One would assume that the measurements and circumstances weren’t the same...as opposed to an appeal to magic.
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Not a fan of Occam’s Razor, eh?
Given the discrepancy between the balls that, by all accounts, were treated exactly the same, and the fact that 1 of the balls that Pat’s used was fully inflated, would not the simplest explanation be that some human changed the pressure in the balls?
No appeal to magic here.
Oh I am quite a fan.
...by all ASSUMPTIONS the balls were treated the same, though no one outside the NFL has been able to determine even when the Colts balls were measured and said to have been within specs.
Half-time? Maybe. Just referring to the pre-game check? Maybe. Inflated at different times? Maybe. Starting pressures for each group of balls? Don’t know.
Whether Chris Mortensons unsubstantiated report is even correct? Dunno.
It is a fact that all the balls should have lost pressure when they went from inside room temperature, to outside cold. Claiming that some didn’t is invoking special pleading. If the Colts balls didn’t follow the laws of physics - why not? It is much simpler to assume that they did, but that something about the conditions was different between the two conditions than it is to believe that the Colts balls were magical...and untampered with.