Eric Batke
I've lived in Northeast Ohio my whole life, and I am currently attending the College of Wooster, where I am a fourth-year English major. I am all about Cleveland sports and great sports writing.
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Cleveland Browns’ Youth Movement Brings Early-Season Optimism
The Cleveland Browns find their record at 2-1 after three weeks of play, a position that some predicted but few believed attainable. Cleveland football has not sniffed this level of early-season success…Read More
Colts vs. Browns: A Battle to Determine Sad Sack of the NFL
Coming into their Week Two match-up, the Cleveland Browns and the Indianapolis Colts share a sense of urgency that is unheard of at this point in the season. With their Super Bowl window quickly closing…Read More
Cleveland Browns 2011 Season Preview: Special Teams
For the past five years or so, special teams has been the most redeeming quality of the Cleveland Browns. Whether it was Josh Cribbs running back yet another kickoff for a touchdown or Dave Zastudil and…Read More
Calling It Like I See It: Cincinnati Bengals
The offseason was not particularly kind to the Bengals. The ongoing Carson Palmer saga forced Andy Dalton into action at the very beginning of the preseason, and Dalton now looks set to start the first…Read More
One Reason to Watch College Football: Getting Excited About the 2012 Draft
The football season is quickly approaching, and I don’t just mean the NFL. College football is gearing up for Week One, and with college football inevitably comes draft talk. It is never too early…Read More
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McCoy Shows More in Loss Than in Win, Plus Other Notebook Scrawlings
The relative success of the Browns has caused a lot of enthusiasm this preseason, and it’s pretty…Read More
An Inside Look at the Packers with Andy Tisdel of Oak Creek Patch
In preparation for today’s preseason game against the Packers, I had the unique opportunity to…Read More
Cleveland Browns Preseason Keys to Success: Defense
As many questions as there are about the Browns’ offense, far more questions arise when I look…Read More
Cleveland Browns Preseason Keys to Success: Offense
As if this offseason couldn’t get any more off-track from the lockout, the Browns have to install…Read More
With Season Approaching, Where are the Sure Things for the Browns?
With the NFL lockout finally over, it is officially appropriate to talk about the actual playing of football.…Read More
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