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  • Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven

    @mark-o said:

    I don't think I could feel anything at that point.   I was 11 years old.   Still remember the sound the stadium made when we all realized that the pass was intercepted.

    I was 5 years old. My dad had recorded the game on our relatively new VCR. 

    I watched that tape over and over in the months to follow, hoping that if I watched it enough the ending would change. 

    @dutch-oven said:

    I was 5 years old. My dad had recorded the game on our relatively new VCR. 

    I watched that tape over and over in the months to follow, hoping that if I watched it enough the ending would change. 

    We recorded it as well but only watched it once so we could see a replay of what happened.   I have a DVD of the game here now.

  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

    I was 26,    Stationed in Japan.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    I was 26,    Stationed in Japan.

    Christ...you're old.   🙂

  • Mark OM Mark O

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    I was 26,    Stationed in Japan.

    Christ...you're old.   🙂

    @mark-o said:

    Christ...you're old.   🙂

    15 years older than you!   I'm old as fuck.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan

    I was 26,    Stationed in Japan.

    @diehardbrownsfan said:

    I was 26,    Stationed in Japan.

    I was three days short of being 29. Just starting to try to start a practice. 

  • Mark OM Mark O

    @dutch-oven said:

    And it probably felt even colder walking out of the Stadium after being that close to winning and advancing to the AFC Championship Game. Must have been heart-breaking. 

    I don't think I could feel anything at that point.   I was 11 years old.   Still remember the sound the stadium made when we all realized that the pass was intercepted.

    @mark-o said:

    I don't think I could feel anything at that point.   I was 11 years old.   Still remember the sound the stadium made when we all realized that the pass was intercepted.

    You could have heard a pin drop after that interception. I didn't need a replay. I was in what was to become the Dawg Pound, Red Right 88 happened right in front of us- and I can still see it in my mind to this day. Hah, we couldn't feel much either- mostly because in that era high octane non-freezable adult beverages were pretty easy to get into the stadium. Yeah- I had a couple of my Alaska pals with me. When you've experienced -40 in Fairbanks, zero is Banana Belt weather by comparison. 

    @mark-o said:

    Christ...you're old.   🙂

    LOL, but not as old as me. I won't give you my exact age, but I was well into my 30s that year Mark.   🙂 

  • C Clevfan4life

    lol at all the old "snowflakes" now complaining about Cleveland weather. In my day, browns fans went to games in nov/dec in a loincloth with a sack full of D batteries ready for that Elway Twat to come near enough to em……..

    @clevfan4life said:

    lol at all the old "snowflakes" now complaining about Cleveland weather. In my day, browns fans went to games in nov/dec in a loincloth with a sack full of D batteries ready for that Elway Twat to come near enough to em……..

    That was before the metal detectors and strip searches to get in

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  • jcam222J jcam222

    Those of you who believe that choosing a warm dome over a cold stadium makes someone a pussy may have big balls but those balls seem to be paired with tiny brains LOL

    Hell since being frozen makes you so manly you should turn off all heat in your home when you watch the game Saturday night. That would make you even tougher ?

    @jcam222 said:

    Those of you who believe that choosing a warm dome over a cold stadium makes someone a pussy may have big balls but those balls seem to be paired with tiny brains LOL

    Hell since being frozen makes you so manly you should turn off all heat in your home when you watch the game Saturday night. That would make you even tougher ?

    LMA9

    The Cleveland Browns have the hardest hit players in the NFL

  •  This really is a silly debate, if we are being honest.

    Fiscal conversations from we fans are hilarrious. As if we understand commercial real estate on this scale? As if domed stadiums in other cities are being packed with 70,000 fans at  SRO events all off season long. As if any city can pull off enough yearly events to not only cover the costs associated with opening the stadium, but generatng enough interest to turn a meqningful profit. 

    I have news for you, 7 out of 10 concerts loseoney for the house. The idea that a domed stadium is an off season profit maker is just not realirt based.

    Also, the debate over tough guy versus comfort is also silly. Most of the games played i. Cleveland are played in mostly pleasant or at least tolerable weather. Home field advantage would add at most 3 cold weather risks.

    As others pointed out, winning breeds rabid support. History shows fans pack cold weather stadiums for winnong teams.

