Patriots being investigated after Colts game (5 Viewers)

[Deamon]

Pats just landed in AZ. Supposedly the planes tire pressure was down upon arrival and that flight attendants are being interviewed.

More leaks at 7.

Ouch. Rough attempt.

 

[T J]

I honestly do not think there is any doubt whatsoever that the air was let out intentionally and I also think Brady is lying through his teeth.

I consider myself pretty unbiased on this, but to me, it's pretty obvious they intentionally broke the rules - if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it's a duck...that sort of thing.

 

[General Tso]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

 

[James Daulton]

I honestly do not think there is any doubt whatsoever that the air was let out intentionally and I also think Brady is lying through his teeth.

I consider myself pretty unbiased on this, but to me, it's pretty obvious they intentionally broke the rules - if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it's a duck...that sort of thing.

Of course this is the case. The only question is whether or not the league will punish their beloved Pats. I'm sure Robert would frown upon any significant punishment his buddy hands down.

 

[Dezbelief]

So do the refs mark the balls nspected by neddledick or something?

 

[GoBirds]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

Nothing to worry about at all, BB did a science experiment. All is good.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Roger Goodell: *Consider yourself in Contempt!*
Jim Irsay: *coach Belichick, did you order the balls deflated?*
Roger Goodell: You *don't* have to answer that question!
Bill Belichick: I'll answer the question!
[to Irsay]
Bill Belichick: You want answers?
Irsay: I think I'm entitled to.
Bill Belichick: *You want answers?*
Irsay: *I WANT THE TRUTH!*
Bill Belichick: *YOU CAN`T HANDLE THE TRUTH!*

 

[Dan Lambskin]

isn't the word that the balls were only 1 pound below, not the 2 initially reported?

so we are only talking 8%

But then you can't send out a headline grabbing tweet

 

[Leroy Hoard]

If my balls were 1 pound lighter I know I would feel the difference.

 

[General Tso]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

Nothing to worry about at all, BB did a science experiment. All is good.

I'm actually pretty confident in the science part of it. The HeadSmart experiment and some work I've seen from a highly respected MIT guy on another site show pretty conclusively that the ball pressure can change up to 2 psi due to atmospheric conditions. I haven't seen one experiment conducted yet that disproves this, and I'd love to see it if someone can find it. All I've heard to the contrary are overblown (pun intended) slight of hand opinions from guys like Bill Nye that focus only on disproving a certain part of BB's story (ie - friction can't cause a significant change in air pressure).

 

[PatsWillWin]

Belichick set this all up through his Goodell/Kraft connection to provide super-motivation for the team.

 

[James Daulton]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

Nothing to worry about at all, BB did a science experiment. All is good.

I'm actually pretty confident in the science part of it. The HeadSmart experiment and some work I've seen from a highly respected MIT guy on another site show pretty conclusively that the ball pressure can change up to 2 psi due to atmospheric conditions. I haven't seen one experiment conducted yet that disproves this, and I'd love to see it if someone can find it. All I've heard to the contrary are overblown (pun intended) slight of hand opinions from guys like Bill Nye that focus only on disproving a certain part of BB's story (ie - friction can't cause a significant change in air pressure).

Why didn't the Colts balls change then?

 

[12punch]

Two things strike me in this newest twist-

1) By the rules, "the balls shall remain under the supervision of the Referee until they are delivered to the ball attendant just prior to the start of the game". Was the guy in question the 'ball attendant'? The rules dont say, but the inference is that the balls would be delivered on the field. It kinda defeats the entire purpose of the refs having custody of the balls for some dude from a team to go walking off with them in th bowels of their building. But maybe hindsight is 20/20.

I believe the ball transportation engineer is an nfl employee -- not pats employee

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Two things strike me in this newest twist-

1) By the rules, "the balls shall remain under the supervision of the Referee until they are delivered to the ball attendant just prior to the start of the game". Was the guy in question the 'ball attendant'? The rules dont say, but the inference is that the balls would be delivered on the field. It kinda defeats the entire purpose of the refs having custody of the balls for some dude from a team to go walking off with them in th bowels of their building. But maybe hindsight is 20/20.

I believe the ball transportation engineer is an nfl employee -- not pats employee

he had to take a leak

 

[kyoun1e]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

My sentiments as well.

