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Belichick is going to be suspended for the Super Bowl people.
That's my opinion here. The game will still go on.
How do you know he knew one thing about this?
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Belichick is going to be suspended for the Super Bowl people.
That's my opinion here. The game will still go on.
This is probably wishful thinking, but I thought the following expln took care of the matter: after 1/2 time the balls were harder acc to this.9:30
This is unconfirmed
Mort and ESPN reporting after Refs found 11/12 balls under inflated at halftime, they were re-inflated BUT Pats took them out of play and used 12 other balls they had on field, ANOTHER violation of rules as these 12 other balls were never inspected by officials.
This is unconfirmed
Mort and ESPN reporting after Refs found 11/12 balls under inflated at halftime, they were re-inflated BUT Pats took them out of play and used 12 other balls they had on field, ANOTHER violation of rules as these 12 other balls were never inspected by officials.
All this for a press conference time?This is probably wishful thinking, but I thought this expln took care of the matter: after 1/2 time the balls were harder acc to this.
This came from WEEI's blog. Seems to answer the "cheating" questions, at least for Pats fans. For the haters, well, that's a different matter.
"The Patriots used 12 backup footballs for the second half of Sunday’s AFC championship game after issues were found with most of the original 12 balls used by the offense in the first half, an organizational source told WEEI’s Joe Zarbano.
Team spokesman Stacey James confirmed to WEEI.com that the team had 24 footballs available, 12 of which were tested by the officials pregame and another dozen stored inside as backups.
After the officials found that the majority of the balls used in the first half were below the acceptable PSI as mandated by the NFL, the backup balls were brought in. According to the source, the backup balls were tested and found to be at the correct levels, and subsequently put into play — just barely in time, as the second half already had started by the time the testing was completed. This is why the officials stopped play and swapped out the kicking ball on the first play from scrimmage of the second half.
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported late Tuesday night that 11 of the 12 game balls were underinflated. WEEI.com’s source recalled either 10 or 11 balls being a problem."
This is unconfirmed
Mort and ESPN reporting after Refs found 11/12 balls under inflated at halftime, they were re-inflated BUT Pats took them out of play and used 12 other balls they had on field, ANOTHER violation of rules as these 12 other balls were never inspected by officials.
I think you may have way too much faith in / respect for the NFL.
They (Ozzie and Harbaugh) "filed a complaint",.
Really? When?
As much as I'd like to be a realist like sum essay, there are a lot of contradictions in these stories. I actually don't put much credence in the Glazer story because if that's true, then there's a lot more going on behind the scenes, and it's ugly. If the NFL had foreknowledge and was so cavalier about this, then you have to wonder if this is all hype like pro wrestling. Any responsible group with foreknowledge would have either informed the Patriots or at the very least kept an eye on the balls. And if they didn't do either of those things, it's because they wanted this to happen.
I think we're talking past each other. What I'm specifically talking about is Rodgers saying the refs are not that thorough in their checks. Then there's the former ballboy who says that the refs perform a squeeze check.
If the Patriots gave under inflated balls and the refs performed a squeeze check, they are not going to find the devious deflater.
This is unconfirmed:
The pats balls were under inflated to compensate for the magnets they put in them. A glove found in a dumpster at Gillette was also unconfirmed to have magnets in it.
This is unconfirmed
Mort and ESPN reporting after Refs found 11/12 balls under inflated at halftime, they were re-inflated BUT Pats took them out of play and used 12 other balls they had on field, ANOTHER violation of rules as these 12 other balls were never inspected by officials.
So just ignore what I wrote then.
How do you know he knew one thing about this?
ShmessyHow do you know he knew one thing about this?