It's Always Partly Cloudy In Cleveland or New York's Other Team

What a great day it was for football and tailgating!





The cornhole boards were looking fresh..











..the sky was a beautiful blue..















...and then someone invited this guy.



















Fans made the trip from New York and they're Tribe fans too...but which team are they rooting for today?




















Then the clock struck 1:00 and it all started to make sense.











Believe it or not, there are crowds of people still attending Browns games.  You may not see it on the broadcast, but they're there.  Most likely getting back in line for another beer at concessions after they just bought one because you'd either have to be drunk or someone who still believes in Santa Claus to want to attend one of these games. (Bonus points if you can correctly guess which category I fall into.)






I get to my seat and think, "It's looking a little blue over there."














The Browns brought out Leroy Hoard to get the crowd (read: Giant's fans in the stadium) pumped up for the game AND the Browns Fan Experience staff got the banners properly aligned this time.














Bone Head made it to the game, but due to the team's current state, he didn't want his face on camera.















After awhile, I made my way to the Dawg Pound so I could get a little sun..













..and meet up with the Scalper's crew once again.







Swagger meeting up with his buddies at the kennel:


 Swag: "Guess what guys!  I've been adopted!"

 Buds: "Where to?!"

 Swag: "The Cleveland Browns."

 Buds: Lick themselves then walk away.

 Poor Swagger. 





The sun set on FirstEnergy Stadium once again to a Browns loss.



My good friend Brian from Salt Lake City made a trip for the holidays to spend time with his father and the rest of the family and catch a few Browns games. They let me crash their tailgate and in talking with them I found out that a lot of these guys in the group have been suffering for far longer than most people I've met. The sandwich was delicious, but I still had the bad taste of another loss in my mouth.




Stay tuned as we break for Bye Week and then come back to welcome the Bungles to town in hopes to get that elusive first win.













Location: 101 Alfred Lerner Way, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

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