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Originally Posted by jyl
The temperature factor could explain the balls being under inflated during the game if they were inflated to the bare legal minimum before the game, in a warm room. Maybe some equipment guy figured that was okay - get them as soft as possible, as long as they pass inspection.
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That's what I thought originally with my car tires analogy (sunny side tires are 2psi higher than the shady side).
I can't do that kind of math anymore to see if that explains enough of it, but if the Pats ball was inflated at bare legal minimum in a very warm room (with or without malice), and the Colt's was inflated at the highest legal max in a cold room... you might get exactly the result we got, and it's legal... the intent may or may not have been cheating, but it's actually effing clever if they did that... Not sure the math works though.
But I can respect "playing with the rules with science" - not flat out taking air out, that's cheating...