http://www.bangcartoon.com/2008/drops.htm

If you look closely, you'll see TheBrownsBoard front page illustrated among the fan web sites.

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Beanpot

@atenears said:

The Browns Board was formed by a group of fans that banded together on AOL back as early as 1996-97. The significance of those years? It was during the Browns hiatus from the NFL. Without a team and without a known future at the time, the group found camaraderie in one another as the local Clevelanders hand typed most news articles on the Internet to other browns fans around the globe, regarding the future status of the team after the move to Baltimore.

The group stayed together and added (and lost, RIP) members as they debated whether Cleveland would get an expansion team or a relocated team. There was an on-going campaign of potential new owners with names such as Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson and Calvin Hill backing groups. Then the expansion draft, the college draft (where we took Tim Couch #1 overall), all was debated on-line for the first new cyber era.

It was truly a re-birth for the longtime Browns fans. The original members moved from AOL, to CBS/AOL, and on to a private members site call TheFullCleveland.com. On September 11th, 2003 a new site,’TheBrownsBoard.com’ emerged out of the group and the small core original group has grown to over 2000 members, with most of the original crew now serving as the sites Moderators, Advisors and Administrators.

This is not a site where a few computer junkies learned to like the Browns, this is a site where Browns fans found one another and learned to create an on-line community to live, breath, and eat Cleveland Browns Football together in a shared frenzy.

It doesn't get any more freaking hardcore than that.

I'm proud to be a part of this board, there are truly some great football minds here as well personalities.

It's important to keep a sense of humor while we wait for the Browns to get this ship righted.

The Browns Board was formed by a group of fans that banded together on AOL back as early as 1996-97. The significance of those years? It was during the Browns hiatus from the NFL. Without a team and without a known future at the time, the group found camaraderie in one another as the local Clevelanders hand typed most news articles on the Internet to other browns fans around the globe, regarding the future status of the team after the move to Baltimore.

The group stayed together and added (and lost, RIP) members as they debated whether Cleveland would get an expansion team or a relocated team. There was an on-going campaign of potential new owners with names such as Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson and Calvin Hill backing groups. Then the expansion draft, the college draft (where we took Tim Couch #1 overall), all was debated on-line for the first new cyber era.

It was truly a re-birth for the longtime Browns fans. The original members moved from AOL, to CBS/AOL, and on to a private members site call TheFullCleveland.com. On September 11th, 2003 a new site,’TheBrownsBoard.com’ emerged out of the group and the small core original group has grown to over 2000 members, with most of the original crew now serving as the sites Moderators, Advisors and Administrators.

This is not a site where a few computer junkies learned to like the Browns, this is a site where Browns fans found one another and learned to create an on-line community to live, breath, and eat Cleveland Browns Football together in a shared frenzy.

DWJ

@riffer-x said:

I've been kind of down in the dumps lately and putting everything behind the Cavs. I need to get my Browns pride back, but it ain't easy.

I here ya Riff, I tried to tell the guys behind MyGridironSpace that Browns fans are pretty much whipped pups at this point and most of our bark as been neutered. However, I also advised them that we'd be back in a frenzy soon, as we always bounce back, but right now things are as dim as ever in Browns Town.

Meanwhile, the Cavs are freaking kicking ass and taking names.

I've been kind of down in the dumps lately and putting everything behind the Cavs. I need to get my Browns pride back, but it ain't easy.