[over3Owithabrain]

"...footballs were properly inflated for the second half and confirmed at the conclusion of the game to have remained properly inflated."- NFL statement

Oops Patriot apologists. The footballs didn't do their magical 2 psi drop during the second half of the game, following the re-inflation of the Pats illegal footballs. Apparently the Dr. Belichick laws of climate and science only apply to the first half of football games.

[T. Rustin Noone]

Try again

The footballs in question had just spent over two hours at game temperatures and atmospheric pressures. Halftime is brief. Therefore, the “cold” footballs and the air within them would have little time to acclimate to the indoor temperatures. The time for testing and adding a couple of psi to the footballs during halftime would have a small effect as they were returned to the field of play immediately for the second half.

If this were really an issue of science, the footballs and apparatus for testing and inflating would be at field temperatures and atmospheric pressures.

Just sayin’...