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Dawg pound by the river?
Browns faithful ready to rock to house; Bengal fans just want to come in from the cold
Friday, December 21, 2007
CINCINNATI — With thousands of Cincinnati Bengals fans unloading their tickets on Internet sites and through brokers, Paul Brown Stadium is about to be invaded by Cleveland Browns fans Sunday.
Mark Klang, who runs Amazing Tickets in downtown Cleveland, predicts at least 15,000 seats will be occupied by fans of the visiting team.
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"Browns fans are gobbling them up, I can tell you that," Klang said. "They're buying them from season-ticket holders who don't want to sit in the cold."
How the fortunes of the Bengals and Browns have changed. Weren't the Bengals supposed to be 9-5 and the Browns 5-9 at this stage?
"They flipped it on us," Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis said.
The Bengals entered the season with a five-game winning streak in the in-state rivalry. But the Browns evened the series 34-34 with a 51-45 victory in Cleveland on Sept. 16. And now they are about to "Flip This House."
Cleveland head coach Romeo Crennel is all in favor of a traveling Dawg Pound. "Of course!" Crennel said during a conference call with Bengals media this week. "Our fans have been great to us this year, particularly here at home. And if they're able to get some tickets and come down and support us, hey, I'm all for it."
Sean McClelland contributed to this report.
