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Today marks the second year anniversary of the “Brady’s Bunch,” an online message board community for fans devoted to Brady Quinn.

The website you are reading now, was created by a self-employed web designer from the Columbus, Ohio area, who has created websites for U.S. Olympians, including Mark Spitz and Dara Torres, as well as maintaining interests in many other sites.

After faithful devotees formed following Brady Quinn and the site, interest rose into the creation of a message board where these impassioned and sometimes overzealous fans could talk Brady 24/7. On January 12th, 2009, the “Brady’s Bunch” message board was born as part of Brady-Quinn.org. [Think Grady Sizemore's "Ladies" with just a tad more propriety. No offense ladies. I like what you do. ]

As Brady’s popularity grows, so does his faithful elite.

Why not join the board?

Join the one and only Brady’s Bunch, the Brady Quinn Fan Message Board

Click the BOARD link above or ‘Brady’s Bunch‘ in the title, and follow the prompts. Soon there after (usually within 24-36 hours) you will receive a confirmation email to reply to and then you are all set. The message board members are a friendly bunch, but boy are they protective of Brady. If you want to share about all things Brady Quinn, Notre Dame, and the Browns, then that is the place for you. The message board prides itself on no disparaging and derogatory remarks. It is not true that you cannot comment on Brady in a negative light – far from it – we are the first ones TO DO it, but we don’t nor see the need to bash and berate.

Feel free to browse the posts in the background, but we really encourage you to share your stories and opinions. Currently, we have had postings of several hundred Brady Quinn football cards, several thousand photos, editorials revolving around Notre Dame, Cleveland Browns, and football politics, personal anecdotes, and many other topics.

As Brady Quinn grows in strength, intelligence, and spiritual and corporeal maturity in his own life as well as professional life, we will grow too.

A mosaic of the Brady's Bunch banner using thousands of Brady Quinn photos.

A rude Twitter comment lead me to create this post, so let me preface it with the fact that I don’t give a damn if anyone thinks that ‘Brady Quinn Fan’ using @bradyquinn is “lame” or that we’re trying to pose as Brady. And really, you’re just stupid if you think the latter. Besides, if THE Brady Quinn used that username, it would have a nifty little “verified” graphic on the Twitter profile. You don’t see one there, do you? Didn’t think so.

First of all, we use @bradyquinn because we can. It’s the easiest to remember, is it not? BQF’s Feedburner account uses the name “bradyquinn” as well. Doesn’t mean we think we’re Brady Quinn. It’s not that serious.

Secondly, we, as fans, feel protective of Brady. Recent news has surfaced that he’s trying to acquire the rights to BradyQuinn.com, but is having difficulty. Seems the person who owns the domain doesn’t want to give it up without a fight, resulting in Brady having to go to court and fight for it. He’s gonna have to pay up if he wants that domain. If we owned BradyQuinn.com, he’d already have it and no money would have to change hands.

With as wildly popular as Twitter has become, we wanted to make sure that that never happens to Brady, should he decide he wants to tweet. So, we’re sort of “squatting” on the username. We’re keeping it warm just in case Brady wants it. We have never claimed to be Brady; quite to the contrary, actually. And anyone who can read knows that.

If you do follow our account, you will still get positive and informative Brady Quinn updates; just not directly from him. His camp knows how to contact us, and the process of changing hands would be much more pleasant for all involved. I can’t say that’d be the case if anyone else had registered the @bradyquinn Twitter account (and you know someone else would have, had we not). We also won’t make him pay for it. Twitter usernames aren’t like domain names in that you really can’t buy, park, and save for later usage.

So, frankly, we don’t give a damn if you think we’re misleading people. If you don’t want to follow us anymore, click that “unfollow” button and be on your way. We’re true fans of Brady Quinn and will do everything we possibly can to promote his career. If that means “reserving” a Twitter username until he wants it, then so be it.

And just so everyone knows, BRADY QUINN DOES NOT HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT!

Have a nice day!

I posted this in the previous post’s comments and thought it deserved a post of its own. I’m well aware of all the rumors running rampant on the internet. It is what it is. Instead of re-posting every little murmur that surfaces, I’m just going to sit back and wait. We’ll see what happens!

Talk amongst yourselves.

I thought it was high time that we got with the times around here, and started Twittering.

So, I am proud to introduce you to Brady Quinn Fan on Twitter. Check it out and be sure to follow!

And if you don’t have a Twitter account, I highly recommend you sign up and join the fun!

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a new somepin’ somepin’ on the sidebar (to your left) called “Brady Quinn TV”.

