I don’t want to break your bubble, but the last pre Super Bowl game was the 1965 season, where the Packers defeated the Browns 23-12. The year prior (1964) the Browns did win the Championship.

I don’t mean to be taking away your memories, but the Browns were not the last champions prior to the Super Bowl.

The last Championship game was on January 2, 1966, and in July of that year, the AFL – NFL merger was announced. The merger created the Super Bowl, which was first played at the end of the 1966 season on January 1, 1967.

The Browns have the distinction of being the losers of the last NFL Championship game.

Go Browns!

Either you’re being sarcastic, and if that’s the case, please ignore the rest of this comment, or you need to ask for a refund of your tuition.

OK, since Sunday’s the Super Bowl, how about this Super Bowl scenario: I’m a Cleveland Browns fan. No player wearing a brown jersey has ever played in the Super Bowl. There is a high (negative) correlation between wearing a brown jersey and playing in the Super Bowl. Does that mean that wearing a brown jersey causes that player’s team never to make it to the Super Bowl?

(Condolences for my being a Browns fan are not necessary – I can take comfort that the Browns will always be the last NFL Champion prior to the creation of the Super Bowl. Of course I was only three and don’t remember it…)

I used to believe that, but then I took a statistics class.

CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION

I could say more, but that’s what every last one of these stories ignore. Every last one.

I mean, you can afford a lot of games working part time for minimum wage, but still not have much, all while living at home.