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no.. second half balls were retested to be put in play, found to be under, inflated -outside on field- to specs and used, psi would hold
The Gas Law PV=nRT provides the relationship of pressure P, to temperature T. If the footballs were tested at indoor heated temperature before the game at 75degrees when carried out to the rain and cold of the football game they would experience a temperature change 25-30 degrees. That naturally can yield a difference of 1.0- 1.6 degrees depending on the air temperature of the compressed air. A football with a 75 degree pressure of 12.5 to 13 PSI would naturally decline by this amount, and be below specs.
A hypothetical football inflated pregame indoors to 13.5 PSi would decline to around 11.5 PSI outdoors in the cold and remain in specs.
There is a simple natural and completely harmless answer that the MEDIOTS never knew enough to consider.
If the footballs were tested at halftime, it means the footballs were cold and wet, and at ambient outdoor temperature, say 45 degrees. Depending on where they where-inflated the incoming, inflating air would be cooled by the footballs and more air would have been put into them at halftime and inflated to the proper range in that 15 minute period. the weight of incoming air to raise pressure by up to 2 pounds, is merely a gram or two, weight of a small piece of paper and would be chilled by the mass of the pigskin and bladder quickly. They would not likely vary much as they admitted.
Summary, In the words of the immortal Bard: "Much Ado About Nothing."
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