Browns fans face bitter cold for 0-16 parade

Call it the Misery March.

The weather conditions will be suitably brutal, much like the Cleveland Browns’ season.

Despite temperatures forecast around -15, thousands of disillusioned fans are expected to attend a parade on Saturday to commemorate — and protest — the historically inept 0-16 season.

Nothing like some floats and frostbite.

The Perfect Season Parade organizer Chris McNeil’s tongue-incheek tweet more than a year ago spawned a small uprising within Cleveland’s passionate fan base. He’s spent the past few days finalizing preparations for the parade. There will be a bus, RVs, an ambulance and hearse — to symbolically bury the season.

Fans will make a counter-clockwise “no victory” lap around FirstEnergy Stadium to form a zero to match the team’s win total.

“There’s no turning back now,” McNeil said.

A season-ticket holder, McNeil never wanted the parade to happen. The Browns, though, turned an intended joke into reality.

A year ago, the Browns were winless under coach Hue Jackson after 14 games.

McNeil posted a sarcastic message on Twitter saying: “This team deserves a parade.”

Soon McNeil was obtaining a parade permit. But it was cancelled when the Browns won on Christmas Eve.

McNeil gave money raised to hold the event to the Cleveland Food Bank, a gift that reached nearly $50,000 after Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam doubled the donation.

McNeil never considered the possibility of another parade, but when the Browns lost in Pittsburgh last Sunday, it became official.

As of Friday morning, the event’s Facebook page says 6,300 people have committed to attend and 20,000 more are interested.