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The NFL must be feeling lucky that NE blew out the Colts. If that had been a 31-28 game, the angst over this would be much greater.
And even if Brady was behind this, nothing happens without BB knowing about it. They're both guilty.
It's actually much worse than using a corked bat. A corked bat doesn't increase one's ability to hit a baseball.The fact people buy into this crap shows how stupid we've become. 99 percent of people wouldn't care if it was any other quarterback, but because it's boy wonder it's a huge deal. If this was tony romo people would be making fun of him. He seemed to play fine in the second half with regular footballs kaiser! People want everything to be a scandal these days.
"He should of been able to feel the difference."
Apparently nobody was able to feel the difference.
I think some of you should get a football and do an experiment. See how a football feels at 12.5 psi, and then see how it's feels at 11.
It's not like he was using a corked bat.
Until then, can we get on with the game? We actually have the two best teams for once.
their reputation precedes themMuch ado about nothing.
Resentment, jealously, and nothing better to yak and get outraged about.
Not a Pats fan, hope they win by 50.
no resentment or jealousy here.Much ado about nothing.
Resentment, jealously, and nothing better to yak and get outraged about.
Not a Pats fan, hope they win by 50.
It's actually much worse than using a corked bat. A corked bat doesn't increase one's ability to hit a baseball.
Humans have had a tendency of disliking liars and cheaters for a while now. I don't think this being a huge story is indicative of the public becoming more stupid.
As a Saints fan, you wouldn't be frustrated to see Belichick and Brady skate yet again not long after Sean Payton and players were suspended for an entire season for less?If it was a different team, nobody would care. Brady had better stats with the regulation footballs. It's all about jealousy. I hope the Pats win 62-0 and I'm a Saints fan.
no resentment or jealousy here.
just pointing out that brady is a cheating loser who cant win without being given an advantage.
how soon before we find out that his helmet headphone never gets turned off???
"pressure coming!!! step up and to the right, look deep left!!!"
death, taxes and the patsys cheating.
It's really funny...now the caveat is that while I've certainly felt footballs that were properly, overly and under-inflated, I haven't felt footballs that were roughly 2 PSI different, so I'm going by what the folks on TV have said, that it's definitely a difference in the feel of the ball.
And we know, factually, that the balls were 2 PSI low in the 1H of the game. And both Tom Brady and Julian Edelmann have said that the footballs didn't feel any different.
By implication, doesn't that mean they've been cheating on the balls for as long as Edelmann has been there (again, assuming the talking heads are correct and you can tell a difference by touch at the different pressures?)
Also, Brady made the age-old error of providing too much information when he's trying to avoid accusation. He said this that or the other about the preparation of the balls, even getting so specific as to say he prefers 12.5 PSI in his footballs. He THINKS he's creating an out but he's really cornering himself by providing too much information.
As people have pointed out, I REALLY CARE but I DIDN'T NOTICE doesn't fly at all given what we've heard from other professionals
I guess whatever, he's still rich and married to a super model and I'm banging away on a message board. There's a winner in there somewhere
Silly. and I think you know that. If there was this wide spread cheating, guys that left them would be droping dimes. This is 100% about jealousy. People hate it when one team dominates as they have for 15 years. They are always good. Just thinking about this today about whether my opinion might be different if the Giants had lost both games or even one. It's funny. When your guy does it, it's game men ship. When the other guy does it, it's cheating. Is it cheating to pretend you were hit by a pitch when you weren't?no resentment or jealousy here.
just pointing out that brady is a cheating loser who cant win without being given an advantage.
how soon before we find out that his helmet headphone never gets turned off???
"pressure coming!!! step up and to the right, look deep left!!!"
death, taxes and the patsys cheating.
never heard it.You haven't seen the article suggesting that New England had developed a second frequency that turned on when the NFL radio signal turned off with 10 seconds left on the play clock, and that's when they detailed what defense was coming?
I'm not sure even I believe that.
although that makes a lot of sense
Silly. and I think you know that. If there was this wide spread cheating, guys that left them would be droping dimes. This is 100% about jealousy. People hate it when one team dominates as they have for 15 years. They are always good. Just thinking about this today about whether my opinion might be different if the Giants had lost both games or even one. It's funny. When your guy does it, it's game men ship. When the other guy does it, it's cheating. Is it cheating to pretend you were hit by a pitch when you weren't?
http://phys.org/news/2015-01-football-physics-science-deflategate.html
News reports say that 11 of the 12 game balls used by the New England Patriots in their AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts were deflated, showing about 2 pounds per square inch (psi) less pressure than the 13 psi required by the rules, so it seems that the most bizarre sports scandal of recent memory is real. But there are still plenty of questions: why would a team deflate footballs? Could there be another explanation? And most importantly, what does physics tell us about all this?