Listening to Brady over the years, my gut tells me he isn't a liar.

Feel the same way towards Bill although clearly he likes to cut corners.

If it turns out both are lying it will be the upset of the century in my mind.

And I too will completely bail on NE Patriots football.

All that said, I don't think this is how it's going to shake out.

 

[mbuehner]

Two things strike me in this newest twist-

1) By the rules, "the balls shall remain under the supervision of the Referee until they are delivered to the ball attendant just prior to the start of the game". Was the guy in question the 'ball attendant'? The rules dont say, but the inference is that the balls would be delivered on the field. It kinda defeats the entire purpose of the refs having custody of the balls for some dude from a team to go walking off with them in th bowels of their building. But maybe hindsight is 20/20.

I believe the ball transportation engineer is an nfl employee -- not pats employee

he had to take a leak

Finally, we can get some luminal involved in this motha.

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

So the breaking news today is that the NFL has interest in the person who the refs handed the balls to 10 minutes prior to kick off?

 

[General Tso]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

Nothing to worry about at all, BB did a science experiment. All is good.

I'm actually pretty confident in the science part of it. The HeadSmart experiment and some work I've seen from a highly respected MIT guy on another site show pretty conclusively that the ball pressure can change up to 2 psi due to atmospheric conditions. I haven't seen one experiment conducted yet that disproves this, and I'd love to see it if someone can find it. All I've heard to the contrary are overblown (pun intended) slight of hand opinions from guys like Bill Nye that focus only on disproving a certain part of BB's story (ie - friction can't cause a significant change in air pressure).

Why didn't the Colts balls change then?

We don't know yet that the balls were measured pregame. So if Indy inflated the balls to 13.5 then a 1 psi drop due to atmospheric change would still keep them within range when measured at halftime.

 

[mbuehner]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

Nothing to worry about at all, BB did a science experiment. All is good.

I'm actually pretty confident in the science part of it. The HeadSmart experiment and some work I've seen from a highly respected MIT guy on another site show pretty conclusively that the ball pressure can change up to 2 psi due to atmospheric conditions. I haven't seen one experiment conducted yet that disproves this, and I'd love to see it if someone can find it. All I've heard to the contrary are overblown (pun intended) slight of hand opinions from guys like Bill Nye that focus only on disproving a certain part of BB's story (ie - friction can't cause a significant change in air pressure).

Why didn't the Colts balls change then?

Read any one of the other 96 pages. Cliffs notes: we have no data on the Colts balls to speak of, nor do we know if they were filled inside or outside.

 

[mbuehner]

Is this thing really going to hinge on the Refs not being bothered to carry a bag of footballs from their locker-room to the field?

 

[White Lightning]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

Nothing to worry about at all, BB did a science experiment. All is good.

BB and his minions are like Phillip Morris in the 60s. Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[General Tso]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

 

[The Kerminator]

Just got home from work. What's this I hear that the NFL is zeroing in on a ball attendant (a NE Patriot employee?)? But I thought it was all over when BB held his dog and pony show of a press conference on Saturday.

 

[The Kerminator]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

 

[mbuehner]

If the ball attendant story ends up being true- hardest hit, Sharp Football Analysis. Suddenly will have to explain how the Patriots are so good at not losing fumbles on the road.

 

[GoBirds]

If the ball attendant story ends up being true- hardest hit, Sharp Football Analysis. Suddenly will have to explain how the Patriots are so good at not losing fumbles on the road.

Heard on radio average in NFL is 1 fumble/105 carries.....Pats 1/186 carries. That's impressive.

 

[JIslander]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

 

[Flying Elvis]

The pendulum swings!

Next leak will be describing how video shows a less dense bag when he exits the room. Is it because he deflated them, or dropped off half of them as the backups? We'll never know . . . until after the super bowl!

 

[moleculo]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

 

[Run It Up]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

Pats balls were reportedly reinflated at halftime and put back in play.

 

[moleculo]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

Pats balls were reportedly reinflated at halftime and put back in play.

thank you. That kind of deflates the sting operation, no? Nothing like destroying the only hard evidence you have.

Makes me think there was no pre-planned sting.

