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A salient point about keeping the Browns “Dawg” branding: “The night of The Decision, a couple hundred fans were gathered outside the Harry Buffalo watching the debacle on the big screen. When the words ‘South Beach’ left LeBron’s mouth, do you know what the first audible reaction from the crowd was? It wasn’t a chorus of boos. It was silence. It was a ringing and loud collection of voices screaming, “Here we go Brownies, here we go, woof woof.”
It’s the same chant you hear in the Muni Lot, the same chant you hear walking from The Pit towards the gates, the same chant you hear in bars. I love that chant now as much as I did when I first participated in it in the upper reaches of the open end of the old stadium during a mid-December game against the Oilers when I was a kid. Advocating that fans and the team move away from the dawg direction is advocating the abolition of that chant, which is just about one of the most unifying and cool things about Browns fans.” [’64 and Counting]
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Who doesn’t love Larry Nance highlights? [Stepien Rules]
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More than a Cyclone: “Some NFL observers see Seneca Wallace as a quarterback used in change-of-pace situations. He played some wide receiver in his early days with the Seattle Seahawks and he has been used in the Wildcat offense as well. Speaking of offense, Wallace paired with Josh Cribbs in a formation of the Wildcat has garnered a lot of talk. Wallace is all right with that, but he feels he brings more to the table.” [Fred Greetham/The OBR]
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AJ Hawk gets his love among the top-25 Buckeyes of this decade: “Hard working, hard hitting, tenacious, old school through and through but with surprising amounts of athleticism, Hawk was a joy to watch during his time in Columbus.
Every Saturday in the ‘Shoe and in stadiums around the Big Ten, you knew that A.J. Hawk was going to be all over the field and you knew that someone was going to feel the pain if they were unfortunate enough to have a close encounter with #47.” [The Buckeye Battlecry]
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And finally, Fantasy Football love for Montario Hardesty: “Although Cleveland rushers averaged a mere 4.2 yards per carry in ’09, the offensive line is brimming with talent. Anchored by former first rounder Joe Thomas, Cleveland’s Boss Dogs can and will displace mounds of opponent flesh with relative ease. If the passing game is at least semi-competent, wide rushing lanes will be created with regularity. Montario Hardesty surely stands to benefit.
The rookie from Tennessee is a ground-pounding pit bull. A self-described “three-play back,” he’s an instinctual between the tackles grinder equipped with terrific vision, patience and power. He doesn’t possess the intoxicating speed of a Jahvid Best or C.J. Spiller, but he’s no tortoise either (4.49 40-yard dash). Watching highlights from his days high on Rocky Top, the second-round pick is also an accomplished receiver. The every-down label is fitting.” [Roto Arcade]
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Love the chant, got me a whole nother level of excited for football season.
Ya the chant is one of the most inextricable aspects of Brown’s fandom, IMO. At school in the bars it takes all of three seconds to get every Browns fan in earshot to start shouting in unison. It’s just something that Ravens, Steelers, and Bengals cant compete with. I mean, when Bengals “fans” start shouting “Who Dey?” all I can do is laugh. No one has anything comparable.
Ok, back to this- two points.
1)The season ticket holders in my neighborhood (who have been so since the early ’80s) refer to their seats as “lower level Dawg Pound” not the “east end zone”. I’m very certain that the Dawg Pound is very much alive, and there isn’t much (if any) desire by anyone seated there to kill it.
2)There is nothing worse than a forcibly contrived rebranding of a product, especially when the product raises such nostalgia among fans young and old. Sports is all about history, and by attempting to turn the page and eliminate the Dawg, it would no doubt alienate a staggering amount of fans.
When the Browns start winning games annually, they (mainly the players) will have the ability to create a unique identity, which all fans will certainly embrace. Until that day (year?) comes, all we have is history. If you remove that, you really remove the heart of what sports is all about.
“It’s just something that Ravens, Steelers, and Bengals cant compete with.”
Though, inexplicably, Steelers fans often do the exact same chant but with Steelers instead of Browns. It’s mind-blowing.
@Scott: No one ever accused them of being the brightest group of fans out there…
Ya, well THEY ARE yinzers. They don’t think very well for themselves.
Oh come on Tron yinz lay off dem pitt fans herd me?
Speaking of Steelers fans, those dirtbags actually cheered Ratberger when he crawled out of his hole. Cheered him!
According to SI, that scum-sucker used to run out of restaurants without paying, which means that the waitress would have the amount of the bill docked from her paycheck. Nice. One waitress had to chase him down in the parking lot and beg him to pay his bill. And this is the kind of low-life that Steeler fans cheer.
Was talking to my dad yesterday about how Cleveland and Pittsburgh are more or less sister cities, yet in the sporting world, Cleveland is far and away the most cursed, and Pittsburgh is possibly one of the most blessed. Even when theyre principle sports figure is db incarnate. I hope karma catches them quickly.
Until some kind of winning tradition is restored to the name Cleveland Browns keep the dog pound stuff. It’s all you have, still!
The most telling aspect of the whole Dawg Pound thing is watching retail trends. The Elf is the thing now and the Dawg can’t be found anywhere. Used to be on tees, jackets, you name it. Now the only stuff you can find the Dawg on is kids stuff like a foam dawg paw.
Dawg Pound as we knew it is dead. Fear the Elf!
Similar to the Hoggettes in Washington but on a much larger scale.
I love the “Here we go, Brownies” chant–it’s like the pro version of “O-H”
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I don’t mind the Dawg idea, but anyone who is still holding onto the whole Dawg mentality is just trying to hold on to a lost era, when they were 20-somethings getting too drunk to know which way to piss without it landing on their shoes.
It was 25 years ago. If you are old enough to remember the “good old days,” you’re too old to still be acting this way.
And for the kids who were growing up in the 80’s, you also need to let it go. You are big boys now, you can’t go back to playing NES on the living room floor.
Like I said, I’m fine if you keep it around. But clinging to it like it’s sacred is just pathetic.