For Saints and fans, it remains a no-call to arms
NEW ORLEANS - Thomas Morstead refused to watch the most recent Super Bowl.
So he watched another one.
Morstead, a punter for the New Orleans Saints, participated this year in the region-wide boycott of the Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots. Instead, he threw a party at his home and, for the first time, watched the full broadcast of the Super Bowl between the Saints and Indianapolis Colts from his rookie season nine years ago.
"I'd seen highlights, but I'd never sat down and watched the whole thing," said Morstead, who successfully executed a surprise onside kick in that game. "It was cool to relive it. Cool to hear all my neighbors - they all remembered where they were when it happened."
Around the city, untold thousands of scalded Saints fans did the same. It wasn't just that their team had lost to the Rams in the NFC title game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, it was how they lost, with officials missing a blatant pass interference by Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman.
The Saints and Rams meet again Sunday, this time at the Coliseum, eight months after what might be
