Bottlegate 2: The Forgotten Sequel 

"This would be the last time a blown pass interference call in the Super Dome would benefit the Rams and hurt the Saints. Never happened again." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Browns got screwed on Bottlegate 1. Don't care if the refs were having communication issues. If they let the Browns start the next play (the spike) then they lost the opportunity to review the play. The game is there for the players and the fans, not the refs.

MNF in Week 1 of that year saved lives. With it being so late, some people in New York overslept their alarms and didn't work up for work in the WTC on 9/11

Malice in the Palace was an amazing sports moment tbh

Ironically this was also the final time these teams played as division rivals

One notable exception for MNF's starting time on ABC was in 1998 when they pushed it up to 8PM Eastern because they were getting beaten so badly in the ratings by WWE Raw and WCW Nitro.

You may also want to consider that prior to this game, Saints WR, Albert Connell, was accused of stealing $4,000 out of the locker room from teammate, RB, Deuce McCallister. Connell would never play in the NFL again after signing a five-year, $13 million contract that included a $2.5 million signing bonus prior to the 2001 season. Imagine the distraction of the incident, especially of a highly paid player from the team. The Saints as a team wasn't focused because of the distraction and that blown call by the official in this game compounded the situation on Monday Night Football.

I completely forgot about this one it wasn't as bad as Cleveland, but considering it happened right after Cleveland, it was pretty bad

Cris Collinsworth showed a video of the official who said his caller was malfunctioning just before the snap of the ball showed him pick up his caller & looked at it, he just did not stop the play, then said oh yeah it malfunctioned. The Ref knew he had no right to do what he did. (Bottlegate.) so he had to lie.

Official JaguarGator: "Fingers crossed when fans are allowed back into stadiums, we don't see too many more" Tennessee fans: Throw my beer

When you can't come up with a creative name for a problem, call it a "Gate"

The Saints should have played the video of Sam Wyche saying, “You don’t live in Cleveland”

Thanks for uploading this. I'm a huge Saints fan, and I've been looking for footage from this game for years!

0:34 the refs were NOT trying to review the last play. If they were, the whistle would have been blown and they wouldn't have continued play. The fact is the NFL and its terrible officials STOLE this from the Browns. As soon as they snapped the ball, that previous play should have been over. They got a call from NY saying to review it, but they got the call AFTER the ball was snapped. The NFL doesn't always follow it's own rules, and most of its current rules are opinions (taunting, excessive celebration, etc). It is a way for them to control the outcome without it seeming too obvious. But this situation with the Browns was a blatant disregard for the rules. And it wasn't a simple 2 kneel downs to end the game. The refs ended it with 48 seconds to go (because they were scared for their safety), everyone went back into the locker room and undressed. Then NY called again and made everyone finish the game officially, so they all went BACK out to the field with the angry fans and the Jags kneeled.

Wasn't there a .10 ¢ beer night Riot in Baseball too, different Sport but the Fans are singing the Same tune

The first bottlegate was completely justified

In the 1980s, Cleveland’s Dawg Pound would throw objects onto the field every week. Items often included Milk Bones and batteries.

This one was worse on the fans part, blown calls happen. *What happened in Cleveland was absolutely disgraceful by the officials; all of them should've been fired and the league should've formally apologized to Cleveland and all NFL fans.* Not condoning what the fans did, but it pales in comparison to the black eye that those officials left on the league. Disclaimer I'm a Vikings fan, not a fan of any of the teams involved here.

Browns front office doesn't get upset over their fans throwing bottles on the field... I guess Sam Wyche was right when talking over the P.A. against the Seahawks.

If you look at the browns call they did get the call right but what I am surprised about is that the guy in the booth didn’t say oh you can’t review it because another play had gone.

Let's be honest here- the REAL issue is that people got drunk on LITE beer......

Can't imagine smelling that beer on the Astroturf...

Your videos are really good man. Keep up the good work

Thank you for making this video. So few people remember the second game. I watched both games as a 12-year old with my uncle and I remember after the second incident I was like "well, I guess this is the thing now, huh." The difference here is that the PI call was questionable and probably a bad overall call, but nothing outrageous compared to what happens in other games. What happened in Cleveland was a complete unmitigated disaster from the officiating team. It's amazing to see how MNF now is basically the bottom feeder national game of the entire week. Back then, it was easily the biggest game of the week and we'd stay up that late to watch it.

