Worth noting - This picture was featured in Cincinnati Enquirer (also, featured in this thread). The Cincinnati Enquirer owned by Gannett, publishes 82 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA TODAY.
Excerpt: Cincinnati Enquirer
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The game was so uniformly depressing for the locals, they’d have needed to attend a funeral to cheer up. Fortunately, lots of them were already wearing black. At least those who bothered to show up. They announced the crowd at 63,336. That was comical, and about 20,000 empties short of the truth.
An organization called Save Our Chiefs urged the few who did attend to wear black. “The color of mourning,’’ the movement’s founder explained to the Kansas City Star. Most of the tiny crowd obliged, giving Arrowhead Stadium the look of a mausoleum, only moreso.
The fans came ready to boo QB Matt Cassel at every appropriate opportunity. He obliged. Cassel threw for all of 93 yards before being benched in the third quarter. It wasn’t all Cassel’s fault. The Chiefs had two rookies starting on the offensive line, and no receivers capable of beating single coverage.
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http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2...s|text|Bengals
Excerpt: USA Today Sports
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The Chiefs' once-raucous home venue was only about half-full most of the game, and a good portion of those who showed up were dressed in black - a grass roots effort organized by fans who have been trying to pressure team ownership to clean out the front office.
"I focus on the game. I don't get into the crowd," Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said.
Perhaps he should have let his eyes wander.
What happened on the field couldn't have put him in a good mood.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...chiefs/1712597
USA Today Sports front page is running a story that shows the Kansas City Star Obit on Mr. Lickteig.
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"Loren G. "Sam" Lickteig passed away on Nov. 14, 2012 of complications from MS and heartbreaking disappointment caused by the Kansas City Chiefs football team," the obit reads. Chris Strauss, USA Today Sports adds, "Whether that great line was the work of Mr. Lickteig or his surviving kin, we offer our applause along with our condolences."
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Strauss passes the story along to Gannett's local and national reach.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon...t-man/1712301/
http://www.freep.com/usatoday/articl...t%7CSports%7Cp
Great job, guys. The plight of Save our Chiefs is everywhere, and no one escapes its reach.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...ng-these-4-gms
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcwest/post...ls-28-chiefs-6
...above are just a few...