Colts / Browns Game Attracts Attention for Horrible Officiating
Although the Browns did end up with the victory, it should be worth noting that had they lost, each team would have a total of 551 regular season victories in franchise history. This was the 1,055th regular season game the Colts have played.
Given the absurd nature of the back-to-back penalties called at the end of the Browns-Colts game, I thought it might be worth checking the numbers to see if there might have been a deeper riddle that would make this game worthy of our attention. I would say there most certainly is. Enough that it was even worth making a second post on the all-time records for both teams and coaches.
Eclipse Riddle
The cities of Cleveland and Indianapolis both sit within the path of totality for next year’s Total solar eclipse:
Their Week 7 matchup against the Colts was the Cleveland Browns‘ 1096th game in franchise history (regular season).
169 is 13 Squared
Yale, home of the Skull & Bones society, just turned 322 years old.
The game fell on the 295th day of the year:
The greatest player in Browns‘ history happens to be named Jim Brown, who died this past May.
Remember that the Browns are a “Moon” team, as each Lunar phase is counted using the Brown Lunation Number.
57 + 269 = 326
Kevin Stefanski now has a head coaching record of 30-26:
“Total Solar Eclipse”
The Cleveland Browns have matching 202 Ordinal gematria with Total solar eclipse.
The Colts’ head coach is Shane Steichen.
