Despite his best efforts on Saturday, Belichick the physics teacher left some unanswered questions. The top among them is if the atmosphere affected the footballs the Patriots used in the AFC Championship Game, why didn’t it affect the Colts’ footballs?
Belichick’s scientific credentials took a hit Sunday when Bill Nye the Science Guy, known for his TV appearances, weighed in.
“What he said didn’t make any sense,” Nye said on “Good Morning America.” “Rubbing the football? I don’t think you can change the pressure.”
This isn’t the first time Nye has proven himself incompetent in the behavior of gases and climate.
...and this one isn’t even close.
While it isn’t Belichick’s responsibility to explain the Colts...the most obvious explanation has been repeated: the Colt balls didn’t start at the same temperature. the other is, we have no idea yet whether they were checked at halftime. If the Colts balls were at room temperature when submitted, by halftime, assuming no Colts funny business, they would have had to have lost over a pound of pressure just from temperature changes, with more from being wet. If not, they defied the laws of physics known for over 300 years (1702).