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Originally Posted by Eric 951
And, the balls are NOT going to lose 2 lbs of pressure due to the wet conditions. The Pats had 11 of their 12 balls underinflated by 2 lbs.
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I was gonna ask just that, not wet but cold... "12 primary balls available for testing by the Referee two hours and 15 minutes prior to the starting time "... Seems like if the balls where in a nice warm room (or immediately out thereof) and then they get retested after being played in the *cold*, being pounded, crushed under a pile of players, etc... a 1 or 2lbs loss doesn't seem crazy. But maybe it is, I'm no expert. I know the tires on the side of my car that faces the sun are 2PSI higher than those on the shady side.
That said, who knows... the Pats have a reputation... Do they test balls after each and every game, so we have a refence ? What prompted this test, I'm curious...