(Link) That same shady Colts ballboy who measured the ball

[upstater1]

at 11 PSI when it was 11.8 just did something even shadier:

http://thornography.weei.com/sports...ys-suspicious-activity/#.VflyBafjXII.facebook

Guy dives on the ball after the Bills' Williams goes out of bounds after an interception. That guy did not want anyone checking out that ball.

 

[archstanton543]

Thorton's an odd-looking guy, isn't he?

 

[Sicilian]

He looked like the shrooms just kicked in and he thought he was in the game recovering a fumble.

 

[signbabybrady]

Sources say there was stick um all over the ball.

 

[patfanken]

Wow. That really IS suspicious, especially where their"ballboy" looks to be 50 years old. You can't help but notice that he immediately gives it to someone else, who takes the ball further from the sidelines, while the "ballboy" retreats to his original position, looking like the cat who swallowed the canary.

There is no earthly reason of him to act that way. He literally took the ball out of Williams hands. WHY would he act that way?.....unless there was something about that ball that they didn't want getting out.

WOW again! that clip needs to get spread, and while we know it will never be shown on BSPN, other media whores looking to create contraversy where there probably is none, will at least start asking questions and demanding answers from the Colt organization. The possibility of breaking a story with that much irony is just TOO juicy for the ordinary mediot to pass up.

 

[Nitro]

well that right there is more evidence of ball tampering then the nfl had with the patriots. wheres the fines, lost picks, and massive suspensions?

 

[upstater1]

The whole D-F#%$-Gate was a damn setup. Kensil and the keystone cops wanted to really jam Bob Kraft.

Then again, it's not that hard to screw over Kraft.

 

[Froob]

Send it to Florio and Peter King and whoever else.

 

[JMC00]

Thorton makes one mistake. He calls him a ball boy but ball boys don't travel. So he must be an equipment guy which makes it more suspicious

 

[turkeyneck]

What official role does the guy in the orange "X" have? He winds up with the ball.

 

[neuronet]

Curran....do your thing, bro.

 

[Mack Herron]

After being permitted to gauge the ball in the AFC Championship sting operation I assume Grigson and the Colts are exempt.

 

[Concussion Protocol]

There's not much that can be done to footballs to make them illegal. If any substance was on the balls, the officials would notice. As for inflating/deflating the balls, I highly doubt any team is doing that after this past offseason. It certainly looks bizarre, but maybe they spend a lot of time prepping the balls and they just don't want to lose one if they don't have to.

Regardless, nobody will care, it's just the Colts

 

[signbabybrady]

Thorton makes one mistake. He calls him a ball boy but ball boys don't travel. So he must be an equipment guy which makes it more suspicious

Thornton's mistake was not including 30+ unnamed sources. He should have at least included league sources say they will investigate. That would get picked up and the NFL would have to either investigate or deny the rumor they were ever going to investigate.

 

[memento]

I'm not going to hold my breath for this story to gain traction. The Patriots are held to a different standard than the rest of the league. It would make a good internet meme though if there weren't half a dozen butts in the way of a decent screenshot.

 

[Todd Bradley]

Someone send it to Florio.

Two can play the "he said, she said" game....

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

Regardless, nobody will care, it's just the Colts

The statement should read:

Regardless, nobody will care, it's not the Pats

 

[Koma]

That is unusual behavior. It's not like the ball rolled away from Williams and he was letting it go. Williams was trying to pick the ball up when the Colts guy dove on it.

Given the complaint by Jacksonville that Colts ball boys would hide needles in their sleeves to doctor footballs, I wonder what the PSI of that ball was. I wonder if Williams felt the ball was "spongy."

If only someone in the media would jump to conclusions and make things up about the Colts based on this incident.

Then again, the NFL could apply the same "logic" that they did with the Panthers warming footballs on the sidelines in Minnesota: We have clear evidence that this violation occurred. There was no question about what was being done and who was doing it. Therefore, it is much less serious than an event we're not even sure occurred.

 

[Dr Pain]

An unnamed but knowledgeable source told me that the Colts pump their balls up with hydrogen rather than air. Hydrogen is half the weight of Helium and is much lighter than air.

When asked about it, an unnamed Colts equipment personal stated:

"This is completely legal as the rule only specify PSI (Pounds Per Square Inch of pressure) not which gas should be used to reach this PSI! We had experimented with nitrous oxide but the owner kept huffing the ball."

He went on to say

"The lighter balls achieved with Hydrogen may help explain some of the floaters Luck has thrown such as the one in the video being discussed. " and "The ball boy grabbed the ball as we don't want other teams stealing our secrets."

 

[TommyD4207]

We had experimented with nitrous oxide but the owner kept huffing the ball."

This is the part where I realized that post was completely true.