Niners Fan in CT Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm convinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMN Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Even CNN was ball-gazing, so I'm not sure this is dying just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Will the media please shut the fuck up about this? The refs handle the balls before the Patriots use them in the game. I honestly don't see how the Patriots could have committed some egregious cheating. I could imagine MAYBE Belichick prepped the balls in a way that made them more likely to deflate but it just seems like an honest mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Belichick doesn't seem like the honest mistake type, with all due respect. Did he miscalcuate? Maybe. But flat-out get it wrong? I don't buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Will the media please shut the fuck up about this? The refs handle the balls before the Patriots use them in the game. I honestly don't see how the Patriots could have committed some egregious cheating. I could imagine MAYBE Belichick prepped the balls in a way that made them more likely to deflate but it just seems like an honest mistake. There's over two hours between the refs handing them before the game and the game starting. Lots of time to mess with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I didn't know how much I wanted to see the headline, "Bill Nye The Science Guy Refutes Bill Belichick" until it was right there in front of my face. Single tear status. Thank you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Quick reminder that Bill Nye is a native of Seattle and veteran of its local comedy scene from way back. "Bill Nye The Science Guy" spun off from Almost Live! (re-used several skits/bits and even some of the other Almost Live! talent, too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Bill Nye is a native of Seattle I'm sure Nye is able to put his personal feelings aside for the integrity of science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 He's the and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Right now, all anyone's got on the Patriots is pumping them up to the lower limit and letting Drs. Boyle and Gronkowski do the rest. I think that the only way the NFL are going to be able to prove deliberate wrong doing is if they get some video of Belichick himself knifing the balls. And even then, they don't have a very track record with security footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Hattrick Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Here is a theory, and keep in mind that I have not really kept up on this. What was the temperature at Foxboro that day? Perhaps the balls were at the lowest threshold allowed, before the game and as the evening progressed the cooler temps lowered the PSI. Do they keep the balls in a controlled environment? is this a valid thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Josh Gordon flunks ANOTHER test Subject to year ban now Per Schefter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 More from Schefter. The fail was from alcohol, which he is tested for because of his previous DUI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Here is a theory, and keep in mind that I have not really kept up on this. What was the temperature at Foxboro that day? Perhaps the balls were at the lowest threshold allowed, before the game and as the evening progressed the cooler temps lowered the PSI. Do they keep the balls in a controlled environment? is this a valid thought? No. The Colts balls were fine in the same environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Well, his argument is if the Pats had the footballs at the absolute lowest allowed PSI, while the Colts had them more inflated, in the middle or high end of the range, could they have lost enough pressure that the Pats balls would be under the threshold but the Colts would have stayed in the range. But I doubt it, personally. It wasn't that cold, for starters. Rain, not snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyboy Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 A "source" is saying that the balls were nearer 1 psi out, not the at least 2 under, as per PFT's latest on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Will the media please shut the fuck up about this? Why, Because Pats fans are butt-hurt about it? No. Thanks for asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Josh Gordon is really dumb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Maybe it was second hand alcohol consumption. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 @BenVolin: Richard Sherman on if he expects Pats to be punished: “Not as long as Roger Goodell & Robert Kraft take pictures at their respective homes.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 So they fine you for grabbing your junk while selling a picture of you grabbing your junk stay classy NFL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 @BenVolin: Richard Sherman on if he expects Pats to be punished: “Not as long as Roger Goodell & Robert Kraft take pictures at their respective homes.” I really really regret being honor-bound to root against him So they fine you for grabbing your junk while selling a picture of you grabbing your junk stay classy NFL Not the first time they've done this, either. One of James Harrison's $50K fines and suspensions for executing a QB (one of the Browns jabronies, might have been Wheeden but I can't even remember anymore) was also being sold as a commemorative still for a couple days before the hypocrisy was so obvious even the NFL.com shop noticed, and pulled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Here is a theory, and keep in mind that I have not really kept up on this. What was the temperature at Foxboro that day? Perhaps the balls were at the lowest threshold allowed, before the game and as the evening progressed the cooler temps lowered the PSI. Do they keep the balls in a controlled environment? is this a valid thought? It's the basis of their defence. Assuming indoors is 25c, and outside is 45f, I make an 0.75 PSI drop with a quick and dirty application of Boyle's law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Bill Nye mic drops the Pat's science defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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