I think they just want to run it back without a huge loud crowd throwing them off. For so people the crowd throws them off reguard less of who's cheering for who.
It happens. Yea they lost no johns but they were not playing at 100%. But also sax and lt3 if your are worried about this predicament in the future. Please purchase ear plugs. A lot of top players in streetfighter,mvc2, etc have it to block sound from crowd hype a people that are just being straight annoying. Now you guys know so this shouldn't happen again. Its kinda like how me and solo and a couple others play mvc2 with a glove. Its not cheating in tournaments if your not modding your equipment.