@bob806 said:

I am happy with our helmet & uniforms (fan since 1970, presently 48 years old).

As far as the Dawg Pound stuff, it's a link with our last good memories of playoff football, and the old stadium. Everyone has their opinions about it-I don't mind it, but since our winning percentage at the new stadium is about 33%, we have to hang onto something, and that seems to be it.

Also, probably the 3rd or 4th time I went to a Browns game, it was vs. the Chargers, and we tied 16-16. I remember telling my dad that Dan Fouts looked pretty good...never knew he would be THAT good.

Bob806 - cool post. i'm 42 and the first season i remember is 1979 (the rise of Air Corryel and near misses in the playoffs). cool to hear someone bring up Dan Fouts - he is the only player i would really like to get an autograph from. the players from the era you grow up are always old favorites.

@the-gipper said:

No. The team's name is The Browns. Not the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs haven't played in Northeast Ohio in over 80 years.

Some of us wish the whole Dawg Pound motif would be retired. That belonged to a particular era when the Browns had Dixon and Minnifield playing here. The only reason it stays on is because the fucking geniuses in the Browns and NFL marketing and public relations departments are too lazy and stupid to come up with something new.

thanks Gipper, interesting info.

Chargers fan here, but have always rooted for the browns against elway, the steelers, and most other teams (I can't call myself a closet Browns fan, but almost).

for the record, i remember the brian sipe days (nicknamed the cardiac kids i think) and bernie kosar days. you also owned the original "marty ball" - so we've got connections!

i'm not here to start any crap, i come from a tortured franchise, so who am i to talk any smack! speaking of QB's, try this one on: you have 2 consecutive pro bowl QB's (brees and rivers) and you still choke your way through every season/playoffs.

anyways, here is my question, which is probably an incredibly boring/tired topic for some of you (advance apologies): I have always like the dawg pound (way better than the black hole - full of newly released inmates on probation), and am wondering if the actual browns fans would prefer a bulldog logo on the browns helmet? I have always thought it would be cool, but might not be welcomed by long-time fans.

-Bolts

@sisky-fringo said:

no chargrfan, the interruption is not welcome...at least as far as i'm concerned.

nor is the trivializing of our discussion about who our future starting QB might be.

maybe try the thread entitled FIRST TIME POSTER!

ass.

Sisky, i didn't notice that "first post" thread. also, this thread seems to saying that neither QB is the answer, so I don't see how I interrupted the "future QB" discussion.

dumbass back at ya.

off-topic post, but i can't start a new post, and i figured the interruption of a back-up QB discussion might be welcomed.

Chargers fan here, but have always rooted for the browns against elway, the steelers, and most other teams (I can't call myself a closet Browns fan, but almost).

for the record, i remember the brian sipe day(nicknamed the cardiac kids i think) and bernie kosar days. you also owned the original "marty ball" - so we've got connections!

i'm not here to start any crap, i come from a tortured franchise, so who am i to talk any smack! speaking of QB's, try this one on: you have 2 consecutive pro bowl QB's (brees and rivers) and you still choke your way through every season/playoffs.

anyways, here is my question, which is probably an incredibly boring/tired topic for some of you (advance apologies): I have always like the dawg pound (way better than the black hole - full of newly released inmates on probation), and am wondering if the actual browns fans would prefer a bulldog logo on the browns helmet? I have always thought it would be cool, but might not be welcomed by long-time fans.

-Bolts