Cincinnati-Oakland AFC Championship Game

Here we go people, in the first game of the conference championships, we have the Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Oakland Raiders!! Feel the excitement people! There hasn't been a buzz like this surronding a game since the epic clash between the Dayton Triangles and the Providence Steam Roller on September 29th, 1929 where the Triangles narrowly lost 41-0. And Lions fans, if you think you have it bad, take a look at '29 Triangles. They scored excatly one touchdown all season long on fumble return on their way to an 0-6 record and were outscored 136-7. That is epic fail and truly Bizarro Bowl worthy. Back to today's matchup of the Bengals and Raiders. Two wildcard teams meet today for the honor dishonor of representing the AFC in the Bizarro Bowl. Both teams have been really shitty during the playoffs so it's anybody's guess has to who wins this game. The Oakland police department is hoping for a Raiders win so they won't have investigate a gruesome murder scene when the Black Hole riots following a loss. Video and recap right now.

1st Half


2nd Half


In a first half that can only be described as Mickey Rourke ugly, neither team scored. The only scoring chance either team really had was a missed 56 yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski of the Raiders. Even though he had two interceptions, JaMarcus Russell outplayed Ryan Fitzpatrick since JaMarcus actually got his team in scoring postition. The Bengals only had one first down when Cedric Benson ran 55 yards on the final play of the half. However, with Cedric not really being what one would call a "student of the game," he failed to get out of bounds to give his team a chance to score.

Things started out pretty good for the Bengals in the second half when a Benson run got them to midfield. But two sacks and a pass that resulted in negative yards gave them fourth and 32. After a nice punt return by Johnnie Lee Higgins gave the Raiders good starting field position at their own 45, the Raiders promptly score in two plays on a 48 yard touchdown pass to Ronald Curry. After a Ryan Fitzpatrick interception on the Bengals' ensuing drive gave the Raiders the ball at the Bengals' 38, the Raiders quickly score again on pass to Javon Walker to make it 14-0. The Bengals save themselves of the complete embarrassment of being shut out when Ryan Fitzpatrick scrambles for a meaningless touchdown as time expired. Fitzpatrick finished off two interceptions and zero yards passing and it was only zero yards because I don't think Tecmo Super Bowl can handle negative numbers. The city of Oakland is (somewhat) safe from a riot as Oakland wins. Let's all congratulate the Bizarro AFC Champions, the Cincinnati Bengals! But who will they play for the Bizzaro Bowl championship, the Detroit Lions or the St. Louis Rams? Came back later for the exciting NFC Championship game.