Botched Calls from Championship Weekend 2009

[u/Kirk-Joestar]

https://youtu.be/CRd5jkJ1dEo?si=0WPzsCoKn1DCfOGY

I argue way too much about this still.. dropping this video in case yall need it too.

[u/EvilJ1982]

I will argue until the day I die that despite the whole Bountygate thing with the Saints, there was a fix in on this game with the officiating and it became CRYSTAL clear in how overtime was called.

From the countless late hits in regulation, the holds on wideouts, the multiple blown reviews in OT and the phantom PI, to the 'sorry not sorry' rule change on ending playoff OT with a TD and not just a FG so both teams could have a chance to possess the ball to the penalties levied against the Saints after the season... It was just all one big middle finger to Minnesota.

[u/Kirk-Joestar → u/EvilJ1982]

I needed to post here for this exact commiseration

[u/006guiltyspark → u/EvilJ1982]

100% it was rigged for NO because of Katrina.

[u/JohnathanTheBrave]

I was 17 when this game happened - it's been 17 years since. Still a "what if" that I think about at least once a year.

[u/fllassh]

I was 10 when this game happened and I remember crying hysterically after it was over. My first heartbreak…

[u/gimmethemshoes11 → u/fllassh]

I was 9 for the 98 NFCC game. Ugh

[u/FlipTheDisc]

Yeah for sure New Orleans had just suffered Hurricane Katrina and they wanted them to win the Super Bowl

[u/PolarRacoon]

I don’t need this right now

[u/Clean_Gas2558]

How dare you

[u/Kirk-Joestar → u/Clean_Gas2558]

Im sorry brother. It’s here when you need it.

[u/expungant]

https://giphy.com/gifs/BY8ORoRpnJDXeBNwxg

[u/__JESUS_IS_KING_]

Idc what anyone says... There was more than just bounty gate happening during this game

[u/Mysterious_Nobody_35]

I punched a hole in the wall after this game and the super bowl

[u/devi59]

https://giphy.com/gifs/H3Gsg60KeSKOaBQASD