-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 match up 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. Browns fans are in near total agreement when it comes to the franchise's biggest issue- only 12% want the team to keep Johnny Manziel, compared to 72% who think he should be cut loose. For all their travails Browns fans still outnumber Bengals fans in the state, 42/29. And for all the Bengals' postseason difficulties their fans still have faith in Marvin Lewis- 51% think the team will eventually win a playoff game with him as coach to only 20% who think it will never happen.

 

Likely Portman/Strickland Race Starts As Toss Up - Public Policy Polling

 

With the Ohio Primary coming up, Public Policy Polling slipped in some amusing questions in the latest public opinion poll of Ohio. Including who Ohio residents think would win a game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Cleveland Browns.

 

The answer: Most Ohio residents pick the Buckeyes.

 

According to the poll, 57 percent of Ohioans think the Buckeyes would win, 23 percent say the Browns would win and the rest are unsure.

 

That answer is ridiculous, of course: The worst NFL team would easily beat the best college team. It would be a game of men against boys, and a game that the NFL team would win by a score of 49-0 or so.

 

Poll finds most Ohioans think Ohio State would beat the Browns | ProFootballTalk

After living in Ohio for 1.5 years now, I can say that this is no surprise. Ohio State football is like a religion. It's called the Buckeye state and not the Browns' state, after all.

I wonder what the breakdown is of who voted. I'm guessing depressed Cleveland fans voted for OSU out of spite.

This is no different than the talk a year or so ago about the UK basketball team beating the 76'ers, or whether the UConn women's team could beat the worst men's team.