This is where I’ll put the latest video I feel like sharing on the site. Yes, I know the BQF YouTube Channel is still around, but when using YouTube you have to worry about the Copyright police rolling through and deleting your vids. I don’t have to worry so much with this site.

So, check out that spot for the latest Brady video. I’m not going to post everything, though. The Browns website makes it entirely too difficult to cap their multimedia and I’m too lazy to do that on a regular basis. BQTV could feature a cool Brady play from a game, a vintage interview, or just fluff. You never know!

Sorry the site was unavailable for much of the evening. I finally broke down and decided to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress after testing it out throroughly on other websites.

I ran into a few snags that required support from my hosting problem, but now that those are ironed out, the site is up and running with just a few issues here and there.

As you were…

The server that Brady Quinn Fan was residing on also hosts a website for swimmers. And unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the Olympics are going on and the sport of swimming is the headliner.

As a result, the dedicated server was overloaded to the point where I can’t even access the control panel!

In the wee hours of the morning, because I haven’t been sleeping much with all the stress, I managed to get in, back up BQF, and migrate the site to a new webhost. I’m not sure how long the site will be here, but it should be pretty steady for the time being.

Let me know if there are errors on the board or gallery. Still working out the kinks!

So here it is! The new look for Brady Quinn Fan!

I’m probably going to tinker with some more of the colors here and there, but those will be subtle changes.

Anyway, I hope y’all like it!

Things might start looking a little different around here.

Upon looking at the site today I decided that I am no longer feelin’ this theme. So I’m now on the search for something new & fresh!

So, in the coming days, if you stop by and things are in disarray, that is why.

Just giving the site a facelift as it’s about to turn 1 year old!

So what do we think? Should I create one for the site?

Things will be probably be pretty slow for the next few months, until the minicamps, spring practices, and OTAs get going again. So I thought it might be a better way for all of us to keep up.

Yes? No? Maybe so?

Today, October 27, is a special day for Brady. It’s his birthday!

We know he is in St. Louis preparing for the Browns game tomorrow, but we hope he was able to celebrate his birthday with some style!

In-state rival, the Cincinnati Bengals, visit Cleveland Browns stadium today for the Browns’ second straight AFC North match-up.

The big storyline is whether or not Derek Anderson will prove to be a worthy and effective replacement for Charlie Frye and if he isn’t, when Brady Quinn will get his first taste of NFL regular season action. But fans of the franchise will also be interested to see if the Browns can avoid a repeat of last week’s dismal performance against the Steelers. First and foremost the team needs to protect the ball and not turn it over to the Bengals. That stat was key when looking back at their loss the previous week.

CBS will televise today’s game at 1:00PM (ET) followed by the NY Jets vs. Baltimore Ravens.

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Ken Dorsey spoke to the media, today, for the first time after re-signing with the team.

Among the questions he was asked was the ever-popular “Is Brady Quinn ready to play?” Dorsey thinks so.

He noted that there are the inevitable adjustments that Brady will have to go through but that is to be expected with all rookies. Taking the learning curve into consideration, Dorsey is adamant that Quinn will emerge as a great NFL player.

“He’s young, so there’s gonna be things he will go through, but I think he’s gonna be a great player. There’s gonna be adjustment to the speed. That’s natural for everybody.”

“It’s just a question of how fast you can do it. Brady is the type to put himself in the right position through his work ethic.”

That’s a glowing review for someone Brady looks to as a mentor. Hopefully, Dorsey can continue to groom him into the great starting Browns QB we all know he can be.

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With yesterday’s trade of Charlie Frye to Seattle, Browns rookie QB Brady Quinn learned that, in the NFL, things can change in a blink of an eye. And not just on the field, but off of it as well.

Frye’s departure bumped Brady up to the #2 quarterback slot in the depth chart, a scenario he expressed his excitement about to the media today. “It’s exciting, but at the same time you realize your role is a little bit heightened and you’re one play away if anything was ever to happen. You just have to make sure you’re always ready.”

On the sidelines during the Steelers game Sunday, Brady made the most of his time. He observed the game and noted its fast pace as he continues to transition from NCAA to NFL play. “You realize the decisions you make have to be quick,” he said earlier today. “You have to be very precise with everything you do not only athletically but mentally.”

So when will Brady Quinn make his regular season debut? It could be as early as this Sunday against the Bengals. But naturally that is heavily dependent on how the game is going for the Browns. If new starter Derek Anderson proves to be ineffective (like Charlie Frye), Brady could get his chance sooner, rather than later.

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