First is that the gamebook sucks. I looked at one of the online sources and it said that Minnesota had won 30-28, after New Orleans had returned the overtime kickoff, but had then run back into their endzone and been tackled for a safety on the first play of overtime. This was actually in the online sources. I excitedly described it to my friends over dinner, only to find out later that they were still playing in overtime.

Second is that – and this is without having a dog in the hunt really, and only looking at the highlights – doesn’t it seem that New Orleans was the beneficiary of two really ticky-tack penalty calls on the overtime drive? That really sucks.