Wyche's passion stretched far beyond the football field. If he wasn't doodling plays, he was auctioning the napkin for charity. During his eight seasons as the Bengals head coach from 1984-91 he became a tireless advocate for the homeless. When he received a heart transplant in September of 2016, he became the face of organ donation in the Carolinas. Even as recently as late September he had a message for readers of Bengals.com

"Fans. Coaches. Players," said Wyche, who had just discovered a melanoma that was removed from his left temple. "Wear sun tan lotion."

Wyche's tongue was as quick as his wit and offense and he never backed away from controversy. While leading the Bengals to the 1990 AFC Central title he received the largest fine in NFL history at the time when he banned women media from the locker room in the name of his players' privacy and comfort. But when he went on a crusade that turned national, he probably got much of that $27,000 back, if not more, from fans that agreed with him, and no doubt that made its way charity.

The year before that, in a Dec. 10, 1989 game at Riverfront Stadium against Seattle, Wyche, already irked at the officials, became even more miffed when fans showed their displeasure by throwing snowballs on the field. Wyche jogged across the field to public address announcer Tom Kinder, grabbed his microphone and after telling fans to turn in anyone in they saw pelting snow, he reminded them, "You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati."

Those words are now written on one of PBS's outside walls and, of course, Wyche used it for a good cause. The next spring he traveled to Cleveland and teamed with Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar to raise money for The Salvation Army. For $5 a baseball throw, fans could try and dunk Wyche into the chilly waters of March. Kosar did it with a football on their way to raising $11,000.