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Originally Posted by Lapkritis
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What kind of professors do they hire in Boston?
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"Say you inflate the ball to 12.5 PSI — the NFL minimum — in a room at 70 degrees, and then used the ball outside where it was 50 degrees. That 12.5 PSI would eventually become 11.5 PSI,” Naughton said. “If you inflate the ball to 12.5 PSI in an even warmer room where it was, say, 80 degrees, and then played outdoors at 40 degrees, that 12.5 PSI would become 10.5 PSI — a drop of two PSIs.
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Eventually? Sure - a leather football will eventually loose pressure over time. And let's assume that the Colt's balls were at 13.5 when checked -- then by the same measure, they would have also dropped below 12.5 (13.5 psi - 2 psi = 11.5 psi). I guess that prof isn't a math teacher! (Unless he is accusing the Colts of over-inflating their balls -- now there's a tactic - blame the Colts for cheating!)
That 'professor's' expert opinion holds no water. "Eventually the pressure will drop 2psi" is like saying, "If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle."
The folks defending the Pats are better off keeping quiet on this one, especially if their expert opinion has no merit.
-Z