The Weather Man Did It!

I am sick to death hearing the long legged TV anchor babes and their brainless football jock friends belabor the mystery of the deflated footballs used by Tom Brady and the Patriots when they demolished the hapless Indianapolis Colts in last week's playoff game. The problem is not some perceived trickery by the New England Patriots and their staff; rather, it is a failure of these people to understand the basis rules of physics. It really as simple as this. The footballs undoubtedly were stored and checked for conformity at room temperature and then, prior to game time, removed to the freezing cold football field before the game (slaughter). Most educated people know that gas expands when heated and, more importantly in this case, contracts when cooled. In this respect, Goodyear estimated that tire pressure goes down one to two pounds per square inch for every 10 degrees Fahrenheit fall in temperature. A decrease in temperature of 40 or so degrees Fahrenheit could easily have resulted in a one or two psi drop in the pressure of the footballs in question, and it undoubtedly did!

No deception, fraud or dishonesty on the part of the Patriots or their staff, just the laws of physics that apparently are unknown to those in the media who write and talk about the meaningless game of football! Nope, when all is said and done, the damned weatherman did it!