Not Your Father's Browns…But Closer Than You Think?

I love asking fans how they came to root for their favorite teams. Geography often plays a part. Growing up in Northeast Ohio my family bled Orange and Black on Friday nights (for Green High School football), Scarlet and Gray on Saturday afternoons (no explanation necessary) and Orange and Brown on Sundays. We would also go to the occasional Indians game at the old stadium, and a Cavs game or two at the Richfield Coliseum. That question even appears on our commenter interview questionnaire (which we haven't done in a while sadly…) If you ask when Cleveland won its last major championship, most fans respond rather quickly- 1964, the Browns last NFL Championship. A whole lot of us weren't even alive then. We don't really feel ownership of that team. My father did. He was 18 when that team beat the Colts 27-0. His fierce loyalty to the Browns made rooting for them not really an option if you know what I mean.I started thinking about this when I borrowed a book from the ...