For New England fans, the first priority is a search for an innocent explanation. After all, party balloons and car tires deflate during cold winter weather, so might a simple temperature difference be responsible for the change in inflation pressure?
The physics principle known as the ideal gas law tells us that a reduction in temperature leads to a reduction in pressure. The pressure of a confined gas multiplied by its volume is proportional to the number of molecules in the gas multiplied by the temperature. Maybe you remember the equation PV=nRT from your schooldays. So if you cool a gas while keeping its volume fixed, the pressure must decrease.
But we don't need equations to check this: we can demonstrate it directly. I got a couple of old footballs from Union College's athletic department, pumped them up and popped them in the freezer. After a night in the cold, the pressure was around 2psi lower, just like the Patriots' footballs—from about 19psi at the start (I slightly overinflated the balls by using the tire pump in my car) down to about 17 psi.
It's crazy how physics can only affect the footballs of one team. Physics...you so crazy.
To be fair they never tested the Balls the colts used, and if they started closer to 13.5 they had a full pound of play to stay within the rules and 2 pounds would bring them to 11.5 which is less noticeable than 10.5 I imagine.
what about the colts footballs? Why didn't they lose psi?http://phys.org/news/2015-01-football-physics-science-deflategate.html
News reports say that 11 of the 12 game balls used by the New England Patriots in their AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts were deflated, showing about 2 pounds per square inch (psi) less pressure than the 13 psi required by the rules, so it seems that the most bizarre sports scandal of recent memory is real. But there are still plenty of questions: why would a team deflate footballs? Could there be another explanation? And most importantly, what does physics tell us about all this?
For New England fans, the first priority is a search for an innocent explanation. After all, party balloons and car tires deflate during cold winter weather, so might a simple temperature difference be responsible for the change in inflation pressure?
The physics principle known as the ideal gas law tells us that a reduction in temperature leads to a reduction in pressure. The pressure of a confined gas multiplied by its volume is proportional to the number of molecules in the gas multiplied by the temperature. Maybe you remember the equation PV=nRT from your schooldays. So if you cool a gas while keeping its volume fixed, the pressure must decrease.
But we don't need equations to check this: we can demonstrate it directly. I got a couple of old footballs from Union College's athletic department, pumped them up and popped them in the freezer. After a night in the cold, the pressure was around 2psi lower, just like the Patriots' footballs—from about 19psi at the start (I slightly overinflated the balls by using the tire pump in my car) down to about 17 psi.
according to the nfl, they did check the colts balls before the game.At this point, we don't know if they tested the Colts footballs, do we? If we're making assumptions, I would assume they checked all the footballs at halftime though.
At this point, we don't know if they tested the Colts footballs, do we? If we're making assumptions, I would assume they checked all the footballs at halftime though.
Point is they may not have mid way. They really should have as it can go create a control to see if weather had an impact.according to the nfl, they did check the colts balls before the game.
if you listened to the post game, God received a lot of thanks. he was rooting for the patsys.what about the colts footballs? Why didn't they lose psi?
http://phys.org/news/2015-01-football-physics-science-deflategate.html
News reports say that 11 of the 12 game balls used by the New England Patriots in their AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts were deflated, showing about 2 pounds per square inch (psi) less pressure than the 13 psi required by the rules, so it seems that the most bizarre sports scandal of recent memory is real. But there are still plenty of questions: why would a team deflate footballs? Could there be another explanation? And most importantly, what does physics tell us about all this?
For New England fans, the first priority is a search for an innocent explanation. After all, party balloons and car tires deflate during cold winter weather, so might a simple temperature difference be responsible for the change in inflation pressure?
The physics principle known as the ideal gas law tells us that a reduction in temperature leads to a reduction in pressure. The pressure of a confined gas multiplied by its volume is proportional to the number of molecules in the gas multiplied by the temperature. Maybe you remember the equation PV=nRT from your schooldays. So if you cool a gas while keeping its volume fixed, the pressure must decrease.
But we don't need equations to check this: we can demonstrate it directly. I got a couple of old footballs from Union College's athletic department, pumped them up and popped them in the freezer. After a night in the cold, the pressure was around 2psi lower, just like the Patriots' footballs—from about 19psi at the start (I slightly overinflated the balls by using the tire pump in my car) down to about 17 psi.