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Originally Posted by smed1065
I will give you props once but not after TC.
You must not have been born in denver. Too many thoughts for them.
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I grew up in Cleveland, but the fine citizens of that city denied Art Modell a new stadium. He moved my Browns to Baltimore and promptly won a Super Bowl with them. I enjoyed that, even though most Browns' fans were angry.
During the absence of my own team I couldn't give up the NFL, so I tried to become a Pittsburgh fan. That attempt was doomed to failure.
Since I'd been living in Denver for a while, I tried following the Broncos, and I ended up being okay with that. I worked for one of the local papers once upon a time, and I had gotten to go to the games with a sideline pass to do my thing.
Somewhere along the way the city of Cleveland tucked its tail between its legs and decided to build a new stadium (which was all Modell wanted in the first place). They got an expansion team that won the right to call themselves the Cleveland Browns, but there was no continuity in the players, the coaches, or even the front office.
My Browns wear purple and black now, and Matt Stover is the last holdout from the orange and "seal" days.
I love the game. I follow a team. But my loyalty to any particular team runs about as deep as Art Modell's loyalty to the Cleveland fan base.
Hey, it's a business.