Babylon 5 Movie Starts Filming in April

An anonymous reader writes "According to comingsoon.net, the first theatrical Babylon 5 movie, "The Memory of the Shadows" starts filming in April. The story was written by series creator J. Michael Straczynski."

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That wasn't just ANY football game

[sielwolf]

That was the Foxboro classic between the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots with the imfamous "tuck":

New England was moving down the field in a snow storm, under 2 minutes left in the game, down by 3. When the ball is snapped, Oakland comes with a cornerback blitz. Charles Woodson comes screaming in and totally blindsides Patriot QB Tom Brady. Brady drops the ball in an apparent force fumble, which Oakland recovers.

If this was how events occured, Oakland could've sat on the ball, run out the clock and won the game.

Turns out the referee decided to have a look at the fumble again in replay. This is where things get interesting.

What the referee saw was that Brady makes this little forward and back arm motion before Charlie lays wood to him. Most people would say this is akin to laying your lips to your ass before getting hit by a train. What the referee saw was NFL Rule 3, Section 21, Article 2. The "tuck rule".

Basically because Brady was moving his arm forward, he was "attempting a forward pass". The tuck rule also states that you can then return the ball to your side ("tucking" the ball back in). If the quarterback is hit while in the process of "tucking", 3.21.2 says the play should be ruled an incomplete pass.

What did this mean? It meant that Brady hadn't fumbled, so Oakland hadn't recovered. New England's drive was still alive. The reversal of fortune was also a Guillotine to the Raiders. Their defense slinked back to the line as Brady maneuvered in for Adam Vinateri to kick the game-tying field goal.

Waiting for the drop, New England marched down the field in overtime, kicking the decisive field goal over the stunned Oakland defense.

New England went on to upset the Rams in the Super Bowl. Oakland traded away their coach Jon Gruden... who went to Tampa Bay... and promptly beat Oakland next year in the Super Bowl. Both the Raiders and the Rams never really recovered from what the Patriots did to them in 2002.

New England goes on to become the premier NFL team. Their coach, Bill Belichick, once disgraced as a mumbling baffoon for his tenure with the Cleveland Browns, is recast as a defensive and player managing genius. New England goes on to win another Super Bowl two years later (an impressive feat in the parity dominated NFL) and win 25 (26?) straight games (ending this year with a loss to the Steelers). Tom Brady becomes the definition of clutch. The Patriots are held in awe for their selfless work ethic and lack of egotistical superstars. And they have a good shot at the Super Bowl this year.

Basically the game that Legend of the Rangers went up against was the one that defined the current state of the NFL. It was controversial, subjective and an instant classic. Personally? The only thing Brady was tucking was his tail between his legs. But as a Browns fan (who's had to watch all of this from the bottom of the NFL pile) I might be a little jealous :p