Great point on the 12th Patriot football. Lots of wannabe physicists here and everywhere trying hard to excuse the Colts footballs not being illegal "they must have been in warmer temps than the Patriots footballs blah blah". Well then how about that magic 12th Patriot football that escaped the laws of Belichicks's physics? And apparently the laws of physics also ceased in the second half when the Patriots footballs were properly reinflated and didn't drop 2 psi again.
Lots of Lance Armstrong type kool aid drinkers out there...
Great point on the 12th Patriot football. Lots of wannabe physicists here and everywhere trying hard to excuse the Colts footballs not being illegal "they must have been in warmer temps than the Patriots footballs blah blah". Well then how about that magic 12th Patriot football that escaped the laws of Belichicks's physics? And apparently the laws of physics also ceased in the second half when the Patriots footballs were properly reinflated and didn't drop 2 psi again. Lots of Lance Armstrong type kool aid drinkers out there... Yes. They argue that these "laws of physics" are ABSOLUTES and would somehow ABSOLUTELY alter the psi that significantly; yet somehow didn't significantly impact over HALF of the footballs...as if these "Laws of Physics" operated so discriminately to ONLY target the Pats' balls.
Yeah.
Right.
Here's the other thing about Bellicheat the Science guy trying to come across as our resident physicist at his press conference Saturday...
IF, as the Pats say, these "laws of physics" are so CERTAIN to kick in, then why not ensure that the ball is inflated to 13.five psi (the upper end of the legal zone) vs...what the apologists all assume...that ALL of the PATS balls minus one were set at 12.five pregame?
And the answer?
Because the PATS intentionally didn't want the PSI to remain ANYTHING remotely close to the legal psi NOT only for the first half, but if these wannabe physicists are right, hey, the PSI would have dropped another two PSI to 8.five by late 4th qtr...IF the above-freezing air was having THAT much of an impact upon the footballs!!!