It's been a while since I have done this, but a way I have coped with Bengals futility in the past was to pick a "playoff" team to root for. The past few years the Bengals were at least mathematically alive for the playoffs until near the end of the season. However, when they were putrid I would jump on a bandwagon of a team who caught my interest during the season. For example, in 1999 it was easy to be a fan of the St Louis Rams with them being a team that had a former grocery stock man as their QB. So I rode along with them through their championship year. Other years I might pick a favorite OSU Buckeye player's team and follow them till the end of their season. The Titans come to mind when Eddie George was in his heyday.  I am also a sucker for underdog teams that overachieved such as the year the Cardinals won a playoff game. So with this season being over for the Bengals and me being a big pro football fan I need to find a "surrogate" team to follow. On my current radar are the Buffalo Bills. They weren't expected to win their division since the Patriots were coming off a record setting season. The Bills also have a couple OSU Buckeyes in Whitner and Youboty. Turk Schonert is also their offensive coordinator and I was a big fan of Turk's as Bengal backup QB. Speaking of him, if Marvin gets the axe, he'd be at the top of the list one would imagine to be the next Cincinnati head coach. I also like the way the Eagles play defense. Maybe they could be my "team" for the next couple of months?? You could never go wrong rooting for Peyton Manning and the Colts, I suppose. Does anyone else do anything remotely similar to this??? Who knows, but I will keep my eye open to find a team worth rooting for and maybe next year the Bengals will give us all a reason to get back on their bandwagon??? I know, probably not!!!! ;-)