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Ten year anniversary of the "tuck rule."

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  1. rocket5 rocket5 is offline

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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 8:07pm)

    Sorry Raidahs.

    It's crazy to think about all of the amazing things that came from such a bad call lol.

    What a season that was. The Patriots started off 1 and 3. Bledsoe got hurt and Brady came in and covered EVERY spread for the rest of the year. I believe he had one loss to Denver and that was it.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 8:32pm) in reply to rocket5

    I''ll never forget where I was when I saw that play. I was in a bar watching on tv.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 8:36pm) in reply to SmokeyCasinos

    trying to balance out with smokey to make the world right again..


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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 8:38pm) in reply to rocket5

     
    Originally Posted by rocket5 View Post

    Sorry Raidahs.

    It's crazy to think about all of the amazing things that came from such a bad rule lol.


    fyp
     
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 8:38pm) in reply to cream420

    I punched a hole in my wall (thank god it was cheap dry wall) when they reversed the fumble. fuck that game.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 8:43pm) in reply to Sandman_Good

    And you posted another dude?...
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 9:00pm) in reply to SmokeyCasinos

    I think we lost to the Rams week 8 and that was the last loss they had for the rest of the season.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 9:01pm) in reply to squinonez81

    Yes you are right. I was at that game. It was sunday nite. lost 24-17. They were 7.5 point dogs.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 9:03pm) in reply to rocket5

    I've seen the replay a hundred times and still can't see why it was ruled a forward pass, even after hearing an explanation from the head official.
     
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 9:04pm) in reply to Z-Fresh

    The day a legend was born!



    The incomplete pass


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    Edited By: zeppelinzoso16 Jan 19th, 2012 at 09:13 PM
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 9:06pm) in reply to Nickc011

     
    Originally Posted by Nickc011 View Post

    I've seen the replay a hundred times and still can't see why it was ruled a forward pass, even after hearing an explanation from the head official.

    I thought the way it was worded in the rule book at the time was why it was ruled a pass. Since than its been changed to the tuck rule.

    Edit....Im wrong

    The tuck rule resulted in a controversial finish to an NFL playoff game on January 19, 2002, between the New England Patriots and the Oakland Raiders.
    In the closing moments of the fourth quarter of the game in a snowy Foxboro Stadium, with New England trailing by three points, New England quarterback Tom Brady dropped back to pass. After he had begun a passing motion, Brady apparently ceased his throwing motion, pulled his right hand down below his shoulder and had touched the ball to his left hand when, coming off the strong side corner blitz, Charles Woodson knocked the ball out of Brady's hands. Raiders middle linebacker Greg Biekert then fell on the loose football. The officials initially called the play a recovered fumble, which would have sealed the victory for the Raiders. But after instant replay, referee Walt Coleman reversed this call, declared the play an incomplete forward pass, and gave possession back to New England. In explaining the reversal to the stadium crowd and the television audience, the referee stated that the ball was moving forward at the time it was dropped.[3] In later interviews, the referee stated that it was his explanation, not the reversal, that was in error; the ball was moving backwards when it was lost, but the tuck rule applied. In any case, Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri later tied the game with a dramatic 45-yard field goal, and the Patriots took advantage of the momentum they had seized, defeating the Raiders in overtime on another field goal and eliminating them from the playoffs. Two games later, the Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVI.
    While the NFL has defended the call, not everybody has agreed. Bruce Allen, who ran the front office for the Raiders at the time of the game, still believes it was a fumble. "The rule itself doesn't bother me," he said. "But the way the rule is written, it was a fumble."[1] Nevertheless, when the NFL's Competition Committee re-examined the rule after the 2001-2002 season, they made no changes to the rule; Pereira notes that attempts have been made to revise the rule, but such revisions have always proven to be more difficult to enforce than the current rule.


    Double edit: I just confused the fuck out of myself.
    Edited By: B_O_K_E Jan 19th, 2012 at 09:24 PM
     
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 9:19pm) in reply to B_O_K_E

    I was working at a Sporting Good store watching the game on a shitty 13-inch TV. I remember being so pumped when I saw the fumble. Fast forward a few minutes then I see them reviewing and I'm just like, "WTF, there's nothing to review!!" and then my heart was broken.

    The inner conspiracy theorist in me still believes they fixed that just so the Patriots could be SB winners after 9/11.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 10:57pm) in reply to rocket5

     
    Originally Posted by rocket5 View Post

    Yes you are right. I was at that game. It was sunday nite. lost 24-17. They were 7.5 point dogs.

    I was at that game too. Pats had a good chance of winning until Antowain Smith fumbled the ball on the goal line. If I remember correctly it was a bad call, but I cannot remember why it wasn't reversed.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 10:58pm) in reply to The Worm

    Fuck that game
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 11:05pm) in reply to dTm328

    tuck rule first superbowl, walk through tapes second/third, rodney harrison on juice. brady working with bond's trainer. just sayin....
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 11:17pm) in reply to gjallen1975

     
    Originally Posted by gjallen1975 View Post

    tuck rule first superbowl, walk through tapes second/third, rodney harrison on juice. brady working with bond's trainer. just sayin....

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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 11:27pm) in reply to LeftyMark

     
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 11:46pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

    I don't know the full Tom Brady story, was Bledsoe still hurt/out for the season or did Brady play so good that they stuck w/ him, or some combo of both? What happened to Bledsoe after they won the SB? Ya I know I could google it, but I'm on my phone.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 11:55pm) in reply to elusively

    Brady had gone 11-3 in his 14 starts that season, so they were definitely riding the hot hand. Although Bledsoe did come in to replace a hurt Brady in the AFC championship game the next week and led them to the winning drive, so he was healthy at some point (although I don't know when that happened).
     
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    Jan 20th, 2012 (1/20/2012 11:17am) in reply to SpankyHamm

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