If we have to lose - I REALLY hope it's on a bad call....

[den-the-coach]

Losing is not an option!

 

[LesBaker]

The seafucks and falcons somehow lost when a win was at their fingertips.

Two pass plays, both stupid and poorly executed, gave Brady and the Patriots 2 SB wins. Two plays. That's all that separates him from 5-3 and "SB hero" to 3-5 and "can't be relied on to win the big game".

 

[Steve808]

Two pass plays, both stupid and poorly executed, gave Brady and the Patriots 2 SB wins. Two plays. That's all that separates him from 5-3 and "SB hero" to 3-5 and "can't be relied on to win the big game".

Without cheating, they might be 2-6 or 1-7.

 

[badnews]

I want us to win based on player execution, scheme and winning each play.

I don’t want the refs determining the winner one way or another.

Me neither. Best case scenario is we win.
Worst case is we lose because we sucked.

I would prefer losing because we were fucked over rather than because we weren't good enough.
With a young team, thats the sort of thing that can put a permanent chip on their shoulders and keep them hungry for years.


A hypothetical nobody wants to actually examine is what would be better:
Winning the SB this year and then spending the next five years below .500....
or
Losing this SB but being in the playoffs for the next 5 years.

I know which I would prefer... but for the sake of our older friends, I guess I would want them to see a SB winning team again, forseeable future be damned.

Luckily for us, Demoff, Snead, McVay and Co should keep us in contention for years to come, regardless.

 

[tempests]

Officials not calling blatant pass interference....or a bogus roughing the passer call that influenced the outcome....yeah, I can imagine how that would go over here.

Win or lose, I want a controversy free game against these guys, just once.

 

[badnews]

Win or lose, I want a controversy free game against these guys, just once.

Not me. If we dont win, I hope its because we were screwed, not because we weren't good enough.
I dont care about controversy in this one.
This is only because its the fucking Patriots. I seriously cant think of an outcome worse than them winning fair and square.
Fuck that noise.
They dont deserve any asterisk free Super Bowls.

Too many people think we dont deserve to be in this game. Many believe we are not legit and lots of idiots think we bought this season.

If we were playing any other team, yeah, a good clean game without ref ball where the better team wins would be great.
Not this Sunday. I HATE these guys.

 

[majrleaged]

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Losing to them the first time due to cheating and the losing another one on a bad call? No way.

The only bad call I want to see is one that allows them to get a trash touch down when the Rams are leading 33 to 7 with 48 seconds left to play.

That would be awesome. The headline could be"1 bad call didn't cost the game"

 

[kurtfaulk]

The Rams are beating the cheating pants off the Pats this Sunday. ...but... if the football Gods are somehow not on our side, there is one way for the Rams to lose that would be far better than any other way.

Imagine if we lost the Super Bowl on a bad call and the franchise handled it with some class and some good humor - like a confident team that knows that 1 play didn't decide the outcome, that we are a young and extremely talented team who will be back multiple times with Goff and McVay leading the way.

Like I said, we are beating the Pats and winning McVays 1st SB...
...but if we don't, I would love it if our team and fans showed the Saints how to handle it like adults, not like the whiney bitchfest of assumed entitlement that the Saints have displayed from the ownership to the fans.

I'd rather the rams win on a bad call so the cheats know what it feels like. But we all know that won't happen. If there's a bad call we all know in who's favour it will go.

.

 

[RhodyRams]

Without cheating, they might be 2-6 or 1-7.

read an article stating that the Pats could very easily be 8-0 or 0-8 with a handfull of plays going the opposite way

 

[FarNorth]

Me neither. Best case scenario is we win.
Worst case is we lose because we sucked.

I would prefer losing because we were freaked over rather than because we weren't good enough.
With a young team, thats the sort of thing that can put a permanent chip on their shoulders and keep them hungry for years.


A hypothetical nobody wants to actually examine is what would be better:
Winning the SB this year and then spending the next five years below .500....
or
Losing this SB but being in the playoffs for the next 5 years.

I know which I would prefer... but for the sake of our older friends, I guess I would want them to see a SB winning team again, forseeable future be damned.

Luckily for us, Demoff, Snead, McVay and Co should keep us in contention for years to come, regardless.

How about the Rams crush the Patriots, and no ifs ands or buts.

 

[badnews]

read an article stating that the Pats could very easily be 8-0 or 0-8 with a handfull of plays going the opposite way

They are nothing if not consistent.

 

[Athena]

@badnews you know very well McVay would say in a post game presser:

"First off congratulations to Coach Bellicheat and the New England Patriots they are a heck of a football team. I need to be accountable to my team and put us in a better position to win the game. We had our opportunities, and I didn't make the correct play calls to put us in a position to be World Champions. It's something I can and will improve upon.

We did not lose because of one call, there were other deciding factors that led to our loss. Sometimes non calls and calls are in our favor. Sometimes they're not. Referees are human and make errors, we cannot put our team in a position to depend on the referees judgment to determine the game."

Absolutely what McVay would say....absolutely what I pray he will not be saying! Horns Up!!

Did I miss anything?

 

[Mackeyser]

don't be a NFL purist, whiner...

 

[Mackeyser]

Me neither. Best case scenario is we win.
Worst case is we lose because we sucked.

I would prefer losing because we were freaked over rather than because we weren't good enough.
With a young team, thats the sort of thing that can put a permanent chip on their shoulders and keep them hungry for years.


A hypothetical nobody wants to actually examine is what would be better:
Winning the SB this year and then spending the next five years below .500....
or
Losing this SB but being in the playoffs for the next 5 years.

I know which I would prefer... but for the sake of our older friends, I guess I would want them to see a SB winning team again, forseeable future be damned.

Luckily for us, Demoff, Snead, McVay and Co should keep us in contention for years to come, regardless.

YOOOOOO! Stahp! We’re going to win this game!

 

[badnews]

YOOOOOO! Stahp! We’re going to win this game!

lol oh Mack!... Ok broseph, I'll stop cuz I love ya... I'm just saying there are more potential outcomes than the binary W or L. Some are better than others.... but I digress lol!

 

[tempests]

This is only because its the freaking Patriots. I seriously cant think of an outcome worse than them winning fair and square.
freak that noise.
They dont deserve any asterisk free Super Bowls.

People will be hanging asterisks on the Patriots Super Bowls no matter what. It's not their legacy I'm concerned with. I don't want this Super Bowl haunting us like XXXVI did.

Already experienced the officials screwing us over in a Patriots Super Bowl. There is nothing worse than knowing a game wasn't decided by the players. Mock Saints fans if you want, but we've been in that place ourselves. I don't ever want to have that same feeling again.

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

...except we won in N.O. DESPITE the poor officiating, among other things. Best team clearly won.

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

 

[Alaskan Ram]

I'm personally giving the saints fans a pass. I've been bitching about the last Rams' superbowl for better part of 2 decades, and it would be hypocritical of me to expect a fan base to "get over" it. As long as the team shows me heart, and leaves it all on the field tomorrow....I will process the thrill of victory or agony of defeat accordingly. I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE DUE TO BIASED OR NEGLIGENT OFFICIATING. I wouldn't mind seeing them keep their composure and overcome bad or missed calls. That's what true champions do. GO RAMS!