Whodey?

[bengal725]

Hi, this is my first post on here. I have been lurking around for a few weeks. And decided to make a post. I am from Coal Valley, IL which is a small town in northwest IL. I am 17 years old and have been a Bengals fan for awhile. Rumor has it I became a Bengals because when I was like 5ish my mom bought me a full uniform because she like the helmets. Well anyway I've been learning a lot about the Bengals team this year from this message board and its great. And my question is, what is the significance of Whodey? I have seen on the message boards and in the stadium and everything and don't know what it means?

Thanks for listening to my life story and answering my question.

[ackley1]

a sayimg back in the 80's

who dey think gonna beat dem bengals!!! :player:

[Bengals_12th_man]

Courtesy of Super Cat:

Another group trying to take responsiblity.

It didn't work this way. The Who Dey Chant started without the Nobody is gonna beat dem Bengals and without the Hudy Beer.

It started out as Who They think is going to beat them Bengals. And reply was Nobody

Later the Nooooobody is gonna beat them Bengals was added because of the car commercial. Hudepohl beer didn't get into the act until the playoffs.

It started in early November. And here is the basic stepping stone to the way it happen.

The Bengals were going up against the Steelers in the middle of October. Both had records of 4-2. The Steelers lost their first two games and then went on to win 4 in a row. It was the lowly Bengals playing the Super Bowl Champs of 1979 who was 9-7 in 1980. It was a big deal beating the Steelers because the Bengals already were defeated by Co division leaders Houston and Cleveland who were 11-5 the year before.

At that time Pittsburgh was the big game of the year. That and Buffalo who was 11-5 also in 1980. The Buffalo game didn't mean as much because the Bengals only beat teams that had worse records than them in 1980 before that game. The first two games were against the Jets and Seahawks who had records of 4-12 in 1980. And Baltimore who won 1 more games than the Bengals in 1980.

The Pittsburgh game meant more than all other games at the time. The Bengals Superbowl at the time. They won their Superbowl beating the Steelers 34-7. But the Bengals had a let down game following that game going against the Saints or (Ain'ts at that time). Losing 17-7. The Bengals had a let down because of their Superbowl performance against the Steelers.

And the future didn't look bright. Because next on the schedule every team had a winning record the year before. And the next 3 team were 11-5 after the 1980 season. First Houston who already beat us, then the Chargers and Rams. All three were in the playoffs the prior two years,The Rams and Oilers prior 3 years. San Diego was picked to win the Superbowl in 1981. Plus we had Cleveland again who were 11-5 and Atlanta who finish 1980 at 12-4. Five of the teams had a total of 24 loses in 1980

Cincinnati went on a great run. After starting out 5-3. They beat Houston by 13, San Diego by 23 and Los Angeles by 14. The chant started after the San Diego game. Second game of November. The Bengals had 5 games in November and won all 5. Beating every team by more than 2 TD's. The Bengals only lost one more game all the way up to the Superbowl. That game was against the 49'ers who they also played and lost to in the Superbowl.

[Super Cat]

Twelve man shorten it for you. The rest of the story.

[Black'n'Orange]

Welcome to the board Bengal725. There is always something to be learned here.