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A few hours difference
Jennifer and I found ourselves out and about yesterday morning running errands and was listening to the optimism that was Cleveland sports radio. They were hopeful that the Browns would beat the Steelers, and that they were all excited and hopeful despite being down from the previous day's Ohio State game.
They were so full of hope. And for 30 minutes of football, they had reason to be. They played well, then shut down in the second half, just as Pittsburgh was waking up.
On our drive back to Meadville, we again listened to the local sports radio station, and man, were they singing a different tune. They assailed against the coach, the tight end who took a bad penalty very late in the game, the quarterback, the slow defensive line, the bad corner play, the city of Pittsburgh in general, and so on. We listened until the signal faded and the one thing they didn't do was give credit to Pittsburgh's offense for their steller second half play. Gracious losers they were not.
One good thing did come from our listening to Cleveland sports radio - we learned that the local Marshall's stores were selling Ben Roethlisberger Miami of Ohio jerseys for $12. Thanks for the tip, KNR, I picked one up.
Posted by Mike at November 12, 2007 7:20 AM | Add to del.icio.usWe went to the Browns-Seattle game a couple weekends ago (hubs is a Browns fan, oy) and at the end of the game as everyone left the stadium there was a rousing chant of "Pittsburgh Sucks!" I asked if they were doing that because the Browns were playing Pittsburgh the following weekend and was informed that no, they actually chant "Pittsburgh Sucks" after EVERY Browns game. Our Seattle fan friends also told us that Cleveland fans were much less gracious in general than Pittsburgh fans... most everywhere our friends went they were greeted by chants of "A**-hole!!!" Nice.
Posted by: CC at November 13, 2007 9:28 AM
