CLEVELAND, Ohio – When Braylon Edwards played wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, he had one record-breaking season. Otherwise, he reacted to the ball like a man susceptible to anaphylactic shock flailing his arms at a swarm of bees. General manager Phil Savage, in charge of the listing ship at the time, ventured that this was because Edwards was “a Michigan player in an Ohio State town.” The implied fan enmity was a bigger load of baloney than you can find at a lunch meat factory. Browns fans had no problem with Leroy Hoard or Steve Everitt, both Michigan Men, loyal and true, because they could play. An Ohio State town only in the movies The Buckeyes have absolutely dominated the Big Ten in this century, winning or sharing 10 Big Ten championships, winning two national championships under Meyer (2014) and Jim Tressel (2002), and playing in three BCS Championship…
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