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ADVOCATE STAFF FILE PHOTOAdvocate Staff ReportTen days passed without a peep from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell since the infamous missed pass interference call that arguably cost the New Orleans Saints a trip to the Super Bowl. Goodell will break the silence Wednesday in Atlanta at his...

By Mike Scott, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneNearly two weeks later, New Orleans is still reeling from the super scam that robbed the Saints of their rightful place in Super Bowl LIII, which we've since dubbed Super Bowl LIE. In fact, a grass-roots "Boycott Bowl" movement continues to build...

(Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) (SL)By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | Times-PicayuneThe Kingpin Bar, at 1307 Lyons St., will be the starting point for a Who Dat second-line parade on Sunday (Feb. 3), meant to mock the Super Bowl. According to Kingpin co-owner Steve Watson, the parade...

By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk | AJCIn a Hail Mary move to get their team to the big game, two New Orleans Saints season ticket holders have petitioned the courts for a redo of the game that sent the Los Angeles Rams to the Super Bowl and the New Orleans Saints to...

(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneSaints quarterback Drew Brees on Monday morning (Jan. 28) encouraged fans to channel their frustration into positivity after the team’s controversial NFC Championship loss. His...

NOLA.com PhotoBy Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneThe NFL has claimed in a court filing that league commissioner Roger Goodell does not have the authoritative power to order a replaying of the NFC Championship between the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams.The court...

Advocate Photo by STEPHEN LEWAdvocate Staff ReportMore than a week after a heartbreaking loss in the NFC Championship, Drew Brees has a message to fans: "Keep your chin up."The Saints quarterback posted a long message to fans on his personal Instagram page Monday morning on how he's been...

By Rucker Haringey | FansidedSaints officials don’t believe referees intentionally influenced the outcome of their NFC Title loss to the Rams, but there are some valid concerns.On Sunday, Adam Schefter of ESPN broke a major story regarding the famed no-call in the NFC Championship Game. In...

The league does not believe Rule 17 allows the commissioner to overturn the result of the gameBy Jared DubinIn the days after the NFC title game, the result of which almost surely swung on the missed pass interference (and helmet-to-helmet contact) penalty on Rams corner Nickell...

By Grant Gordon | NFL.comMoving past their NFC Championship Game loss to the Rams has not been an easy task for the Saints and their fans.Much vitriol has been spewed over a controversial non-call in the fourth quarter delivered by Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman to receiver Tommylee...

Referee Bill Vinovich (NOLA.com Photo)By Michael Hecht, Tommy Faucheux and Gregory RusovichThe ending of the Saints-Rams NFC championship game is being decried around the country as highway robbery: brazen, indefensible, and, some even speculate, deliberate.The Saints players were robbed...

By Adam Schefter | ESPN Senior WriterIn the latest twist to the still-simmering controversy from last Sunday's NFC Championship Game, there is some concern in league circles about the NFL's judgment in allowing four game officials who live in Southern California to work the game between the...

By Adam Patrick | TheVikingAge.comThe Minnesota Vikings wide receiver recently sat down with House of Highlights and expressed his thoughts about the recent events that went on during the NFC Championship.Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs is very familiar with playoff heartbreak...

By Jared Dubin | CBS SportsIf you thought the controversy about the brutal missed pass interference call that arguably cost the New Orleans Saints a chance at the Super Bowl was over, think again. Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman, who admitted after the game he was blatantly trying to...

By Advocate Staff ReportNew Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan sent a loud and clear message to the NFL and Roger Goodell ahead of Sunday's Pro Bowl game without speaking a word.Jordan arrived to Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida wearing a black shirt with the words "blow...

Advocate PhotoBy Nathan Brown | The AdvocateOutside of Roger Goodell, the name most cursed by Saints fans since Sunday’s loss in the NFC championship game has been Gary Cavaletto. The side judge has officiated NFL games since 2003 with a résumé that includes 13 playoff games, five conference...

By Will Brinson | CBS SportsSuper Bowl week is about to kick off, but no one is moving past the situation from the week prior, when the Rams-Saints game was decided by a blown call in which Nickell Robey-Coleman was not flagged for pass interference, despite it being an obvious DPI call. In...

By Fans and the Pro w/Deuce McAllisterIt may be small consolation to the Who Dat Nation, but it appears many of the NFL's best players agree with the sentiment that the Saints should be in the Super Bowl.Saints guard Larry Warford says he's gotten an abundance of condolences regarding the...

By Rod Walker | The AdvocateIt's been a week now.Chances are, you still haven't gotten over it.Chances are, you never will.This time next week, it'll feel even worse as you watch (if you can even stand to do so) the Los Angeles Rams (instead of the New Orleans Saints) playing the New...

(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)By Christopher Dabe - NOLA.com | The Times-PicayuneThe NFL has given no official statement on the blown call that potentially cost the New Orleans Saints a spot in the Super Bowl, but a court filing Friday (Jan. 25) gave some estimation...

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Matt Bowers, who payed for these billboards, says he wants "everyone to know what happened." (John Bazemore / AP)By Wallace Matthews | NY Daily NewsThe billboards are so big, and so close to the action that not even Bill Vinovich and his officiating crew can miss them.Some of them read...

Advocate staff file photo by SCOTT THRELKELDAdvocate Staff ReportNew Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton is making the rounds this week after the NFC Championship against the Los Angeles Rams, trying to figure out what happened with the infamous missed pass interference call. The resounding...

Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Getty ImagesBy Conor Orr | SI.comWe’re now five days removed from one of the worst officiating mistakes in NFL playoff history. The fallout has been as ridiculous as expected.The Saints released a statement basically saying they’d be in the Super Bowl had it...

The league knows the officials did a lot of stuff wrong on the play and is sort of admitting itBy Will Brinson | CBS SportsThe NFL has yet to say anything about the lack of a pass interference call on Nickell Robey-Coleman and it's making lots of people very angry. Amidst a government...