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By Ann Maloney - NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
New Orleans Saints fans who want to relive the glory days of Super Bowl XLIV rather than bear witness to this year’s gridiron contest between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots are in luck.
New Orleans area bars and restaurants are hosting anti-Super Bowl parties on Feb. 3 in response to what sports writer Jeff Duncan described as “one of the most egregious non-calls in NFL history.”
Super Bowl Sundays typically are big-business days at bars and restaurants. Since Sunday night (Jan. 20), however, Saints fans' attention has been on that one play. They have watched replays and studied photos of the moment, late in the NFC Championship game, in which Los Angeles Rams’ Nickell Robey-Coleman took down New Orleans Saint Tommylee Lewis.
The lack of a pass-interference penalty on that play, Duncan said, “gave the Rams the life they needed to stage a comeback, and they took advantage of it, completing a stunning rally with a 26-23 victory on Greg Zuerlein’s game-winning 57-yard field goal in overtime.” ...
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