They pitched tents, bundled together in their orange-and-black blankets and shouted "Who dey!"
Hundreds of die-hard Bengals fans stretched around Paul Brown Stadium overnight to get their hands on a pair of free tickets.
Sylvia Robertson of Bond Hill, who has never been to a Bengals game, got in line at 5 p.m. Friday. She didn't want to miss the chance to finally go to a game.
The Bengals handed out coffee and hot cocoa -- even orange-and-black cookies to keep the crowd happy.
By 2:30 a.m., they had to turn people away. The 600 people already in line had to wait until 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning to get their tickets.
Chad "Ochocinco" and Motorola teamed-up to provide the 1,200 free tickets to ensure that the game would be a sell-out. Ochocinco even surprised the waiting fans and shook hands, signed autographs and posed for pictures.
The first place Bengals take on the Texans at 1 p.m. Sunday.
