On this day in 1981, it was the coldest I have ever been. I'd still like to see if they could have made a field goal.

Noon start. After Red Right 88, I have never seen a stadium empty so quickly. Westbound Rapid froze after the game. Didn't get home until 7:30.

You can hardly explain the difference in enthusiasm between this game and the next home playoff game after the 1986 season. The buildup in 1986 was off the charts. Not sure why, but it was night and day during playoff runs from that day forward.

NBC Intro to "Red Right 88" 1981



Don Cockroft missed 5 PATs that year? WTF?

Meal of Links

Gerry Rafferty died today. I dare you to listen to "Stuck In the Middle With You" without thinking of the ear-cutting scene from "Reservoir Dogs". Listen to the "City To City" album. Sure, "Baker Street" is on it, but there are some other gems present.

Who'd have thought? The Irish love their movies.

Last night, I actually watched "Internal Affairs" with Andy Garcia and Richard Gere. To be honest, not sure why. Anyhow, here are 7 movies worth repeated viewings.

If you haven't been there lately, take heed. IFC runs commercials during their programming. Startling the first time you see it.

James VanDerMemes!

Some noise about Bill Hicks. I say he and Richard Pryor were the best at making you laugh and think. "Think of me as Chomsky...with dick jokes." Some commenters say Danny McBride should play him in a movie. That would be inspired.

Words can't describe the good work Barry Scheck performs. Today, another wrongly convicted guy in Dallas was deemed innocent after 30 years in jail.

Charlotte Knows Her Presidents



Exercise Yard

Do any of these potential Browns hires excite you? Unless the new coach calls his own plays, I'm more concerned at this point about what kind of an offensive coordinator would come here.

Since the Browns return, here are the OCs:

Chris Palmer 1999
Pete Carmichael 2000
Bruce Arians 2001-2003
Terry Robiskie 2004
Maurice Carthon 2005-2006
Jeff Davidson 2006
Rob Chudzinski 2007-2008
Brian Daboll 2009-2010

Palmer was OC at Jacksonville before he was hired. Pete Carmichael? I got nothin'. His son, Pete Jr., is currently OC at New Orleans. Robiskie was OC at Oakland for 5 seasons, 1989-93. Outside of these guys, no other Browns OC had ever called plays at the NFL level.

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