Hopefully all this controversy and hype wears on their opponents, causing them to doubt the legitimacy of them being in the SB, and they come out and lay an egg because of it.
Maybe we can benefit from all of this!
In a way I think we already did. Because of what happened in NO before the KC game, I believe the league wanted to make extra sure they got calls right during AFCCG. First half they let them play but as chaos ensued because of NO fiasco (they had to move refs from hotel for their own safety, lol), I think league didn't want any more controversies (they got them anyway).
That may be a reason for reversing the muff call (when many here didn't think it would happen), getting Hogan's calls correct, and maybe even calling Ford's neutral zone infraction. I clearly remember watching a game this season where the announcer pointed out how the line judge let a player know he was encroaching before the snap (which Reid during his whiner rant pointed out judges usually do).
They only called 2 penalties in the 1st half (NE: DB hold & delay). 3 flags in the 3rd qtr (KC: illegal block & FS / NE: OPI).
Then in the 4th qtr they had 7 flags (NE: DPI, DB hold negated fumble recovery, DPI-23 yds, roughing passer declined, offsides declined / KC: Roughing passer, Offsides negated INT). OT no flags.
They got most of the reviewed calls correct. They obviously missed several calls (DPI, holds, etc.) which both sides complained about.
Anyway this is just conjecture but I'll be damned if the league lets Rams win SB on a BS call when they're already being sued for what happened in NO.
Go Pats!