[kswartzlander]

Thought all you Bernie Kosar fans might be interested in this. Any thoughts?

Dallas will be forever grateful to the man who stepped up to the proverbial plate when Troy Aikman was literally knocked out of the 1993 NFC Championship game with a concussion. Bernie Kosar’s legendary sidearm produced a 42-yard touchdown pass to Alvin Harper that put the Cowboys up 35-14 and sealed the San Francisco 49ers’ fate.

Now the championship player is headlining a new venture: an ownership share in the Arena Football League’s new team in Cleveland, a city where Kosar captured the hearts of football fans across the nation after the Browns obtained the quarterback in the 1985 NFL Supplemental Draft.

"I have always believed that Cleveland would be a perfect market for Arena Football. I am honored to be a part of bringing a great product here and look forward to bringing an ArenaBowl championship to my hometown." said Bernie Kosar.

Kosar had stellar beginnings at the University of Miami, where he put the Hurricanes on the map in 1983 when he quarterbacked the team to its first national championship. The Orange Bowl MVP’s stats were about to get better as he graduated from college football to the NFL. In his nine seasons with the Browns, he posted 21,904 yards, 1,853 completions and 116 touchdowns. He led the team to three AFC championship games in four years, all of which were lost to John Elway’s Denver Broncos. Elway owns the Colorado Crush, which should make for a great new rivalry with Cleveland.

Kosar spent the last half of the 1993 season with the Dallas Cowboys after being released from the Browns’ roster. A week after his NFC Championship performance, he earned his only Super Bowl championship ring as backup for Aikman. Kosar spent the final three years of his career with the Miami Dolphins, contributing 987 yards and five touchdowns. He closed his NFL 12-year career with 1,994 completions for 23,301 yards and 124 touchdowns.