Gotta Give Props Where Props Are Due

After a great dinner at the Korean restaurant, Riverside in Covington, KY. A friend and I loafed on the couch and watched the last three quarters of the Ravens-Bengals football game. Though hoping for another blowout, I was satisfied with the 13-7 Bengals; win.

Though I love to watch the game, I am not the best at conveying the high points of the game, so I will leave that to Mark Curnutte from the Cincinnati Enquire.

Backed into a corner and facing the possibility of seeing rival Baltimore
take the division crown away on their home field, the Bengals defended their
house Thursday night. The Bengals almost pitched their second consecutive
shutout for the first time in franchise history, winning 13-7 to tighten the AFC
North race and help themselves greatly in the wild-card chase.
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis had nothing enlightening to say to explain his defense's rapid improvement.

A big play came with 6:20 to go in the fourth quarter.
On fourth-and-3 to go from the Bengals' 11-yard line, the Ravens threw a quick
slant for Mark Clayton that cornerback Tory James knocked down. The Bengals led
13-0 at the time, and the Ravens could not go for the field goal, needing two scores.
But James was beat by Derrick Mason on a 36-yard touchdown pass from
Steve McNair with 1:01 remaining in the game.

Attendance was 65,973 on a rainy but unseasonably warm night.
The
Bengals won their third in a row and snapped the Ravens' five-game win streak,
slugging it out with a Baltimore team known for pushing around its opponents.
The Ravens came in with the league's second-ranked defense.

The Bengals finished November with a 3-2 record.

E-mail mcurnutte@enquirer.com