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Browns get help from bowling legend Pete Weber to release 2024 schedule

Who do you think you are? I am!

The Cleveland Browns dropped their 2024 schedule on Wednesday using a 1990s-themed bowling alley party as the motif. And they even got help from a bowling legend in the former of Pete Weber.

The video featured a plethora of current players including quarterback Deshaun Watson, safety Grant Delpit, linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, offensive tackle Dawand Jones, and more. However, they are all overshadowed by the Weber cameo at the end of the video.

The schedule release video even features all of the Browns players turning in disbelief as Weber walks into the bowling alley in slow motion as they are all bowling. He is decked out in brown and orange apparel with “BROWNS” monogrammed across his bowling shoes as he strides up to the lane.

He even dropped his iconic line, “Who do you think you are? I am!”

All-in-all, this creative endeavor from the Browns’ social media team was a home run of an idea. You can see the whole video below:

Here’s the story behind Pete Weber’s famous ‘Who do you think you are? I am!’ moment

Weber aimed it at a fan rooting against him.

It’s a very important anniversary on February 26, 2020.

Eight years ago, star bowler Pete Weber won his fifth U.S. Open with a championship-clinching strike and celebrated with one of the wildest catchphrases ever uttered: “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? I AM!”

Did it make sense? No! Does it matter? An emphatic NO! It’s a trash-talking statement for the ages, a twisty zen koan that you don’t need to unpack to know what he’s saying.

But what’s the story behind that moment that happened eight years ago one Wednesday? Here’s Weber himself explaining what happened (and first, of course, here’s the infamous clip):

“Being caught up in the moment of throwing the strike and being as excited as I was, I had a kid rooting against me during the match, and he was doing it loud enough for me to hear. And it kind of made me mad, and people know, don’t make me mad on TV, ’cause I’ll just get better. But what I really wanted to say was, ‘Who do you think you are rooting against me? I’m the man of this tournament!’ That’s what I really wanted to say.”

So that was aimed at a fan! I didn’t know that until this anniversary.

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