The Latest: Browns open 28-0 lead over Steelers
By The Associated PressJanuary 11, 2021 GMT
The Browns have raced to a 28-0 lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Browns’ 28 points are the most by any team in the first quarter of a playoff game since the 1970 merger.
Cleveland scored on the first offensive play of the game when safety Karl Joseph pounced on a fumble in the end zone after Maurkice Pouncey’s snap sailed over the head of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Jarvis Landry made it 14-0 on a 40-yard touchdown pass from Baker Mayfield and Kareem Hunt has added two scoring runs.
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Leon Bibb: Cleveland Browns earned a playoff spot, but fans have earned it too
We ve lived through dark days with our team, now it s time to savor this sweet Browns success. Author: Leon Bibb Updated: 9:02 PM EST January 8, 2021
CLEVELAND When Cleveland, Akron and all of northeast Ohio needed victories enough to bring on regional smiles, it was the hometown football team showing a toothy grin that delivered.
The hometowners lifted the team into the NFL playoffs.You and I made it, too. After all, we re all in it together. And we celebrate because we are coming out of a long making-the-playoffs drought for the Cleveland Browns and all of us fans of the team.
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Conference USA hit rock bottom in 2020
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Look, we all had a rough year this year but few of us had it as bad as Conference USA did in 2020. The beleaguered league just wrapped up a bowl season where they went winless in postseason play, which was sadly unsurprising given the performance in the regular season.
Before C-USA got thumped in bowl season the league was taking losses in measuring stick games left and right. The conference finished the season with a 52-63 overall record and boasted just one moderately impressive out of conference win, a slim victory for Marshall over Appalachian State.