CINCINNATI — Bengals followers introduced ‘Who Dey’ vitality again to the Banks on Sunday for the workforce’s house opener.
“It simply made me tingle throughout this morning strolling over right here immediately,” mentioned Elfie Gross, who attended the sport.
Gross was decked out in Bengals gear, together with do-it-yourself Bengals bracelets and a headscarf with faux ears. She discovered tiger-striped leggings on-line.
“They simply deliver us all nearer collectively,” she mentioned of the workforce and recreation days.
Gross wasn’t the one fan who took their outfit to the subsequent stage.
Cincinnati’s ‘beard man,’ Garey Faulkner, got here prepared in full face and beard paint.
“I do a latex base with my pores and skin and paint it on,” he mentioned. “So I truly had this finished final evening and I slept in it.”
It took a make-up artist two hours to finish his face.
Some {couples} with twin loyalties attended the sport, together with Andrew Blankenship and Lauren Kraemer. They got here in from Maryland for the sport. He cheered for the Bengals, whereas she supported the Ravens.
“We all know that each of them are sturdy opponents relating to the sport,” Blankenship mentioned.
“I used to be stunned by, for essentially the most half, how welcoming Bengals followers are,” Kraemer mentioned.
Followers have been dissatisfied with the workforce’s loss to the Ravens, however have been excited that soccer had returned to the Tri-State.
“We’ve one of the best fan base within the metropolis, or on the planet,” mentioned Arianna James, a bartender at The Frost Manufacturing unit on the Banks.
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