Posted on 01/21/2015 6:57:45 AM PST by Colehill1999
The Patriots used underinflated footballs on Sunday night.
The next question is how did it happen?
According to a National Football League letter about the investigation into the controversy that was shared with the Globe, the Patriots were informed that the league’s initial findings indicated that the game balls did not meet specifications. The league inspected each of the Patriots’ 12 game balls twice at halftime, using different pressure gauges, and found footballs that were not properly inflated.
According to ESPN, 11 of the 12 game balls were found to be underinflated by about 2 pounds each. The NFL specifications say they must be inflated to 12½ to 13½ pounds.
With Green Bay (a 7 point dog) leading at the time, how does them scoring more points affect the betting outcome?
It’s important in racing because the nitrogen from a tank is dry, and there’s less variability in the temp vs pressure curve. But that’s a deal where half a psi can be felt in the handling of the car.
I agree for a football no big deal.
They told him to sit probably to lessen risk. A few times a year you see a guy intercept a ball and then fumble while he gets tackled. Defensive player don’t tend to have the best ball security. The “bubble” said “sit down, don’t risk giving the ball back, let the offense get 2 first downs and finish this game”. Then the offense got no first downs...
Because the Packer’s coach had bet on the Seahawks! (I’m just being goofy.)
I was telling my wife that game seemed like an episode of Bewitched. Early on, Endora (?) was putting the hex on all of Wilson’s throws. A sure catch and at the last minute she points her finger and it bounces off the receiver’s hands and into a GB player. Points her finger and it swerves into a GB player’s hands, fumbled kick, etc.
Then Samantha makes it to the stadium and puts a stop to it, and twitches her nose a few times to even up the game a bit.
As a Seahawks fan we were talking about how there was enough time left, but I didn’t think it was possible based on how lousy they had been for most of the game.
Granted, for your normal passenger vehicle, nitrogen would seem overkill. But pure nitrogen in your tires will help to keep your TPM light from coming on every time the temp drops dramatically (such as in certain climates). But the savvy physicists who race cars, or fly airplanes, will certainly opt for nitrogen over air in their tires. Not to mention that your “air”, while mostly nitrogen, oftentimes will also come with moisture included. If they were to use compressed air, like from your garden variety air-compressor to inflate a football, would it be possible for the additional moisture to settle and freeze, while the ball sat on the sidelines, thus creating a wobble?
“. But pure nitrogen in your tires will help to keep your TPM light from coming on every time the temp drops dramatically (such as in certain climates). “
Pure marketing hype.
“But the savvy physicists who race cars, or fly airplanes, will certainly opt for nitrogen over air in their tires.”
Planes use N2 or H2 because it eliminates the oxygen reducing fire hazards.
“Not to mention that your “air”, while mostly nitrogen, oftentimes will also come with moisture included.”
Any decent dryer on the compressor will render this point meaningless for normal applications.
” but I could almost see a bubble with the guy yelling “Take a dive - coach doesn’t want us to beat the spread!””
Uh .... they beat the spread in the first quarter ...
“It’s important in racing because the nitrogen from a tank is dry, and there’s less variability in the temp vs pressure curve. “
Air from a tank is ‘basically’ dry. Consider that the ‘moisture’ in the air is water vapor ... a gas. All gases expand according to the formula PV=nRT. Granted that the coefficient does change slightly for different gases and at different pressures but not so much to be noticed at these conditions.
I apologize, Red Badger. I need to focus on the whole screen, and somehow I’m missing it. Old age maybe.
I’ll try to do better in the future.
He must have said that at least half a dozen times in the interview a few minutes ago.
The interview looked pretty bad.
LOL, kind of reminded me of, “No controlling legal authority.”
Well, his never look very good.
I guess they had to get him out there to address the issue, but left more questions than answers.
Just listened to Belichick’s press conference. He categorically denied any knowledge of ball tampering. He said that until Monday, he had no knowledge of how balls are prepped for games.
I found him believable.
So this is all on Brady, which makes sense, considering the statements this week from other QBs around the league.
Additionally, in a 2011 interview, Brady said that he prefers deflated balls.
I find it hard to believe he had no idea of how balls are prepped for games. A lifer control freak like him? Nope.
I thought the same thing until I heard him speak. He was very specific in saying that in his 40 years of coaching football, it’s something he’s never considered.
He’s interacted with a lot of players and coaches over those years who can contradict him.
The other thing is that Brady has more interest in customizing the football, and he is the one involved in the process of choosing the 12 game balls.
It is a little bit hard to believe that he knew nothing until the next morning. The story is that the testing and replacing of game balls was going on during the game, on the sidelines. It is hard to believe that the referees substituted approved Colts balls for the second half and the head coach of the Pats knew nothing about that. That in itself is a story.
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