Vinny commented in an earlier post about how miserable the prospect of a Denver v. Pittsburgh AFC Championship game was. That prospect was miserable, but I think the outcome is even worse.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are now about to make their 6th Super Bowl appearance and boast a 4-1 record in those games. Since the merger, the Steelers have appeared in 12 AFC Championship Games and five Super Bowls. The Browns have appeared in three AFC Championship games during that same period, and have lost them all.
The Browns are one of six teams in the NFL that have yet to appear in a Super Bowl. Those other teams are the Arizona Cardinals, the New Orleans Saints, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Houston Texans and the Detroit Lions. Pretty exclusive company, huh?
Art Modell has a Super Bowl ring. Bill Belichick has three. John Elway has two. Ernest Byner has one.
It has been 41 years since the Browns last won the NFL Championship. The last time they won, Cleveland was the 8th largest city in the United States, with a population of 876,000. It was larger than Washington, Boston, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle and San Diego.
The Acme in Hudson, Ohio has Steelers t-shirts and terrible towels on sale for 20% off. I haven't checked whether Giant Eagle in Stow, Ohio has their festive black and yellow cupcakes out in the front of the store (Perfect for Super Bowl Parties!), but I'll let you know.
In his post, Vinny talked about the Second Circle of Hell. That gives me an idea. How about adopting the inscription on Hell's front gate --Abandon hope, all ye who enter here--as Cleveland's official motto?
Monday, January 23, 2006
Let's Wallow in It
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I still like "Cleveland, a great place to be sick" as the motto. It nicely recognizes our world class health care.
The Super Bowl XL match up only highlights how far away the Brownies are . . . the AFC champs thoroughly whipped us in two games, and the NFC champs are, in my mind, still an expansion team. It just moves us higher on the futility index.
Think of the expansion teams, football and baseball, who have been birthed and made it to their sport's title game, while we have wallowed. Carolina, Tampa Bay, Toronto. And the worst, of course: the Florida Marlins -- two World Series titles in 13 years of existence.
I'm gonna go be sick.
Hey, if you're gonna be sick, at least you're in "a great place to be sick."
So you got that goin' for ya, which is nice.
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