We Found Another City Rooting For The Patriots To Win The Super Bowl
(CBS LA/CBS Local) - If you're from St. Louis, who do you root for in the Super Bowl? The answer would seem easy: you root for the Patriots, because they didn't leave your town to move out West.
But, rooting for the Patriots also means rooting for the team that basically put an end to "The Greatest Show On Turf's" reign atop the NFL world. The Patriots, as heavy underdogs, beat the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI, a game that spawned a whole debate about whether the Patriots taped the Rams walk-through in the days leading up to the game.
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Needless to say, there's not really any love lost for the Patriots in St. Louis either. So, with that in mind, who are folks in St. Louis rooting for? Well, here's just some of the tweets we found from the past few days from folks in the St. Louis area about their feelings on the game.
If you had any doubt that there's some raw emotion left in St. Louis over how the Rams left town, then read the replies to the tweet below. Most fans would simply rather the game just go away.
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