I'm afraid to post this, but I am really interested in your guys' opinion. I am from upstate NY. I am a Giants fan. Have been my whole life. Do you guys believe no one knew, or do you believe it just happened? I don't think this is a big a deal is the media is making it, but SOMEONE did it, right?
Nope. I don't think anyone "did" anything. In other words, I don't think someone took a pin to the balls to deflate them after the officials ok-ed them at the start of the game.
So what do you think happened?
what BB said.
ie, some combination of Patriots having the balls filled to the minimum (12.5psi) and the weather impacting the psi from there.
1. Why didnt it affect the Colts balls then?
2. Why could a Colts defender notice, upon touching the ball once, but Brady, the center, the running backs, and everyone on the Pats who noticed had no clue.
It is blatantly obvious the Pats know that they are playing with deflated balls. Whether it is because someone is deflating them, or whether they inflate their balls with hot air so that the weather affect is more dramatic, they are taking active steps to ensure their balls are deflated.
1. The Colts probably inflated their balls to a different pressure. They didn't have a rub that added to the psi before measurements.
2. The defender has gone on the record saying he didn't notice anything about the ball.
This is a good indicator of how some people will never take facts as facts and will just hate on the Pats regardless. I personally love the hate because it's coming from a place of jealousy.
Even if the defender didn't notice, the equipment manager did, so the point still stands.
I'm utterly indifferent to the Patriots, and I hold the entire NFL (and its greater fanbase) with benign contempt, so don't take this as jealousy when it is, in fact, bemused curiosity.
Did he, though? Or did he just 'decide to notice'?
Despite the early rumor (Chris Mortensen) that "11 of the 12" footballs were 2 psi below spec, the facts that have leaked out since have indicated that 10 of the balls were actually only 1 psi below spec and that the
only football that was "2 psi" below spec was the one that was in the Colt's possession. Odd, that.
As numerous labs and high school science classes have shown in videos you can find all over the place, the weather alone can more than account for the 1 psi drop in all the other footballs.
The Colt's footballs almost certainly also dropped in pressure, but if they started at 13.5, a 1 psi drop would still leave them above spec.
This is such a contrived issue.