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Awesome post @billwunkle. There’s a lot of details in there I didn’t remember, and a few I never knew about since I wasn’t in Cleveland during much of that time.
I was born in Strongsville and moved to Florida when I was 7, but I still think of myself as a native to Cleveland. I was much more of a Cavs fan until high school because b-ball was my sport, but fantasy football caught my attention in college and I was all football from then on. Unfortunately my team was yanked out from under me as Wunkle illustrated above, but really that made me even more of a fan.
I’m impressed with Cleveland fans. We’ve had NOTHING to cheer for for the last 2 decades, but here we still are. If the Steelers suck for a couple years you won’t find anyone rooting for them. Did you know a lot of Pats fans before Brady? But when I wear my Browns hat out in public I ALWAYS run into Browns fans despite 2 decades of absolute garbage. We are the best fans in the NFL bar none. Brady Quinn gets drafted, his jersey becomes the #1 seller in the NFL even though he’s done nothing. Manziel gets drafted, #1 jersey seller. Colt McCoy gets drafted in the 3rd round and STILL his jersey is a top 10 seller. You think Winston is gonna sell half as many jerseys as Manziel? Doubtful. Mariota won’t even come close. It’s not because of who they are, it’s because of who WE are.
There was a bet between Scott Maynard (A Bengals fan) and myself (A 49ers fan) when I was 8 years old in the 1982 Super Bowl. I bragged about how good the 49ers were and that they would destory the Bengals. Scotty wouldn’t bite on a straight up bet, so I told him the 49ers would win by a touchdown. Well, the 49ers won by 6 points…a touchdown. I won…except I actually had said 7 points. It was then that I learned that a touchdown was only 6 points.
The winner got to pick the loser’s new favorite football team. The loser had to stop rooting for his current team and ONLY root for the new team until they won a Super Bowl. Because he was my best friend, he took mercy on me and picked the Kardiac Kids for my new team. I didn’t like Brian Sipe but he could have picked a worse team……..and the rest is history.
Hahahaha. “I lost a bet” is probably the only acceptable answer for being a Browns fan these days lol.
I didn’t like the NFL too much as a child. When I was a kid, my dad was a cowboy fan and my mom quickly became a bills fan. I am sure you can figure why! Anyways, I watch the Browns on Sunday afternoons by myself in between saga genesis games. My most favorite memories of watching the Browns back then was Eric Metcalf. Man was he an exciting player to watch. I really though at the time could do without NFL. In my mind, it was about the money and not the heart. Sadly, it still can be. So the Browns left Cleveland and I said well I guess I should watch someone on Sunday afternoons. So I really always enjoyed Dan Marino and I pretty much watched the Phins for a few years. I then didn’t get into Pro football until 2000 when I started going to games with my best friends from school.
Then…..Sundays became a tradition. the Cardiac kids wouldn’t be able to pull me away from the TV. Watching Dennis Northcutt make some of the greatest moves to get an extra inch just astounded me. Of course, I am a sarcastic person and only Russ Verba could make me stand up and YELL LISTEN TO THE FUCKING COUNT – I think Ice gets this one. The best when there was a split room of fans, the Holcomb side, the Couch side, and there never was a middle. Of course depending on the week, I could be on either side. To be honest, I could have stayed in this drama for years to come….because Frye was the worst thing ever in Cleveland Browns history. Throw in washed up QB’s such as Dilfer and Garcia – then after this generation I met all of you. With Quinn being drafted, I never was so excited. Quinn was what you wanted in an NFL QB. Arm, Size, and Brains….
The thing is….with the Browns, I want to see us move in to the future now. I don’t want a head coach change for some time now. I want to see somethings play out. I don’t think our staff is complete idiots. I think there are challenges no doubt. But I really think with some of the guys, they can turn things around. The NFL is really a very small inch a way from greatness.
Hue Jackson is a loser.
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