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Bill Plaschke: For Rams, home-groan effort

LOS ANGELES - For the first NFL playoff game in the Coliseum in more than two decades Saturday night, a loud and loving Los Angeles showed up in force.

The Rams, not so much.

It was their best opportunity since their return here two years ago to capture the hearts of a reluctant town, to show the city their exciting brand of football is worthy of attention, a rare and perfect chance.

The Rams fumbled it away early, and frittered it away late.

In front of their biggest

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