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[quote=Anonymous][quote]More seriously, I'm no scientist, but if they inflated the balls to (lowest allowed by regulation) 12.5 psi inside, where it was like 70 degrees, and carried them outside into the cold, wouldn't some additional deflation happen naturally? Or not that quick? [/quote]

I read a piece about this earlier today (sorry, I forget where -- no link) and it said that the difference in temperature would account for about 1 psi, but these balls were all underinflated by 2 psi, and it was hard to come up with another explanation for the additional pound.

Hard to know why the Colts' balls wouldn't also have been underinflated by 1 psi for the same reason, unless the Colts were inflating beyond the minimum.  The range is 12.5 to 13.5 psi, so a 13.5 psi ball indoors at room temperature would still be 12.5 outside, and a ball that started at 12.5 would be less.  But not 2 psi less.

With 11 of 12 balls low by 2 psi, and no other apparent explanation, that looks like cheating.

Madden was also pretty persuasive today in reasoning that Brady must have known.  He handles the ball on every play; it's just the way he likes it; and nobody, but nobody in the Pats organization would F with the footballs without checking with Brady.  OTOH Madden thought it was perfectly plausible that it could be between Brady and one of the equipment guys, without Belichik knowing.  
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