The Cleveland Browns have been a pitiful excuse for a professional football team for the past two decades. Ohio State is a traditional college football powerhouse that routinely contends for national championships. Since 1999, the Browns have had only one season in which they won 10 or more games. Ohio State has done it a dozen times, despite playing a shorter schedule. It’s fun to joke about the stark differences between these two Ohio teams, but the Buckeyes could never actually beat the Browns, right? In reality, no. However, Public Policy Polling recently surveyed 1,248 Ohio voters and found that 57 percent believe the Buckeyes would best the Browns in a one-on-one matchup. From the press release: This may be the greatest measure of what tough times these are for the Cleveland Browns: voters in the state think that in a head-to-head matchup, Ohio State would beat the Browns on the gridiron 57/23. It’s patently ridiculous to think a college team could beat even so hapless an NFL team as the Browns, but that’s where we are. I can’t blame people for having no faith in the Browns, but the difference in competition between the NFL and NCAA is so significant that Cleveland would likely crush the boys from Columbus. Here’s why: #NFL cuts weekend is always a good reminder of these numbers…..
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