Article: Crowd Noise Played A Part In Win

strato · 01-27-2010, 10:21 AM

Orleans Saints film study: Crowd noise played key role vs. Minnesota Vikings
By Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune
January 27, 2010, 6:00AM
The New Orleans Saints fought all season to gain the No. 1 seed and accompanying home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs. It paid off in a major way for the Saints in their 31-28 overtime victory against the Vikings in the NFC championship game Sunday.

Michael DeMocker/The Times-PicayuneMinnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson scrambles to recover a fumble in the second quarter of the NFC Championship game against the New Orleans Saints. The fumbled exchange between him and quarterback Brett Favre seemed the result of the noise in the Superdome causing Peterson to not hear the snap count.The crowd not only willed the exhausted Saints to victory down the stretch, but it also played a key -- perhaps overlooked -- role in one of the biggest plays of the game.

Its noise appeared to disrupt the Vikings offense just enough to cause a critical fumble and prevent a potential Minnesota touchdown just before halftime

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strato Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: "Little Ole Town in Tejas" Posts: 7,586	Article: Crowd Noise Played A Part In Win Orleans Saints film study: Crowd noise played key role vs. Minnesota Vikings By Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune January 27, 2010, 6:00AM The New Orleans Saints fought all season to gain the No. 1 seed and accompanying home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs. It paid off in a major way for the Saints in their 31-28 overtime victory against the Vikings in the NFC championship game Sunday. Michael DeMocker/The Times-PicayuneMinnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson scrambles to recover a fumble in the second quarter of the NFC Championship game against the New Orleans Saints. The fumbled exchange between him and quarterback Brett Favre seemed the result of the noise in the Superdome causing Peterson to not hear the snap count.The crowd not only willed the exhausted Saints to victory down the stretch, but it also played a key -- perhaps overlooked -- role in one of the biggest plays of the game. Its noise appeared to disrupt the Vikings offense just enough to cause a critical fumble and prevent a potential Minnesota touchdown just before halftime read the rest New Orleans Saints film study: Crowd noise played key role vs. Minnesota Vikings \| New Orleans Saints Central - - NOLA.com