BENGALS!! Feel it!

Speaking of 'waking the echos'. The Bengals through it back to a by-gone era today in their season debut.

The sorry, no-account Bagels managed only three offensive points against an old, tired Ravens team that utilized a rookie QB in his first NFL game ever to shred the defense. Well done.

The perfect season is intact. They can still reach the elusive 0-16 mark. The Dolphins tried in earnest to get their last year but screwed up and beat the Ravens late in the season with their' goal only weeks away.

How people can pay for season tickets, PSL's, parking, hot dogs, etc. at a Bengals game is beyond me at this point. I'd rather bash myself in the crotch with a pick-axe for four hours as opposed to enduring that futility.

At least we knew ahead of time that the Bengals would stink. The Cleveland Clowns on the other hand, enter the season with those dangerous expectations. They're on prime time more then any other team and started the season by getting totally pantsed by the Cowboys at home.

Here come the "PUT IN BRADY" cries.

The instant Brady Quinn enters a game while Derek Anderson is still healthy signifies the unofficial end to the Browns' season. There is no way in hell that Brady Quinn is leading the Clowns to the playoffs. Rookie QB's (which is what BQ is at this point) don't do that, ever.

OK, so Ben Fatberger did but I don't think Cleveland's running game is anywhere near as strong as Pittsburgh's was when they won it all.

Fortunately I was spared the dreaded 'trifecta'. My other alma mater, Princeton High School ROLLED Glen Este this weekend. The trifecta is any weekend in the fall that sees the Princeton Vikings, OSU Buckeyes and Cincinnati Bengals drop a game.

On top of the Buckeyes miserable performance and the Browns/Bengals immense lameness (no that I was necessarily rooting for the Browns), the Bearcats also managed to get roughed up out in Norman, OK yesterday. The Sooners dropped 52 on them and starting QB Dustin Grutza broke his leg.

The Ben Mauk "defense fund" just got an injection of cash. We'll see if the 37th try is the charm in his quest for another year of eligibility.