OMG - this football thing is out of hand.
I think I know what happened. The Pats used warmer than room temp air to inflate the ball to the bottom end of the proper pressure range right before the officials checked them. The balls pass. They don't feel warmer because they are made of naturally heat insulating materials. You could use them to safely grab an oven pan. After several hours the balls cool to the cooler outdoor temps, the air contracts and the football is now at a lower pressure.
The funny thing - any football inflated to the bottom end of the regulation scale inside and them brought outside in winter will "deflate" to a lower pressure out of spec.
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...to make them lighter
on the delta volume of the bladder, so I don't actually know, though I suspect (with no proof) that the delta V would be very small. But I do know that the air coming directly out of my 5 HP compressor is definitely hot, and air that has been in the tank for awhile (notice the precise measurement?
) is at ambient temp and cools as it is released.
I didn't mean to start an argument, or even say what really happened, I just wanted folks to know that the temp of the air being used to inflate the balls can vary from ambient for several reasons.
What do you think of the fact that most people are jumping right to the conclusion that someone on the Pat's team must have done it, and not someone looking to get the Pats in trouble or embarrassed, even maybe the refs? Yes, there is the issue of motive, but there could be several.
...tells us they aren't denying the balls were doctored; so all 'outside air temperature' defenses are now just a bunch of hot air.
he's misleading you. 
Just know that pats fans cheat and lie. lol
Never take their word for anything.
A competitive disadvantage that the media chooses to ignore. 
Those devilish Pats had one in reserve for Hail Mary situations, because nobody cheats better than the Patriots!
I think it demonstrates that it's not an open and shut case, but that the perception is that there is an advantage gained. It would be stupid of me to argue it makes no difference, but I'm still unconvinced that it makes a significant difference in game conditions. Marginal, at best. Of course, at this level of competition, that's a good enough motive - look at swimmers shaving their body hair for .001 second, or speed skater's uniforms, golfer's clubs and balls, etc... (All of which are legal until they change the rules.)
I'm not condoning cheating, but trying to keep it in perspective. A guest on Chris Hayes' show (I think) compared it to a major traffic investigation over a failure to signal a lane change. 
The NFL just needs to admit they screwed up when they changed the rules on this under pressure from the QB's (Brady included) and rethink the whole issue.
As for the Pats, I don't see anyone falling on their sword for this. (Unless Kraft grants them a magic parachute to survive the fall.) The league will probably fine them $25G x 11 and maybe a draft pick. No individual punishment for Brady or BB without direct proof of complicity.
in Midtown Manhattan while Belicheat was screaming at the patrons in the restaurant.
I have to retire this picture now:
.... extensively practiced, including scuffing, sanding, soaking in water (not on game day), sanding.
Brady say he inspected each ball 5 hours before kick-off, and they were inspected for pressure 2 hours before kick-off, at which time the officials kept control of them until kick-off.
Let's envision a literal warming up procedure long enough to raise the temperature internally to the 90's (still cooler than skin temperature). This could probably be done either with warm air inflation, but also through external warming.
The 40 degree drop to outside temperature could account for the 2 PSI drop after temperature equilibration, but would not on balls that were not warmed.
Certainly needle decompression is a possibility, but some "conditioning/warm-up" protocol involving heat prior to the official inspection 2 hours before game time has the interesting bonus feature that it might allow those involved to rationalize their actions, claim ignorance of the laws of physics, claim they were simply legally warming up/conditioning the balls, and deny any knowledge that this would result in a pressure change, and hope that if caught, that their claims would result in a less than harsh penalty.
