MKO
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Being a Cleveland Browns fan, this Superbowl, and all previous Superbowls for that matter, is/are of little interest to me. But it is fun to root for one team. All things being equal, I usually root for the underdog. Sometimes I try to fool myself.
The year after Art Model hijacked the Browns to Baltimore, our sworn enemy, the Steelers, made it to the Superbowl. As much as I wanted to root against them, I found myself secretly wishing they'd make that first down. Oh my God, was I becoming a Benedict freakin' Arnold??? I felt better after my Dad and brother admitted to the same secret emotions - but why? In retrospect we theorized it was because we were without a team and the closest facsimilie to our beloved Browns was the...dare we say it...the Pittsburgh Steelers. Real rust-belt blue-collar football.
So who will I be secretly wishing make the first downs today - the bears that have been in Chicago forever or the Colts that came from...oh yeah..Baltimore? I should really quit dredging up these old feelings of betrayal, it is not healthy.
Go Bears!
The year after Art Model hijacked the Browns to Baltimore, our sworn enemy, the Steelers, made it to the Superbowl. As much as I wanted to root against them, I found myself secretly wishing they'd make that first down. Oh my God, was I becoming a Benedict freakin' Arnold??? I felt better after my Dad and brother admitted to the same secret emotions - but why? In retrospect we theorized it was because we were without a team and the closest facsimilie to our beloved Browns was the...dare we say it...the Pittsburgh Steelers. Real rust-belt blue-collar football.
So who will I be secretly wishing make the first downs today - the bears that have been in Chicago forever or the Colts that came from...oh yeah..Baltimore? I should really quit dredging up these old feelings of betrayal, it is not healthy.
Go Bears!
