[jyl]

What I don't get is, how could 11 balls possibly be changed from correctly inflated to under inflated after the start of the game, when they are on the sidelines? Tens of thousands of people watching, plus cameras everywhere, and no phone pic or video has surfaced of the ball boy tampering with a dozen balls? It seems more likely to me that the balls were under inflated when they were delivered to the referees before the start of the game. And that sounds more like a mistake than a plot.

Unless, hmm, could you pierce the ball, before delivering them to the referees, with an extremely fine needle to create a tiny leak, just enough for the ball to go from correct to under inflation over the course of three hours?. That would require some careful testing and planning.