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Restaurant owner living on roof until Bengals win a game

By Ben Hooper
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Oct. 15 (UPI) -- An Indiana restaurant owner has pledged to live in a tent on the roof of the establishment until his favorite team, the Cincinnati Bengals, win a game.

Jeff Lanham, owner of Hog Rock Cafe in Milan, pledged before the Bengals' face-off with the Arizona Cardinals that he would take to the roof of the eatery if the Bengals lost, and he was then obligated to keep his promise.

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Lanham's bad luck continued this week when the Bengals lost to the Baltimore Ravens 23-17 and are now 0-6.

He said he is hoping to be able to come down from the roof after the upcoming game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

"Just start playing like a team, get our starters back, the guys that are injured get them back on the field," Lanham told WKRC-TV. "You know I think personally if they get back, they'll win."

Wildman Walker, who famously spent 61 days living on a billboard in 1991 waiting for the Bengals to win, visited Lanham on the roof Sunday. He brought a signed photo asking Lanham not to break his record.

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"I hope I don't," Lanham said.

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