Anyone catch the Belicheat news conference that just went down?

[harls]

I've heard the argument from Pats fans that Luck likes the ball at the high end range, meaning 13.5 which is why the Colts balls didn't show up as illegal. If the weather caused the Pats balls to drop 2 PSI down to 10, then in theory the same weather should have dropped the Colts balls down 2 PSI, which would be 11.5, which would also be illegal.

If the Colts balls stayed in the legal range, are they saying it was colder on the Pats sideline?

Itsbeing reported that the 2 psi is wrong and that it was over 1 PSI and the media outlet rounded up to 2. We also do not know what the starting PSI was on the colts balls. Aaron Rodgers has stated that they overinflated their balls and see if they pass, maybe the colts did the same.


Honestly I think the patriots likely submitted their balls underinflated and the official didn't bother using a gauge to see if they were in range before the game. Technically breaking the rule but hard to fault them when the official didn't do there jobs.

[harls]

If the temperature change to a reported 51 degrees at kickoff from "room temperature" created this big a difference, why haven't the Packers ever had this issue reported?

The packers inflate there balls to more then 13.5 lbs according to Aaron Rodgers. Plus teams do not cry about the packers beating them the way they do when the patriots do.

[TerpEagle]

Keep fighting the good fight?

Why is this a national issue?


Let's take a look......................


Does the Today Show ever talk football? Nope, but it sure did this past week.


How about the news whore Brian Williams and his Nightly News? They reported on Defaltergate EVERY night this week; and THREE TIMES it was the LEAD STORY!!!


Now.........what network is televising the SB? If you somehow managed to come up with NBC, then you'd be correct.


What a steaming pile of crap!

The Pats need your support after not winning a Super Bowl since they were last caught cheating.

And honestly, would you rather they lead with some Mike Huckabee jingle about the secular theocracy running America?

[Overbrook]

Both you and McCarthy totaly miss my point.

It has nothing to do with the Pats cheating. Of course Brady's full of shit when he claims innocence. Even if he had no hand in deflating the balls, he absolutely knew the balls were under-inflated and did nothing. I am not in any way defending him or the Pats.


What I'm saying is that this has presented Zero Goodell and NBC with a great opportunity of which that they have both taken advantage.


NBC, which will televise SB X-LICKS, presents it every day; even using it as the lead story on their national news. Nothing like promoting a football game, for which you have paid tons of $$$$$$, like it's even more important than the Middle East, State of the Union, beheading Japanese journalists, etc. Brian Williams only proved he's an NBC whore for football ratings above being a serious newsperson.


As for Zero Goodell, boy is he loving this. Soft footballs sure sound less menacing than rape, child abuse, spousal abuse and a host of other felonies.


Just more bullshit from the NFL, and the hungry proletariat fall for it hook, line, and sinker.

[McCarthy12]

Yeah, I agree with you. I'm just enjoying it despite its ridiculousness because it's the Pats.

[RSE]

Belichick and Carroll. Great coaches, mediocre men.

[TerpEagle]

Yeah, I agree with you. I'm just enjoying it despite its ridiculousness because it's the Pats.

I agree 100% to both points. The NFL is run by scumbags who gladly prefer a controversy that affect THE GAME on THE FIELD. THE SHIELD must be protected from deflated balls and gold shoes.

The Patriots just represent a very visceral embodiment of that scumbagedness.