According to Bill Belichick, the "Tuck Rule" was much ado about nothing.
The New England Patriots head coach said again during Sunday's airing of ESPN's Tuck Rule 30 for 30 documentary that he knew as the play unfolded he knew what was going on.
"I knew that play," Belichick said. "That was the rule."
But what if referee Walt Coleman hadn't been assigned to the Patriots' divisional round game against the Oakland Raiders that snowy night 20 years ago, and the play had been open to the interpretation of another official?