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Post by WhutScreenName on Jan 26, 2015 20:58:49 GMT
If it was just the temperature drop (which IIRC someone else already tested), it should have affected the Colts' balls as well. And I'm with Greg -- if the point spread had been 6 or 7 points, that would have been different, but a final score of 45-7? The Patriots just plain outplayed the Colts. which even some colts players have said. Doesn't justify them cheating. |
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Post by the light works on Jan 26, 2015 21:29:08 GMT
which even some colts players have said. Doesn't justify them cheating. no, it doesn't. but it makes it so there are two factors to consider: they cheated, and the colts lost. |
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Post by ironhold on Jan 31, 2015 23:15:15 GMT
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Post by WhutScreenName on Feb 2, 2015 17:33:08 GMT
Were the Colt's balls also deflated ~1-1.4 lbs from their initial pressure? If not, how could temperature possibly be the explanation? |
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Post by ironhold on Feb 2, 2015 18:03:44 GMT
I don't know if anyone looked at their footballs.
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Post by Antigone68104 on Feb 2, 2015 21:23:09 GMT
If the Patriot coaches didn't say "hey, it's cold enough that the balls could be affected, test the Colts and see if that's what happened", then they are too dumb for words.
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Post by the light works on Feb 3, 2015 15:27:52 GMT
If the Patriot coaches didn't say "hey, it's cold enough that the balls could be affected, test the Colts and see if that's what happened", then they are too dumb for words. assuming, of course, that they expected the colts' balls would have had the same loss in pressure... |
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 6, 2015 9:25:05 GMT
Assuming that the Colts had not already tested and adjusted their own balls?...
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Post by Antigone68104 on Feb 6, 2015 14:33:58 GMT
I could be wrong, but my understanding is that once the balls are tested by the refs before the game no one's supposed to mess with the air pressure. If the Colts adjusted their balls for the temperature conditions, then they were breaking the rules.
Has this thread gotten to the point of typing up a summary for the Finished Submissions board?
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Post by the light works on Feb 6, 2015 15:29:54 GMT
I could be wrong, but my understanding is that once the balls are tested by the refs before the game no one's supposed to mess with the air pressure. If the Colts adjusted their balls for the temperature conditions, then they were breaking the rules. Has this thread gotten to the point of typing up a summary for the Finished Submissions board? I think the suggestion was that the patriots could claim the colts may have adjusted pressure before anyone suggested a comparison be made. - which you have to consider, took us two weeks to mention and we are more observant than average. |
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Post by Antigone68104 on Feb 18, 2015 16:19:36 GMT
ABC News is now saying a Patriots locker room attendant tried to slip an unapproved special-teams ball into the AFC championship game. No one's saying whether this is the same person who detoured into a restroom with the Patriots' game balls for 90 seconds before handing them over to the refs.
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Post by breesfan on Feb 21, 2015 3:35:23 GMT
Sadly, nothing will come of this and I think the NFL is just hoping we have forgotten it.
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 24, 2015 9:17:29 GMT
You mean the usual delay in investigations and the like until no one or most people cant remember what all the fuss was?....
Like what they are trying to do with Gulf War investigations?...
That would be a conspiracy... wouldnt it?....
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Post by Antigone68104 on May 6, 2015 17:35:37 GMT
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Post by the light works on May 7, 2015 0:49:52 GMT
the text messages they quoted imply the two "conspirators" were overinflating them. |
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Post by silverdragon on May 7, 2015 8:24:29 GMT
Aware and ready to sign balls that were of his liking.
He knew.
He was in on it.
Thats cheating... isnt it?...
End of story?... I suspect not?...
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Post by the light works on May 7, 2015 9:22:56 GMT
but it just occurred to me - the article implied the underinflated balls might be smaller.
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