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I sit here as a life long Cleveland Browns fan and I am just miserable.
I'm miserable because I just watched two great conference championship games. The Arizona Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles to advance to their first Super Bowl in franchise history. THE ARIZONA CARDINALS?!?!?!?!
I then watched the Ravens play the Pittsburgh Steelers for the AFC crown. Another great game that showcased both teams defensive strengths. The Steelers won and advanced to the Super Bowl AGAIN!!!
Cleveland fans deserve better. They sell out every game no matter how bad the team is and they haven't even sniffed a serious play off run in almost 20 years.
Other teams can turn it around in 1 year. The Falcons, the Dolphins, the Cardinals. So why not the Browns? Why can't a team with the most loyal fan base in America put a competitive team on the field?? A city that lives and dies by its football team is denied any type of hope year in and year out.
I remember the 80's. I was a kid, but I remember them. 85-89 were play off years. We had our hearts ripped out but those Cleveland teams were a hell of a lot of fun to watch.
Then Modell steals our team in the mid 90's and the most loyal, passionate fans in football have nothing during football season (Buckeyes aside, of course). Then they come back! The fans came back! Football was back in Cleveland and...nothing. Oh there was 2002 when they went 9-7 and made the playoffs. They led the Steelers 33-21 with 5 minutes to go and...lost the game 36-33.
Chris Palmer? Tim Couch? Butch Davis? William Green? This is how Cleveland fans are treated.
Yet we still come back. We will be back in 2009 for the start of the Mangini era in Cleveland. Who knows what that will bring. It has been 45 years now with no title in Cleveland, Ohio. Arguably the cradle of professional football. I don't know how much more of this I can take. I was sick watching the Steelers win again.
Now I have a Steelers vs. the [censored]ing Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl to look forward to. The Arizona [censored]ing Cardinals. A few years ago the Bidwells were written up as the WORST owners in sports. They now have a chance to win an NFL championship.
As the famous philosopher Charles Brown once said:
"I can't stand it. I just can't stand it."
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