Peter King: Footballs were tampered with by human

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/23/deflategate-patriots-super-bowl-xlix/

Sorry i thought this warranted its own thread. Seems like PK has some more info

The condition of the footballs on Sunday is coming into clarity.
This is significant, because it takes weather-as-a-factor out of the possible reasons why New England’s footballs could have lost air while the balls on Indianapolis’ sidelines would have stayed fully inflated. I am told reliably that:

• The 12 footballs used in the first half for New England, and the 12 footballs used by the Colts, all left the officials’ locker room before the game at the prescribed pressure level of between 12.5 pounds per square inch and 13.5 PSI.

• All 24 footballs were checked by pressure gauge at halftime. I am told either 11 or 12 of New England’s footballs (ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported it was 11, and I hear it could have been all 12) had at least two pounds less pressure in them. All 12 Indianapolis footballs were at the prescribed level.

• All 24 footballs were checked by pressure gauge after the game. All 24 checked at the correct pressure—which is one of the last pieces of the puzzle the league needed to determine with certainty that something fishy happened with the Patriots footballs, because the Colts’ balls stayed correctly inflated for the nearly four hours. There had been reports quoting atmospheric experts that cold weather could deflate footballs. But if the Patriots’ balls were all low, and the Colts’ balls all legit, that quashes that theorem.

The conclusion: There is little doubt the New England footballs were tampered with by a human.

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Peter King is a moron who doesn't understand basic physics would be a more appropriate title here.

Big-T said:

Peter King is a moron who doesn't understand basic physics would be a more appropriate title here.

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So you're saying it was much colder on our sidelines. Ok. That's believable.

More snippets of information leaked, but the NFL stays silent, all the while their rumbswabs gain social media followers...

All 24 footballs were checked by pressure gauge after the game. All 24 checked at the correct pressure—which is one of the last pieces of the puzzle the league needed to determine with certainty that something fishy happened with the Patriots footballs, because the Colts’ balls stayed correctly inflated for the nearly four hours. There had been reports quoting atmospheric experts that cold weather could deflate footballs. But if the Patriots’ balls were all low, and the Colts’ balls all legit, that quashes that theorem.

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Its this last paragraph that is throwing me for a loop.

Does it mean that the Patriot footballs "mysteriously" refilled themselves by the end of the game? Or does it mean that they didn't lose any more PSI after being refilled by the refs?

And none of that answers questions about what temperature these balls were filled up at, what psi they reported in at and what temperature the testing was done at.

Agenda-driven baseless accusations as is his wont now.

BadMoFo said:

So you're saying it was much colder on our sidelines. Ok. That's believable.

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No, it takes 10 minutes for a Football to warm back up.

If the Colts Footballs were tested after the Patriots ones they would have warmed up enough to pass a gauge test.

It really is incredibly simple.

Option A- The balls were not at the prescribed pressure before the game or were at the minimum because the refs don't check 50 balls with a guage cuz it's not that big of a ****ing deal. The Colts balls may have been higher to begin with, all balls at lower pressure then they started due to weather.

Option B- secret ninja deflates balls in front of millions. Ninja may be invisible.

Peter King- let's lead with story B

He has obviously started with a conclusion in mind and evolved a tortured justification to support it.

I'd bet they were NEVER checked with a pressure gauge before the game.

Peter King is a douchebag and NFL FO lackey. It's pretty clear that there are those with high positions in the league that have an agenda against the Pats.

BadMoFo said:

So you're saying it was much colder on our sidelines. Ok. That's believable.

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You do realize that the Colts could have inflated their balls to the top of the spectrum or over inflated them, so the weather still kept them in normal psi range, right?

The Colts had absolutely no balls whatsoever on Sunday..... Peter King has never been an athlete, but is always an athletic supporter, who has been perpetually butthurt ever since Coach started treating him like dung.

Before the Colts ever landed in Foxboro, they knew the balls would be an issue and would be checked & rechecked. It was their "nuclear bomb" to pull out if they lost 31-28.

Thus they pumped their footballs up to 14, WITHIN the error bars of the gauge itself and passing as being "about 13.5".

