Maybe I am off base here, but for the life of me I cannot understand the following two common sense points; (sorry if posted twice, my daughter hit the phone)
1) you cannot use the colts balls as a control group unless you know;
A. The balls reached equilibrium temp before measurement at the beginning of game as did the pats.
B. The balls were measured at the same time as the pats were at half time (what likely happened are the balls warmed up closer to room temp near the end of half)
2. What I still don't understand why nobody brings up the fact the ideal gas law accounts for most of the deflation of the pats ball. Are they stating the ball attendant removed ~.3 psi of air only for a couple of balls? This makes zero sense to me.
These two points adds major holes in my mind.
1) you cannot use the colts balls as a control group unless you know;
A. The balls reached equilibrium temp before measurement at the beginning of game as did the pats.
B. The balls were measured at the same time as the pats were at half time (what likely happened are the balls warmed up closer to room temp near the end of half)
2. What I still don't understand why nobody brings up the fact the ideal gas law accounts for most of the deflation of the pats ball. Are they stating the ball attendant removed ~.3 psi of air only for a couple of balls? This makes zero sense to me.
These two points adds major holes in my mind.
