We embarrassed Harbaugh because he didn't know the rules. He looked up and his buddy was coming ot Foxboro next. I don't think its too hard to guess after just playing in 20 degree weather that the balls could get underinflated. So he told his buddy to warn the officials that they suspect it. If they were fine no one would know.
It´s conjecture, but if true, I can´t see how the other NFL teams will look at the Colts and Pagano in a favorable light. You have former players, former coaches, current players, current coaches, management, all of them declaring how they manipulate footballs and how this whole thing is no big deal. Look at the timeline:
- Colts staff reports the football to the NFL officials. Remember this is the 2nd time they reported something like this, but they were essentially told "okay, whatever". Your team lost.
- Refs don´t make a big stink about it, game plays on and the Patriots crush the Colts
- After the game, a source within the Colts organization tells Kravitz about the football situation
- Kravitz tweets it out, gets picked up by the national media, and chaos ensues
- Pagano and his crew deny ever reporting the football, then it comes out that they did, and he doesn´t want to comment on it.
Why doesn´t he want to comment on it? Because he knows he messed up. Someone in his organization reported it to Kravitz who is a known Patriots hater and will do anything to get a negative story on the Patriots out there. The Colts created an unnecessary headache for the league during their build to the Super Bowl. Of all the times in the world, during the Super Bowl. And, it´s an issue most teams do not have a problem with if the Patriots did what they did. If they are innocent, the Colts and Kravitz created an uproar over nothing. Nice job there Indy.