They fell to 12.5 during the game and were legal

Balls starting at 12.5 fell to 11 and were illegal

It does not take Einstein's wisdom to see this

Still once again no "real" numbers and changing numbers. ..first it was some was all the way down to 9...now he says it was 11....and still no report of what they actually were measured at before the game (If they even were properly checked) just the legal measurements. And once again a "reliable source" told him, If your source is so reliable and knows this info for sure put a name to them! !!!
Here I'll put this out there....a reliable source told me the refs didn't even properly check the ball's before the game they just squeezed them......I'd their not confident enough to put their name to it don't report it!! And hey I'm one that says IF the pats did this on purpose....release your findings and punishment and move on! Well guess the nfl will get one thing out of this....better ratings for the game I can't tell you how many people who don't even watch football who are talking about this!

Palm Beach Pats Fan said:

this does not take Einstein's wisdom to see this

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There were certain aspects of Einstein's intelligence that were off the charts, but wise the man was not. I always chuckle when people cite his definition of insanity.

SVN said:

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/23/deflategate-patriots-super-bowl-xlix/

• The 12 footballs used in the first half for New England, and the 12 footballs used by the Colts, all left the officials’ locker room before the game at the prescribed pressure level of between 12.5 pounds per square inch and 13.5 PSI.

• All 24 footballs were checked by pressure gauge at halftime. I am told either 11 or 12 of New England’s footballs (ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported it was 11, and I hear it could have been all 12) had at least two pounds less pressure in them. All 12 Indianapolis footballs were at the prescribed level.

• All 24 footballs were checked by pressure gauge after the game. All 24 checked at the correct pressure—which is one of the last pieces of the puzzle the league needed to determine with certainty that something fishy happened with the Patriots footballs, because the Colts’ balls stayed correctly inflated for the nearly four hours. There had been reports quoting atmospheric experts that cold weather could deflate footballs. But if the Patriots’ balls were all low, and the Colts’ balls all legit, that quashes that theorem.

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Note one issue, which may lie at the heart of this whole nonsense saga: The 12 Patriots footballs all left the officials' locker room at the prescribed pressure level according to King. Were they "officially" checked via pressure gauge before the game? King does not say this. He does, however, specifically mention "pressure gauges" both at half-time and after the game, which is irrelevant. If the officials did a squeeze test rather than a gauge test before the game started, then the Pats are completely off the hook. This would be a lot easier if the NFL made specific allegations. They say nothing. It is persecution via supposed insider leaked information to NFL lackey "investigative reporters." The NFL needs to make specific allegations. Otherwise, all that we have seen or read is nothing but uncorroborated speculation.

Most disgusting thing about all this is the NFL is leaking critical pieces of info to let simpletons conclude without critical questioning. E.g, it is very easy to put all balls back in room temp for an hour and measure what the pressure was. Did they do that? Remember these footballs are broken in differently for each quarterback so their characteristics could be different.

more leaks. the nfl is a joke. they are backed into corner here and dont know how to get out.

I'm going to repeat what I said in another thread. The first thing this does is prove Peter King is an idiot (again).

The second thing it does is in fact prove that it was the weather and it points to what likely happened. These 12 footballs are likely Brady's favorites that he's used for a while -- so they're older, beat up, scuffed, etc. So much so that it actually slightly impacted the structural integrity of the ball - making it more susceptible to losing and gaining pressure due to weather conditions. If these balls were in too bad a shape to be considered in playable conditions, that's on the refs as they're supposed to be checking that.

There had been reports quoting atmospheric experts that cold weather could deflate footballs.

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No, you ****ing halfwit. The balls don't "deflate" they just read lower pressure with the same amount of air. Seriously, they teach this **** to children in grade school, and PK has been combing over it for a week and still remains confused.

the poop keeps getting deeper.........listened to breer this morning on 98.5......he basically said that brady should get the benefit of the doubt and that this should all fall on BB because he's been in trouble before and that that in itself overrides the fact that head coaches almost don't get involved with game balls on game days.

this officially concludes 'deflate-gate' and now has become 'get-belichik-gate'