This is how you rig a cliffhanger... (2019 NFC Championship Game)

Five minutes to go, down 3, 4th and goal inside the 1.

The Rams TAKE THE THREE...

There's no conceivable reason, unless you're engineering having the ball last to win it at the gun, to do that.

And now, long pass for the Saints, we're in Cliffhanger territory, and now the Saints can't seem to get out of their own way.

Does anyone understand a game situation, or is it all just storyline?  (I think we all know the answer, but one of the criteria I always use in pro wrestling is that you have to make it look good.)

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Two incomplete passes and a timeout, and it looks like the Rams will have about a minute and 40 seconds and a timeout, down three.

No situational awareness what-so-ever -- on either side.  So are we angling for overtime???

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And FOX (from reading it on social media) putting up the field goal line after one first down and still over a minute left!

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And at least two shots of Todd Zeurlein...  What about a game-winning touchdown, or is it too soon for that??

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At least one blatant facemask on New Orleans and a cheap shot on LA missed late...

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And, sure enough, Zeurlein from 48 for overtime...

Obligatory icing timeout.

And someone might want to get a look at that kick...

That kick was going wide right until about 15 yards before the goalposts, then mysteriously curves left.

We're heading to OVERTIME.

📺: #LARvsNO on FOX pic.twitter.com/J7P87mt9NL

— NFL (@NFL) January 20, 2019

Is this a Brian Tuohy (who has proposed magnets in the goalposts) Special???

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So Overtime and Saints win the toss...

And they are getting FUCKED WITHOUT LUBE...

First, on an interference call (correct), they're screwed 5 yards on the spot.  Should've been, from the replay I saw on social media, first down at the 45, not at the 40.

First down on the next play, Kamara's forward progress is stopped for a loss of 2, looks like the Rams' guy lets go, no whistle apparently, and the loss is eventually 6!

And then a BLATANT Rams push-off/interference almost defense screen-play on the INT!!!!

The @RamsNFL defense forces the INTERCEPTION!

Huge turnover in OT. #LARams #NFLPlayoffs

📺: #LARvsNO on FOX pic.twitter.com/Bn54AaPEBR

— NFL (@NFL) January 20, 2019

How is that not somehow interference????

Sets up Zeurlein from 57 to win it....

Another obligatory icing timeout...

Straight down the pipe, and the Los Angeles Experiment gets the Rams to the Super Bowl.

Rigged both for storyline AND result.

AND to finish 15 minutes before New England at Kansas City is supposed to start.