What if the truth is that the temperature really did reduce the air pressure? When I start driving on a cold morning my tire pressure is about 31. After 50 miles of driving as the sun comes up, the pressure goes up to around 33PSI. I see this every morning on the instrument panel.
and wbat? Had they kept using those footballs the Pats ones would have been down to 8.5 and 9 psi by late 4th qtr and the Colts football still ok? In abovs-freezing weather?
This turned out to be untrue. Everone who leaped on this "fact" derived from some "unnamed source close to the League" and used it to pillory the Patriots now has egg all over themselves, head to toe.
We know that Mortensen originally reported that D'Quell Jackson of the Indianapolis Colts intercepted a Brady pass, and "thought the football felt soft, and reprted this to his equipment manager." However, D'Quell himself has come out to say that this was untrue, "I gave that ball to my equipment manager to save for me to put in my trophy case; I wanted to keep the ball I intercepted from the greatest QB of all time. There was nothing wrong with that ball."
So, if Jackson didn't complain about a soft football, who did?
Somebody knew the balls were under, and notified the Refs. Who? Could it have been the person responsible for the balls being marginally under spec?
We know Ravens Coach Harbaugh, humiliated the week before by another Patriot's ass whipping, called the Colts Coach Pagano to "warn him about Patriots foootball pressure."
If this turns out to have been Harbaugh and Pagano trying to kneecap the Patriots so their teams could get to the Super Biowl in the future, both should be suspended from the NFL permanently.
If the Patriots are found to have tampered, the same applies to them.
If, however, they are exonerated of any guilt, the Media and all the sphincters around the world who used this second cooked-up, phony assault on Patriots Nation to attack them unfairly owe the Patriots a HUGE apology.
Of course, it will never be forthcoming because scum are just that, scum. Scum don't know shame.