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[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=11574.msg111663#msg111663 date=1422144456]
it comes down like 1.5 PSI when you bring it out into the cold.

It wasn't "cold" for that game....48-51 Fahrenheit.
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Colder than a locker room. An unaffiliated lab did an experiment that found that those conditions would cause an average of 1.8 PSI drop in the pressure: https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/...teGate.pdf

And the Pats footballs were affected and the Colts balls mysteriously weren't?

There are two options there:

1) The Colts' balls were inflated higher to start with. If they were at 13.5 instead of 12.5 then any drops would leave them close to normal pressure.

2) No, they weren't, but their balls weren't tested. (I haven't heard anything about whether theirs were tested.)

No.
The Pats are still cheaters. There is a rule, so they are required to follow the rule.
But that also doesn't mean this rule really should exist.

...What? All the available evidence that we have right now says that no, they aren't. They did nothing wrong and this whole thing has been a bunch of hot air.

Why?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's the NFL, they regulate what color cleats you can wear. It's not at all surprising that they'd feel the need to pick some reasonable pressure and make that the rule just so that there is a rule.

[stupac2]

[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=11574.msg111663#msg111663 date=1422144456]
it comes down like 1.5 PSI when you bring it out into the cold.

It wasn't "cold" for that game....48-51 Fahrenheit.
[/quote]

Colder than a locker room. An unaffiliated lab did an experiment that found that those conditions would cause an average of 1.8 PSI drop in the pressure: https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/...teGate.pdf

And the Pats footballs were affected and the Colts balls mysteriously weren't?

There are two options there:

1) The Colts' balls were inflated higher to start with. If they were at 13.5 instead of 12.5 then any drops would leave them close to normal pressure.

2) No, they weren't, but their balls weren't tested. (I haven't heard anything about whether theirs were tested.)

No.
The Pats are still cheaters. There is a rule, so they are required to follow the rule.
But that also doesn't mean this rule really should exist.

...What? All the available evidence that we have right now says that no, they aren't. They did nothing wrong and this whole thing has been a bunch of hot air.

Why?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's the NFL, they regulate what color cleats you can wear. It's not at all surprising that they'd feel the need to pick some reasonable pressure and make that the rule just so that there is a rule.