Anyone else excited about the Great Lakes Classic tonight?

The trophy is a rusty old ore boat and goes to the winner of the annual exhibition season matchup between the Browns and Lions.



They are tradition-laden teams, but whatever trophies they haven't lost over the years may be bathed in rust.

It's been more than half of a century since the teams met in four NFL championship games in a six-year span: the Lions beating the Browns in 1952, 1953 and 1957; the Browns winning in 1954.

(The Browns History Database on cleveland.com features Plain Dealer game stories on every regular season and playoff game the Browns have played. Read about the Browns-Lions championship games: 1952; Lions 17, Browns 7; 1953, Lions 17, Browns 16; 1954, Browns 56, Lions 10; 1957, Lions 59, Browns 14.

More recent history captures the Browns and Lions' futilities.

The first Super Bowl was played following the 1966 season. Four teams have never played in the game: the Lions, who have been in the NFL since 1930; the Browns, who joined the league in 1950, but were dormant from 1996-98 after former owner Art Modell moved the team to Baltimore: the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans, who joined the NFL in 1995 and 2002, respectively, as expansion teams.

More: http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2011/08/cleveland_browns_pm_links_12.html

And the Tigers beat the Indians for good measure. Swept Lake Erie clear of the enemy just as they did 100 years ago....:woohoo:

D*mn.....they're not going to be the doormat of the NFC North anymore...... GO PACKERS GO.

WE WANT MOORE!
WE WANT MOORE!

TE Evan Moore pulled down two touchdowns and 2d round pick Greg Little got the other. Moore has great hands and is going to put up big numbers this year.

The trophy stays in the Motor City for another year. Scrubs gave up 17 unanswered points in the second half to lose the silverware, er, rustware. Gotta say tho, the Tribe loss hurts a lot worse!