 

[General Tso]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

You guys are all knowledgeable football fans. The crap BB does has been going on for decades. In the late 80's the Giants played the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at San Fran. As you know Bill Walsh used to script and rehearse the first 15 plays, so that no signals had to be called in from the sidelines. When the 49ers got the ball the first time, Walsh told the refs that his headset wasn't working, which meant that the Giants had to stop using their headsets as well and couldn't call in plays to the defense. San Fran marched down the field and scored easily. Parcells confronted Walsh after the game about it and said, "If you ever do that #### again I'm going to call you out on it". Walsh paused, then slyly remarked, "Just a little gamesmanship Bill".

 

[General Tso]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

The initial report was that the 12 backup balls were used. But late last week another report came out saying that the original 12 Pats balls were re-inflated and that's what was used the 2nd half.

 

[Run It Up]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

Pats balls were reportedly reinflated at halftime and put back in play.

thank you. That kind of deflates the sting operation, no? Nothing like destroying the only hard evidence you have.

Makes me think there was no pre-planned sting.

Idk, no one knows what prompted the officials to check the balls at all. All of the reports about teams warning the NFL/other teams have either been denied or ignored.

Like 90% of the stuff that has been reported on has been wrong.

 

[satch]

Just now checking in. Preparing all day for the snowmageddon.

The Glazer tweet has me a bit concerned, I have to admit. It seems unusual to me, unless the guy went to the bathroom, but even that is weird. Why wouldn't he go the can before pickings the balls? It raises questions.

Listening to EEI they said there are security cameras in the hallways. That's the only relevant info I heard. This leads to me to believe the Pats knew full well that this occurred before this leak came out.

Brady sounded believable to me in his interview today. I feel like if he were guilty of any wrongdoing he would have just said "I've been told not to comment onit anymore". Instead, he went out of is way to talk about how tough it was hearing people question his integrity last week. My gut tells me the Pats don't issue such detailed denials if they did anything wrong. They didn't do this during Spygate. They were very quiet throughout and I actually thought they did something wrong from day 1. Not here though.

That's my take on the latest developments. If it is found the Pats did tamper with balls here, I can tell you right now you won't be seeing me on this board anymore. I will be so disgusted with sports in general that I will drop out entirely from the scene and pursue other hobbies. Maybe start reading or something. I never fully got over the whole steroids mess in baseball, and all these scandals have really sapped away my interest in sports. It's no longer an escape, no longer fun and games.

But I still think the Pats are innocent here. If so, my anger and disappointment will be 100% channelled to the NFL.

Nothing to worry about at all, BB did a science experiment. All is good.

I'm actually pretty confident in the science part of it. The HeadSmart experiment and some work I've seen from a highly respected MIT guy on another site show pretty conclusively that the ball pressure can change up to 2 psi due to atmospheric conditions. I haven't seen one experiment conducted yet that disproves this, and I'd love to see it if someone can find it. All I've heard to the contrary are overblown (pun intended) slight of hand opinions from guys like Bill Nye that focus only on disproving a certain part of BB's story (ie - friction can't cause a significant change in air pressure).

Why didn't the Colts balls change then?

We don't know they didn't, do we?

 

[Chaz McNulty]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

Would he have sounded like a credible guy if he wasn't pushing your agenda that "the Pats in no way tampered with the footballs"?

 

[The Kerminator]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

You guys are all knowledgeable football fans. The crap BB does has been going on for decades. In the late 80's the Giants played the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at San Fran. As you know Bill Walsh used to script and rehearse the first 15 plays, so that no signals had to be called in from the sidelines. When the 49ers got the ball the first time, Walsh told the refs that his headset wasn't working, which meant that the Giants had to stop using their headsets as well and couldn't call in plays to the defense. San Fran marched down the field and scored easily. Parcells confronted Walsh after the game about it and said, "If you ever do that #### again I'm going to call you out on it". Walsh paused, then slyly remarked, "Just a little gamesmanship Bill".

That's all fine and dandy. But it was BB who stood in front of the mic on Saturday and arrogantly stated how the Pats never do anything to cross or even approach the line.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

Pats balls were reportedly reinflated at halftime and put back in play.

thank you. That kind of deflates the sting operation, no? Nothing like destroying the only hard evidence you have.

Makes me think there was no pre-planned sting.

Or they didn't want the Pats to play with illegal footballs for the 2nd half also.