Love you from Reddit! I was actually at this game. Best Saints game I went to as a young child 😂

So much for Sept. 11 perspective.

I came accross this channel a couple of weeks ago, and since then I've watched most of the videdos. I like this channel a lot. I would say I'm a "typically knowledeable" NFL fan who knows a lot of the history of the sport - yet, I've found an awful lot of stories here I've either never heard of before, or just knew it existed, but sweet little on the details level. Fantastic stuff. Thank you, and keep it coming.

Maybe we should consider the cause, and not the effect. Poor, at best, officiating. Fix that, and fans won't try to cram objects into referee's orifices.

Funny how if this happened in Philly people would never let it go and you’d hear about it ever Sunday. Since it wasn’t you never hear about it and it’s swept under the rug.

"Like dodging bullets"? Last I checked, and I spent 22 years in the military.....u can't dodge bullet, unless ur Neo. 😂😂😂

I was there for this. I was in that end zone. That was scary as hell.

Most fans t the time supported Bottlegates 1 and 2. It was seen as a legitimate protest against bad officiating. The type of protest we need in 2023.

7:11 into the video, he finally starts talking about the incident.

dad was watching this game that night and I saw the bottles on the field.

I was at this game(Saints). I remember it was the same year as the Browns. Didn’t realize it was just a day after. And YES After this game they started cutting off alcohol sales in the 3rd quarter and sold the beer with the cap off. It was a horrible call no doubt and I can still see the first bottle getting chucked onto the field lol man 2001 was a CRAZY year for the Saints. Same year as the Jets game with Kyle Turley right after 9/11 also sone memorable games With the Rams and Bucs also.

Baseball has had some incidents (2012 STL-ATL, 2015 TEX-TOR).

And who would of thought the Saints would get screwed "again" in a big game in their own stadium (also against the Rams) almost 17 years later after this Monday night game took place.

Love your vids!

Poor officiating in favor of the Rams in the Superdome? You don’t say!

bottlegate is the refs fault...there is nothing inherent about the people of Cleveland (and im no fan of Cleveland) that makes them more or less likely to behave badly...any group of fans that cares about their team and wants to show up to a game with faith that it will be officiated fairly would do the same thing......unfortunately we live in a society that punishes those who retaliate and forgives those who case that retaliation...you have to realize that the decision to go two plays back was just as bad as the bottle, because every action has an equal opposite reaction.

I remember this one I saw it live on TV! Crazy

Not saying people should be throwing bottles at the refs...but if the refs actually did there job correctly, I guess no one would be throwing bottles at them.

Almost forgot about the snowball gate

what song is the middle eastern guitar/sitar used in the background throughout the vid?

I was in the Super Dome for this. It was a terrible thing. Sadly as a Saints fan, I don't think the reaction of the fans was unwarranted.

Love this series. Great work... Have you done anything on the 1984 49ers almost going unbeaten. Only a loss to Steelers after a controversial pass interference call.

After the original Bottlegate ordeal the NFL made it clear they would pick and choose who they wanted to go to the super Bowl. Ref "The whole last 20 mins didn't count because we are going back a play and break every rule we have to give the ball to who we want to"

The OFFICIALS reviewed the play. There are only two sports that have multiple AREFEREES: HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL

34 for the saints is a longhorn legend.🤘

That’s why they don’t use bottles anymore

I remember watching this live on tv. I always felt it was like a week after Cleveland… had no idea it was literally the next day wtf

Bottlegate#1 glass bottles. Bottlegate#2 plastic bottles. Here We go brownies here we go. lol

You can’t get a beer after halftime anymore. Miss those days.

This is a good video to watch if you are having trouble going to sleep or want to teach about speech impediments. So, kudos.

Could be worse. In Britain it was quite common for soccer hooligans to bring darts from whatever pub they got drunk at and would throw them at anything that moved...

Damn, that game in Cleveland was the worst thing that happened that week

He was wrong when he said that this was the last time a blown pass interference call in the Super Dome would benefit the Tams and hurt the New Orlean Saints

wait wasnt there another issue with both the Rams and Saints. i know there is an article about the 2018 championship game. its ironic.

Which one is worst, Bottlegate or Malice at the Palace?

