For some reason people think OSU would beat the Browns in football

If you needed a reminder there are actually people out there who don't live and breath sports, Public Policy Polling published one last night.

Along with who is leading in the race to be the next President of the United States, PPP found an unbelievably high percentage of people who have no idea the difference between the level of play in the NFL and college football:

62% of voters in the state think Ohio State would win a football game against the Cleveland Browns, to only 23% who think the NFL team would prevail.

What figure is too high for this opinion? One. Not one person should have this opinion because it is patently absurd.

Yes, the Browns are a bad NFL team, but they also have a roster full of pro football players. And they have actually been fairly competitive in most of their games so far this season. Those games have been again, you know, other NFL teams.

Ohio State probably has a handful of NFL-ready players, but most of the roster will be going pro in something other than sports. And a good number of the players who might make an NFL roster some day are significantly younger than most of the current Browns.

The same survey also found the University of Michigan has a higher favorability rating than Republican nominee for President Donald Trump and less than 50 percent of Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton's supporters have a favorable view of Ohio State coach Urban Meyer.

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