    There is no wrong or right choice here. It just comes down to what the owner wants. 

    Sadly, I have lived to see the day when the once undying game day support for the Browns now fluctuates greatly. 

    Finally we must remember that the majority of game day revenue doesn't come from the stadium. Attendance is icing on the cake, but the primary purpose of a stadium is to allow the game to be played and the TV cameras be placed.

    Dome or not? Really, it is a silly discussion.

    The Cleveland Browns have the hardest hit players in the NFL
  • OrionO Orion

    @clevfan4life said:

    In my day, browns fans went to games in nov/dec in a loincloth

    ...and we threw snowballs at Pat/Super Patriot.   Which, back then, was more exciting than the game(s)

    But now we're civilized.

    @orion said:

    ...and we threw snowballs at Pat/Super Patriot.   Which, back then, was more exciting than the game(s)

    But now we're civilized.

    Heck- I remember when they threw snowballs at Santa Claus right before Christmas, and IIRC at an opposing player that got KOed within range of the Dawg Pound.  

  • flyingfooldougF flyingfooldoug

    @clevfan4life said:

    lol at all the old "snowflakes" now complaining about Cleveland weather. In my day, browns fans went to games in nov/dec in a loincloth with a sack full of D batteries ready for that Elway Twat to come near enough to em……..

    That was before the metal detectors and strip searches to get in

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    That was before the metal detectors and strip searches to get in

    And for the young 'uns we should tell them the true story of the Dawg House parked in front of the Dawg Pound at the old stadium. It was a very nice looking Dawg House BTW, but I couldn't find a picture of it. Was there for years at every game, until one of the stadium cops noticed it took four guys to bring it in, but only two guys to carry it out. Seems the house had a keg of beer inside.  😁 

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  • hoortaH hoorta

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    That was before the metal detectors and strip searches to get in

    And for the young 'uns we should tell them the true story of the Dawg House parked in front of the Dawg Pound at the old stadium. It was a very nice looking Dawg House BTW, but I couldn't find a picture of it. Was there for years at every game, until one of the stadium cops noticed it took four guys to bring it in, but only two guys to carry it out. Seems the house had a keg of beer inside.  😁 

    @hoorta said:

    And for the young 'uns we should tell them the true story of the Dawg House parked in front of the Dawg Pound at the old stadium. It was a very nice looking Dawg House BTW, but I couldn't find a picture of it. Was there for years at every game, until one of the stadium cops noticed it took four guys to bring it in, but only two guys to carry it out. Seems the house had a keg of beer inside.  😁 

    It’s kinda shameful that the younger fans have never had a team they can have some fun following.  

     The twitter account of Lt Baker Mayfield is fun. I mean Carolina Cat Fanciers?? That’s some funny stuff. And this weekend it’s Huey Lewis and the mews.  There’s more to football life than bitching about things. I’m having fun with a fun team. Or as Gen Dorsey says, it’s time to waken this sleeping giant fan base

  • hoortaH hoorta

    @flyingfooldoug said:

    That was before the metal detectors and strip searches to get in

    And for the young 'uns we should tell them the true story of the Dawg House parked in front of the Dawg Pound at the old stadium. It was a very nice looking Dawg House BTW, but I couldn't find a picture of it. Was there for years at every game, until one of the stadium cops noticed it took four guys to bring it in, but only two guys to carry it out. Seems the house had a keg of beer inside.  😁 

    @hoorta said:

    And for the young 'uns we should tell them the true story of the Dawg House parked in front of the Dawg Pound at the old stadium. It was a very nice looking Dawg House BTW, but I couldn't find a picture of it. Was there for years at every game, until one of the stadium cops noticed it took four guys to bring it in, but only two guys to carry it out. Seems the house had a keg of beer inside.  😁 

    I bet BK was leading the team the last time you ate a milkbone. I know I haven’t tasted one since then myself.  And you younger fans.....you could not watch a Browns game without a box of Dawg treats around. Milkbone seemed to be most popular. Kinda bland but go well with beer and Browns wins.  Oh ya, when it comes to the 80s, we did win more  reg season games than anyone. 

     And remember pups, a milkbone a day keeps the dentist away?

    😂
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