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While the balls were presumably inflated indoors to NFL standards two hours before kickoff, Franklin said temperatures in the low 40s could adversely affect air pressure in the balls.
"Absolutely," he said. "It's pretty basic physics that when something that's inflated cools off, the pressure goes down."
Franklin's theory is that tampering was unlikely, but rather the cool air was a factor.
"It actually comes out to be a pound and a half, if you add up the numbers correctly," he said. "If one measured a pound and a half or two pounds from that, I would say there's no evidence that it's no more than basic physics."
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