Posted on 01/23/2015 1:50:05 PM PST by Colofornian
Under his oversized ski cap, Tom Brady could not hide from the fact he was convicting himself in the court of public opinion. The quarterback of the New England Patriots admitted that footballs pumped up to 12.5 pounds per square inch are "a perfect fit for me," yet swore he did not notice a difference in the AFC Championship Game when most of the balls had significantly less pressure.
Brady's story Thursday was harder to believe than the story of the 199th pick in the NFL draft becoming one of the greatest players of all time...
"I would never do anything outside of the rules of play," Brady said.
But his own words told a different tale, and as soon as he was done talking, a 17-year veteran of the quarterback position, Mark Brunell, said on ESPN that he was among those who didn't believe Brady. Earlier Thursday, even before Bill Belichick seemed to be throwing his franchise player under a triple-decker bus in his own news conference, Hall of Famer Troy Aikman said on a Dallas radio station the following:
"It's obvious that Tom Brady had something to do with this."...
(Excerpt) Read more at espn.go.com ...
Weather - no. I totally agree.
Temperature - absolutely, as anyone who has ever tried to dribble a cold basketball on an outdoor playground will immediately attest. Cold effects the pressure of a gas in an enclosed space. Period.
It was 51 at kickoff.
51 degrees on field at game time wasnt “sure freezing” as your lame apology states...nor did it dip that way ...otherwise would have seen snow...not rain
LOL! Sounds like the whine of a Colts fan..................
“Nope. This report could certainly fall apart.”
Just another talking head trying for his 10 seconds of fame ...
Plus would have impacted both teams’ balls... ot just deflate-y Brady
You must have missed HS chemistry too. Boyle’s Law relates Volume and Pressure, not Temperature.
You want Guy Lussac’s Law.
P1/T1 = P2/T2
P1*T2/T1 = P2
filled to minimum pressure at 70 degrees F, how much pressure loss do you get going down to 45 degrees? Remember that the formula is in Kelvin, not Fahrenheit
P2 = 12.5 * 280 / 295 = 11.9 psi.
Therefore, Brady, the Pats and the democrats on this forum who love them are being willfully ignorant on the issue that the temperature would have caused a 2 psi drop in the balls. It would not have. They cheated before the balls hit the field.
Nope. I hate the Colts. I think the Pats are far and away the best team in the Nfl. They’re going to destroy Seattle. I’m an NFL fan, a sports fan, and a youth coach. I believe there should be consequences if you get caught breaking the rules. Doesn’t matter who you are.
“The head of physics at MIT said weather could not have been the factor in this case. And he’s in Mass. I’ll trust his physics on this one.”
That is NOT what he said. He said the drop could be 1 to 2 psi. I trust his physics on this one”
“If they had inflated the balls inside the building and put it to the minimum amount, and then brought it outside to temperatures that were about 30 degrees lower, that would drop the PSI by between 1 and 2,” Schmaltz explained.”
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?2454813-MIT-Physics-Professor-Explains-Science-To-The-NFL
Possibly. But I suspect the Patriots would be all over this claiming that either the Colts balls were under or not checked. Their silence on that is telling to me. We’ll all know soon enough.
Once again, it was 51 degrees at kickoff.
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