I think the NFL sort of told the officials that they wanted the Rams in the Super Bowl and not to keep them out of the game because of a penalty. The game wasn't 1005 "fixed" but the NFL had their thumbs on the scale and the Refs knew not to have a situation where the Rams lost "because" of a penalty, even if it was a 100% legit penalty. The "no call" and the hands to the face in OT should both have been called and they would have been penalties 100% of the time and 90% of the time in any other game. They would have both been called against the Saints in the same circumstances. Why Vinovich and his crew of LA Pirates have not done a Saints games since.....the stink is still too strong. I wonder if Vinovich has done a Broncos Game, I bet CSP would give him an earful.