, Bengals dance into Super Bowl
Even though his “No Huddle” has been outlawed by NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle two hours before kickoff, Bengals head coach Sam Wyche is still clever enough to hatch a 21-10 win over the Bills and is carried off the Riverfront Stadium turf to Miami and a Super Bowl date against mentor Bill Walsh, his position coach on Paul Brown’s Baby Bengals of 20 years ago. “It’s so much sweeter the second time around,” says Pro Bowl guard Max Montoya, one of seven Bengals who get a chance at redemption for their loss to Walsh’s 49ers in Super Bowl XVI seven years ago. Sweet, too, for Brown, their 80-year-old owner. With eyes both glistening and twinkling, he accepts the AFC trophy, and after thanking the players and coaches says, “I’m happy to get a second chance. A guy like yours truly might not be able to wait 20, 25 years.”
The Envelope, Please ...
Monday was just the 24th day this century the Bengals haven’t had a head coach. So this isn’t just the final Bengals.com awards assembly in the Marvin Lewis Era. These are the names the new coach needs to coalesce around his message once he convenes off-season workouts at Paul Brown Stadium as early as the first week of April.
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