Super Bowl LIII...Pick the winner.

1:30 Hawaii time!

 

It's an idea, but the problem is that there are fouls that aren't called on almost every play. If they overturn the no-call of pass interference, do they also go back and look and the line of scrimmage and call the facemask of Donald? Or maybe there were other holds that weren't called.

When the Rams lost to the Pats in Super Bowl 36, 17 years ago, there were a ton of no-calls that benefited the Patriots. The first TD was an interception of a Warner pass where he was hit in the face by Mike Vrabel, which caused the pass to sail off-target. There were a bunch of plays where the Pats got away with illegal contact or holding of receivers downfield. And on the final series of the game, they didn't call Brady for an obvious intentional grounding. In the end, all that matters is that the Patriots got the win, not who benefited the most from the officiating.

You also have to consider that the officials may have been told to "let them play" in these postseason games so as not to mar the games with too many penalties. Nobody outside of the league offices knows for sure, but it's possible. In any event, the Saints were not robbed. They benefited from a number of no-calls, just as the Rams did. Those are just the breaks of the game.

 

34-31 Rams

 

Almost half-time -- don't know who the winner will be but so far, the fans are the losers. Sheesh!

 

The real winners are sitting in New Orleans!!!!

 

Netflix says viewers down 32% during the game.

Super Bowl LIII: live updates from Atlanta - CNN

 

Tony Romo was the best part of that game...

I was not happy but also not surprised with the outcome in any way. The old guys (Belechik and Wade) dulled the day with experience. The newbies didn’t are the changes that they should have where Garrett did. It will come in time and I expect the rams to be stronger for it next year. Sometimes people grow faster when they lose the year before if they have the right kind of drive to be great overall.

 

Boring game until fourth quarter, mostly boring commercials, and I completely skipped the halftime show.