Manziel Mania — WFNY’s Top 10 Cleveland Sports Stories of 2014: No. 5
December 22, 2014Johnny Manziel out for Week 17; Brian Hoyer is day-to-day
December 22, 2014The Holiday Season is upon us, and for many, the holidays are a time of rituals and traditions. Here at Waiting For Next Year, we believe in tradition as well, and one of our personal favorites is the annual WFNY 12 Days of Christmas contest series! This is now the seventh year in a row we have done this contest, as hard as that is to believe.
How does it work? It’s simple. Every week day from now through Christmas, we will have a different contest with a different prize package to give away to you guys. It’s our small way of showing our appreciation and saying thanks for hanging in there with us for another year. Each day will feature a different, unique contest. Some will require getting a correct answer, some will be selected randomly among all entries, and some will feature haiku writing, of course. So check back every day for your chance to win one of our prize packs!
Previous Day’s Winner
Well, I applaud the optimism. You guys certainly haven’t (hadn’t?) given up on the 2014 Cleveland Browns and most of you guys were predicting the Browns to win the game against the Panthers. Unfortunately, your optimism was not rewarded and prize is going to the pessimists (realists?).
Congrats to Rich B who not only correctly predicted that the Browns would lose, but he also correctly predicted that the Browns would score 13 points on the afternoon.
The 12 Days of Christmas contest is, sadly, nearing the end once again. Before we go, though, we have a really great Terry Pluto book for you guys! Today’s package is Terry Pluto’s latest book, Glory Days in Tribe Town: The Cleveland Indians and Jacobs Field 1994-1997, courtesy of our friends at Gray & Company Publishers.
And of course once again we also have a Gift Card for Two Bucks. So why not pick up a copy of Terry Pluto’s latest work, and enjoy a few chapters while enjoying some quality nourishment from Two Bucks? If you win this contest, you can do just that!
Today’s Contest
We’re going to keep this one simple. Today’s question is: When will a Cleveland professional sports team win a championship in one of the Big Three sports in America?
Obviously we can’t wait to find out who is the closest, otherwise we might never give away the prize package. So today’s winner will be selected at random among all qualified entries ((and as always, please be aware of our Before You Comment guidelines and technical information)). For example, if I were entering the contest, I would say: “It’s tempting to say the Cavaliers in the next couple of years, but I’m just not that optimistic. I think it will be more than ten years before a Cleveland sports team wins a Championship, I just don’t see any winners on the immediate horizon”. See? It’s that easy. So what are you waiting for? Go get your answers in below, and good luck!
The Fine Print (in normal sized font) and Rules
Only one entry per person per day is allowed. This is very important. Anyone who submits more than one entry is immediately disqualified. Only one winner per household per year is allowed. Winners will be notified via email. Prizes will not necessarily be delivered by Christmas, but we will try our best to make it happen.
24 Comments
The Cleveland Browns, 1964.
Cavs in 2015-2016 season
Cavs this year
I think the Cavs will in 2016-17.
Cavs this year
Not in my lifetime.
I think the Cavs in the 2015-2016 season. If I could think with my heart and not my head I’d say the Cleveland Browns in 2015 led by first round draft picks Amari Cooper and a DT (Danny Shelton or Michael Bennett would suffice).
This year’s CAVS will win the championship. They don’t look the part now but it’s a long season.
Indians 2016
2016 All of them
The Cleveland Cavilers will win a title in year 2 of the 2nd Lebron era (2015-16)
Indians 2023, only 75 years between WS Championships.
I believe the Cleveland Browns will win the NBA championship in 2016. That 53-man bench is going to prove clutch down the stretch, allowing for a ruthless application of the “Hack-a-Shaq” technique with no need to worry about fouling out.
The Tribe, 2015 (followed by the Cavs the following June)
I love our teams. But the battered fan in me firmly believes that I will not see a Cleveland championship team in my lifetime. I’m 34. The Browns just do not seem capable of reaching better than mediocrity (and hey, even 8-8 would be an improvement!), the Tribe seems more likely to relocate than win it all, and while the Cavs have great potential, I can’t help but think a declining LBJ and injury-prone Kyrie just won’t be able to put it all together. I’m not a believer in curses, but something is…wrong…in this town. Here’s hoping I’m very wrong, and soon.
Browns 2016. Kevin “the arm” Love will opt-out of his contract with the Cavs and become the awesome-est quarterback EVAR for the Browns. Manziel will be the Cavs waterboy & do the money-sign behind Lebron’s chalk-toss, and Hoyer will open his own Mr. Hero.
Well this awkward. On one hand, I wish you a long and happy life…
Let the optimism continue, LeBron will bring home a championship this June
Cavs this year. Browns in 3017
Despite the hand wringing and Bill Simmons’ insistence that we are seeing LeBron’s twilight years, I believe the Cavs in 2015-2016. And no, I will not know how to react and will most likely just grown man cry wherever I happen to be when it happens.
Indians in 2042 (hopefully I’m wrong)
Hmm. I’m going to say Cavs in 2015-2016, which just makes the most sense. I do think that the Browns may be contenders within two years, and the Tribe just needs to get into the playoffs to have a shot with that pitching staff, but that’s easier said than done.
As for “we can’t wait to find out who is the closest”, I thought that would have been brilliant and right in line with the blog name. That said, I’ll happily take this prize now, O Random Number Generator, and my prize when we win something will be this site having a “Rename Us!” contest.
Da Tribe. 2018.
Tribe ’15
Which will induce NEOMG to can Paul Hoynes and replace him with a semi-literate younger, cheaper guy from Tulsa who waxes on about Nick Swisher’s “unlimited potential.”