***Jackson noticed the ball wasn’t inflated as much as usual.***
Didn’t the MARX BROTHERS do this in one of their movies, or was it Harold Lloyd?
Her is the $10 question: Even if the balls were deflated, didn’t the Colts play with the same balls?
The ref’s place the ball at the beginning of each down, and they never noticed anything?
I guess the refs weren’t at that game. Or they didn’t ever hold the ball.
The Colts just took a page out of the Democrat Party playbook: We lost therefore they cheated.
Getting beat by 38 points and you want to try and blame deflated balls? Try playing defense.
Didn’t seem to help the Colts throw and catch.
To the COLTS: You never showed up at the game! How would you know the balls were not inflated enough?
Fully inflated balls might have made the game more competitive: 31-7? 24-7?
"45 to 7. I don't care if they were playing with a pillow. All you need to know is 45 to 7!"
So the ball in question changed hands 3 times...twice by Colts personnel. This Jackson person had no opportunity to do some deflation? Did he? I hope any investigation takes this into account. The train of evidence has corrupted.
As illogical as videotaping New York Jets coaches in a 2007?
So... they didn’t have elephantiasis?
Let's face it, if your opponent is running through your defense with ease, it doesn't really matter if he was carrying a ball or a loaf of bread.
This sounds like a non-story. It may have been interesting if it was a close game, but it wasn't.
I don’t know anything about football, but as an old bicycle racer my subconscious sends all sorts of warning signs to me when there is something wrong with a fellow rider’s bike... Until I figure it out and say “hey buddy check your such-and-such.” As a serious motorist I also invariably notice if someone’s lug nuts are missing (or in some cases loose.) If you really know the tools of a sport (or your work,) you see things others can’t see, and it bothers you, even before you consciously figure out what is going on.
I heard the Pat’s inflated their goal kicking balls with half air and half helium.
If it happened, it wasn't to hinder the Colts, it was to help the Pats. If the ball is under inflated, wouldn't it make it easier to keep hold of in a cold rain? So if the Pats are using their own footballs and are under inflating them, there is less of a chance of fumbling a ball.
It seems pretty simple to me, but none of the conversation seems to point to that. And as someone said on my local news yesterday, "Normally, everyone would just shrug... except that the coach has been caught cheating before."
And I agree... I don't think under inflation would have made an ounce of difference in this game. But it could have, if the game had been close.
Sort of passed over every one’s head when the on field announcement was made ... then giggles broke out all around.
Waiting for the call for nerf balls to prevent injuries, and prevent fraud.
Disclaimer: not a fan of either team, just an observation from having watched the game.
The Pats were quite methodical and mechanical [pretty much as usual] in their dissection of the Colts...Pats fans enjoyed it, Colts fans not so much.
The ball “gate” nonsense is just that, nonsense. The final score says about all that needs to be said on the matter. The Pats clearly outplayed the Colts in all facets of the game.