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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I don't really have a dog in this fight, but you're going off the rails here Z. The guy is talking about air pressure and temperature. Any reasonable person would understand that in this context "eventually" means the time it takes for the ball to cool from room temperature to field temperature.
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I guess I've been working for a German company too long. In Germany there is no "eventually." "approximately," or "sort-of"
What I find funny is that they are quoting a physics professor to tell us what everyone in the world knows: if a ball gets cold, the psi will drop and it will be softer. That guy should at least throw up some vague mathematical equation that can't be easily understood to add credence to his statements, like jyl did agove...
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Originally Posted by jyl
Of course we don't know how under inflated the balls were during the game.
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I read somewhere that the pressure was 2 psi lower than the minimum 12.5 psi, that would indicate the measurement on the field was around 10.5. They're saying that was a 16% drop, or about 4 times the pressure drop you calculated. Hmm....
It doesn't really matter - and I guess I am a victim of being spoon fed this nonsense the media is hyping. But I gotta admit - it gives me some pleasure to poke fun at the Pats! Rex Ryan would be proud....
-Z