Yep, totally didn’t happen again to us 🥲

The Superdome’s public address announcer should have said, “You don’t live in Cleveland, you live in New Orleans.”

OP cares more about bottle throwing than the bad calls, nfl sucking etc lmaooooo

"This is the story of bottle Gate 2." Me, quietly: Electric Boogaloo...

They needed Sam Wyche to come in during that Superdome game. "YOU DON'T LIVE IN CLEVELAND!"...that moment in Cincinnati against the Seahawks, 1989.

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

If we hadn’t won a Super Bowl in 2009/10, I might not be alive today.

I think that another reason the plastic beer bottles came into use was less waste. Instead of a vendor pouring a can of beer into a cup they just handed you a plastic bottle

Most of the bottles were plastic?

First off... Nobody should throw things at fan events. I will say this for those that want to actually go and watch. You get whatever you paid for! On the flip side. The fans were not wrong both times on this video. The NFL got Blasted in Cleveland for Bottlegate and New Orleans both for Garbage Officiating. In my mind they deserved every bottle threw there way in both games! It goes to any live performance. Put on a bad effort and those performing it should expect to get(Edit: less or no fans and those doing it) trashed off the stage. Put on a good show and they might just get another paying fan there to see the act!

FIX THE AUDIO! I have RU-vid at 100%, PC at 100%, and headphones at 100% and it is barely what I would call "normal" valume.

The owner of the browns had a pretty chill comment. He wasn’t condoning it he was just saying how shitty it was they are lucky worse didn’t happen

Boy, the Rams just have a history of screwing the Saints. What do you want to bet that when San Fran and the Rams play in the playoffs, the Rams will win by 30?

I'm a bit shocked that once the play was reversed due to the pass not being fully caught and ruled incomplete, forcing the Browns to turnover on downs and giving the Jags the ensuing drive in the process due to that overturn, the time clock wasn't resetted back to the accurate amount of time where the spot occured, which was about 1:02 left in the game instead of 48 seconds. Either way, the Jags would still win, but it would take an extra victory formation knee to run down the clock.

The mistake was having bottles -- they should have instead had "Throwing Star Night"...

This wouldn't happen if the NFL stopped rigging games.

Way overblown. European soccer fans light fireworks and flares in the stands.

It's nice to see that the officiating of games haven't changed. But the selling of alcohol has.

8:49 Very good. I had to think for a second...lol

Baseball had long since stopped selling beer after the 7th inning. (Actually, they stop selling all food and drink, which is an annoyance to those of us who would still like something to eat.)

Al Michaels “brilliant” deduction (“Mathis was clearly holding on to Torry Holt”....when Mathis did NOT in fact hold Holt) is one of the MANY reasons why I’ve always thought he was overrated and a bore. His typical ass kissing of any call the NFL officials make (just to kiss up to the NFL itself) is nauseating

Don't cheat and bottles won't be thrown

Great content!! Thank you!

Bottlegate 3: The Mustard Bowl

it was the same refs in saints vs rams POV UR THE REFS: ah shi here we go again

What's your favorite shade of orange?

I always bring a bottle cap for a soda or beer when I go to games.

The Zebras handing the Rams a game against the Saints. What else is new?

Which is better than if you did nothing but spike a bottle on every single play.

What the Creator / narrator of this video fails to mention is that the Browns already ran a play, making it AGAINST THE RULES to review the play prior... And no, the refs did not try to stop the play before the ball was spiked. They ruled it an incomplete pass. Then they tried to backtrack.

If these guys were so scared of plastic bottles they would have absolutely loved pre-Ruthian baseball when actual bottle dodging was just part of any pop up in foul territory and fights were routine.

the night of a thousand bottles. lives up to the nickname NFL network gave it

Pfft. Fool made me think there was gonna be _RAAAAAAYDUUUUUUURRRRZ_ 😂

I'm surprised the saints fans didn't do this after that no PI call.

It seems like the home team coach could have gotten a mic or a bullhorn and tried to calm things down. It might have helped.

Seems like an odd time to do that with all that time left in the game.

Video starts at 7:30

Rowdy, drunken fans, and beer bottles... what could go wrong?

Just for context, the bottles were plastic.

If the officials had actually been doing there job, it never would've happened. Yet here we are in 2024 and the official still can't get the calls right.

The ending was good