Randomness from today's Browns home game:

Nomar Stalker is today's special guest. Browns Version 2.3 is like "a hulking ship" trying to avoid icebergs. Mo Carthon has been fired as offensive coordinator, perhaps the worst we have had since, gee, it's been a while, but how 'bout Bruce Arians? Although I'm sure management feels we are the best 1-5 team in the NFL, the fans are restless. The promotion of Jeff Davidson to OC seems to have fired up the offensive line and the running backs. Curiously, it seems the quarterback and receiving corps aren't exactly doing cartwheels over the change. A terrible effort today will result in a riot, I am afraid.

Today's opponent: J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! Jets! The Jets are coached by Eric Mangini, who has used smoke and mirrors to generate 4 wins, thus far. The Jets cannot stop the run. I repeat, the Jets cannot stop the run. Offense runs lots of motion, spreads the ball around and is basically a pain in the ass. I am not very confident going into this one.

The weather was not bad today. Sunny at the start for a 4:15 game. A little bit chilly, but not bad after dark.

Today's giveaway: There wasn't any.

Section 345 was rather subdued. That is except for the fight only two rows behind us. Men hitting men, women hitting women, men hitting women, women hitting men. Seems that Browns Chick brought Pennington Boyfriend. Now Pennington Boyfriend had pretty much kept his mouth shut until the second quarter. Then he would not shut up. It all started when a peanut was thrown at him. Then beer goes flying at the peanut thrower, while the peanut thrower throws his beer. Then mayhem ensued. Of course, security dawdles and when the ejections came, it was only Browns Chick and Pennington Boyfriend who received escorts out. Not one word was even spoken to the peanut thrower who started it all.

The running game today was as efficient as it needed to be. Reuben Droughns rushed for 125 yards. I mean he had to, because the Jets cannot stop the run. Imagine. An OC calling plays to exploit the weaknesses of the opponent. It worked.

Ah, the G.E. Smith Band is but a memory.

Worst Browns play: Probably Phil Dawson's missed field goal before the half. Man, that was one ugly kick. Yanked it left from the right hash.

Best line from me (to Browns Chick after Pennington Boyfriend started acting up): "We're starting to question your taste in men."

Best line from a random (actually Pennington Boyfriend): "You throw anything at me and this beer is comin' right back at ya, motherfucker." The peanut has landed and then it is on.

Oddest Browns jersey: 26 Wolfley (maybe for Halloween?)

No in-game purchases.

Best Browns play: I rather liked the 30-yard TD pass from Frye to Winslow.

Lots of boas, but not many costumes today.

Best Fan Cam picture: Three people dressed as nuns sitting together. Not real nuns, they had beer.

Worst stat: You would have to look hard to find any negatives today. Probably Frye's 4.8 yards per pass attempt. Still not throwing the deep ball or many at medium range.

2nd worst stat: Punt and kickoff coverage was lacking. The Jets ran a kickoff back after it appeared the Browns put a lock on the game. The old Tim Dwight would have had several more yards returning punts if he had any of his old speed.

Most interesting stat: The Jets had one penalty for 5 yards.

Not-so-much-a-stat: The Jets last attempt at a last-minute touchdown. Chris Baker makes a one-handed catch for an apparent TD. But wait, Brodney Pool knocks him out of bounds before his feet land. And the ref ruled it no catch. Gee, I don't know. That was in front of me and I thought it was good. And since it's a judgment call, no ruling from above. We win!!!

Today the Browns played their best game of the year. Not flashy, but extremely efficient and quite frankly, they deserved to win the game. They only made a couple of mistakes, took advantage of the Jets poor run defense and shut the Jets offense down for most of the game. Some will say the Browns were conservative on offense, especially in the second half. But they will overlook the fact that after the Jets made it 20-10, the Browns had a three and out, while attempting three passes. Frye was sacked twice, but that was not sitting on the lead. And the three runs late in the game worked beautifully in running down the clock.

Let's enjoy this one a little bit. We know San Diego will clean our clocks next week, but, hey, we got a home win for a change.

Meal of Links

Dexter is the most oddly fascinating series I've seen in a long time. Had to watch a few episodes before recommending it. I am now convinced. Showtime's quality of programming continues to be way up over the last two years.

Five bedrooms. Beach house. Hawaii. $150 rent. How do I become a native Hawaiian? Maybe Madonna can help.

Your candidate is in trouble. Or you have a chance to unseat an incumbent. Where does your party spend its ad dollars.

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You can sense the stature of Red Auerbach by the fact that NBA TV turned over all of their programming to honor him today after his passing. The Cavs seldom crossed paths with the Celtics in the playoffs, but the first time was 1975. In that series, it looked like old man Nate Thurmond was going to lead the Cavs past the Celtics to the NBA finals. Game 6, the Cavs are in Boston and the home team is in trouble. All of a sudden, Auerbach goes near the Celtics bench, and it appears he gave the refs the secret word (this was the pre-David Stern Era). Soon after, Thurmond fouls out (and to this day, that was not a foul), the Celtics rally, and the Cavs get sent home. I didn't like Red very much that day.

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