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Posted on 01/20/2015 8:41:28 AM PST by Kartographer
According to New York Newsday and WCVB in Boston, Jackson noticed the ball wasn't inflated as much as usual. He told a Colts equipment manager the ball felt under-inflated and gave it to him. The equipment man told Colts coach Chuck Pagano on the sideline. That message was relayed to Colts general manager Ryan Grigson in the press box, who told NFL director of football operations Mike Kensil, Newsday and WCVB said. Kensil told the on-field officials at halftime about the balls. Someone told Bob Kravitz of WTHR in Indianapolis, because he broke the story of the Patriots possibly deflating their game footballs – which would help them throw and catch it better in the rain – and now the NFL is looking into it.
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What you can’t count is the number of fumbles that did not occur by the Pats because they kept trotting into the end zone untouched. It’s really hard to force a fumble with stern looks alone.
And, apparently, with no care for how much of a whiney, snivelling little bayotch you paint yourself to be. Keep it up.
We laugh harder every time you repost this sour-grapes rehashed rubbish!
Remember folks the offensive co-ordinator & QB coach for the Patriots is none other than Josh McDaniels.
He was caught up in a cheating scandal while head coach for the Broncos.
It was during the annual London game and it had to do with one of his assistants taping the opposing teams practice session.
The Broncos later that same season fired McDaniels and the taping scandal was cited as one of the reasons.
He was caught up in a cheating scandal while head coach for the Broncos.
It was during the annual London game and it had to do with one of his assistants taping the opposing teams practice session.
The Broncos later that same season fired McDaniels and the taping scandal was cited as one of the reasons.
I have no dog in this. Just want a fair game.
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I heard they hired Michael Sam to do the official investigation.
It will never be known how good or bad the Belichick Patriots have been, because of the cheating.
They’re 6 trips to the SB in 15 years good. Cheating is a constant in sport, that’s why there are refs and penalties and all the infrastructure, especially in the major leagues. Turns out one of the other contenders from this weekend admits to playing with “non-regulation” balls (cheating) whenever he can too:
http://www.sportsgrid.com/nfl/wanna-know-why-deflate-gate-isnt-a-big-deal/
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What I’ve learned from this discussion is this...
Cheating only matters if it affects the outcome of the game.
A true sign of the world we live in. Sad isn’t it.
Of course you do.
LMAO!!!
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I don’t know what you’re trying to say, other than the deflation, if it occurred, did not affect the outcome of the game. Which, if you read my post, is something I already acknowledged.
I was responding to a claim that the score would have changed by, at most, 7 points, because the Colts only fumbled once. I was pointing out that the true effect on the score was the fumbles that would have occurred with a properly inflated ball that did not occur with an underinflated ball. This is an unknowable value. The point was not that it would have changed the game, but that the point of analysis (Colt fumbles) was incorrect.
Nothing you said contradicts my point.
Did you expect teams to play with each others balls?
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LOL! Well played.
FTR, I specifically wrote out the entire word “football” because it felt to weird to write “supplied their own balls on offense”.
Hey, Gargantua you are a first class idiot pal.
No question.
Over the years, from time to time, I have run into your type here at FR ... but not often.
Huh? I thought that deflated balls were Giselle’s domain...
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