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not that I care a lot, but what I am hearing us that the deflated balls are easier to handle and easier to catch. the reason the 12th ball remains at full pressure is that it is the one the place kicker uses, and that guy has different needs than the qb and the receivers.
so say the experts I have heard.
The refs control the kicking balls and they come directly from the manufacturer
A Science Lab study using brand new official NFL Footballs...
All footballs are inflated to 12.5 PSI at 75 degrees...like they would be in a locker room...the balls are then put in a 50 degree room and made wet (there was heavy rain in the AFC Title game and about 45 degrees by halftime of the game).
Facts:
#1 Colder air will condense the air and decrease PSI in a ball
#2 Wet leather will expand and therefore decrease the PSI in a leather football.
Experiment Results:
The footballs lost PSI of up to 1.95 PSI --- perfectly in line with what the Patriot balls were. Keep in mind, only 1 Patriot ball was down 2 PSI. The rest lost less than that.
This has been covered already. Now you have to explain how it only affects one side of the field.
A) Colts balls weren't remeasured outside at halftime.
B) Colts balls had time to dry a bit.
C) Colts balls near heater - warmer air increases PSI, drier leather increases PSI.
D) Luck started his ball off at 13.5 PSI, Brady at 12.5.
This has been covered already. Now you have to explain how it only affects one side of the field.
Besides those other reasons I wouldn't be surprised if they took even a step further and purposely exploited this by using warmer air to inflate them right before delivering to the officials. Cheating? Not really, I'd call it bending the rules.
In any event I was quite surprised to find out the teams had access to the balls at all.
Besides those other reasons I wouldn't be surprised if they took even a step further and purposely exploited this by using warmer air to inflate them right before delivering to the officials. Cheating? Not really, I'd call it bending the rules.
In any event I was quite surprised to find out the teams had access to the balls at all.
Same here, I had no idea each team has their own set of balls that they play with at each game. I always figured they rotated out game balls that both sides shared.
A Science Lab study using brand new official NFL Footballs...
All footballs are inflated to 12.5 PSI at 75 degrees...like they would be in a locker room...the balls are then put in a 50 degree room and made wet (there was heavy rain in the AFC Title game and about 45 degrees by halftime of the game).
Facts:
#1 Colder air will condense the air and decrease PSI in a ball
#2 Wet leather will expand and therefore decrease the PSI in a leather football.
Experiment Results:
The footballs lost PSI of up to 1.95 PSI --- perfectly in line with what the Patriot balls were. Keep in mind, only 1 Patriot ball was down 2 PSI. The rest lost less than that.
Didn't I already start a thread on this?
Stating this very thing, from my science background.
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New England Patriots Vindicated by Science?
