Superstitious?
The number 13 is of course famously unlucky. And if you’re already superstitious about the Browns, this photo, snapped during the Browns v. Chargers game by Reddit user goregyle, should give you one more reason to fear for the season: If your eye can’t catch it on its own, it’s 3rd and 13 with 13:13 to go in the third quarter. Game score: 13 to 13.
The Browns lost on a field goal (which was initially missed, but replayed because of a Browns offsides flag) as time expired.
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2015.
Man, if only he’d snapped the picture ten seconds earlier he’d have caught the play clock at 13.
No matter the snapshot of numbers — the results are always the same……it adds up to heartburn and heartache — in the grinding gridiron game.