Nobody wanted to leave after this one. Getting the postgame party started could wait. First, Miami Dolphins fans wanted to stay after the final whistle, and cheer, and show love to their team — the one that has so often let them down lately but is lifting them now.
The Dolphins have hosted exactly one playoff game in the past 20 years and it was a long while and six head coaches ago, on January 4, 2009.
South Florida got the next best thing on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium.