 

[General Tso]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

Pats balls were reportedly reinflated at halftime and put back in play.

thank you. That kind of deflates the sting operation, no? Nothing like destroying the only hard evidence you have.Makes me think there was no pre-planned sting.

The issue of whether or not it was a sting is the most fascinating and perplexing part of this story. If it was a sting, you would think they'd have measured and marked each ball pregame so they could have an apples to apples comparison at halftime. You'd also think they would have watched the ball boy like a hawk and seen him inflating the balls, unless of course he did that in the Pats locker room en route to the field. You'd also think the refs would have videotaped both the pregame and halftime gauge measurements.Of course we are also assuming the NFL is capable of all of the above intelligent actions. That might be the worst assumption of all.

 

[GoBirds]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

You guys are all knowledgeable football fans. The crap BB does has been going on for decades. In the late 80's the Giants played the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at San Fran. As you know Bill Walsh used to script and rehearse the first 15 plays, so that no signals had to be called in from the sidelines. When the 49ers got the ball the first time, Walsh told the refs that his headset wasn't working, which meant that the Giants had to stop using their headsets as well and couldn't call in plays to the defense. San Fran marched down the field and scored easily. Parcells confronted Walsh after the game about it and said, "If you ever do that #### again I'm going to call you out on it". Walsh paused, then slyly remarked, "Just a little gamesmanship Bill".

That's all fine and dandy. But it was BB who stood in front of the mic on Saturday and arrogantly stated how the Pats never do anything to cross or even approach the line.

Exactly....funny watching the guys pimping BB half ### "science" changing the tune to their old tag line of everyone does it. Spin away.

 

[Run It Up]

I feel like if it was a sting, they would have caught them in the act instead of letting them get away with it for a half of the game...

 

[General Tso]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

Pats balls were reportedly reinflated at halftime and put back in play.

thank you. That kind of deflates the sting operation, no? Nothing like destroying the only hard evidence you have.Makes me think there was no pre-planned sting.

Idk, no one knows what prompted the officials to check the balls at all. All of the reports about teams warning the NFL/other teams have either been denied or ignored.

Like 90% of the stuff that has been reported on has been wrong.

Nobody wants to be known as the snitch here. But someone did snitch, whether it was before the game or during the game. The NFL wouldn't have launched an investigation unless someone initiated it through a complaint.I think it came from the Colts management.

 

[Run It Up]

quick question: were the Patriots balls re-inflated at halftime and put back into play, or were they kept inside during the 2nd half?

Pats balls were reportedly reinflated at halftime and put back in play.

thank you. That kind of deflates the sting operation, no? Nothing like destroying the only hard evidence you have.Makes me think there was no pre-planned sting.

Idk, no one knows what prompted the officials to check the balls at all. All of the reports about teams warning the NFL/other teams have either been denied or ignored.

Like 90% of the stuff that has been reported on has been wrong.

Nobody wants to be known as the snitch here. But someone did snitch, whether it was before the game or during the game. The NFL wouldn't have launched an investigation unless someone initiated it through a complaint.I think it came from the Colts management.

That was my original theory for who prompted it. Irsay specifically.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

You guys are all knowledgeable football fans. The crap BB does has been going on for decades. In the late 80's the Giants played the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at San Fran. As you know Bill Walsh used to script and rehearse the first 15 plays, so that no signals had to be called in from the sidelines. When the 49ers got the ball the first time, Walsh told the refs that his headset wasn't working, which meant that the Giants had to stop using their headsets as well and couldn't call in plays to the defense. San Fran marched down the field and scored easily. Parcells confronted Walsh after the game about it and said, "If you ever do that #### again I'm going to call you out on it". Walsh paused, then slyly remarked, "Just a little gamesmanship Bill".

That's all fine and dandy. But it was BB who stood in front of the mic on Saturday and arrogantly stated how the Pats never do anything to cross or even approach the line.

Exactly....funny watching the guys pimping BB half ### "science" changing the tune to their old tag line of everyone does it. Spin away.

It's funny to watch the apologist's message change as info comes out that doesn't fit their current agenda. After BB's 'science experiment', a couple of them got pretty arrogant about the situation and were laughing at all the "Haters". I'm definitely noticing a quieter tone today.

 

[General Tso]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

You guys are all knowledgeable football fans. The crap BB does has been going on for decades. In the late 80's the Giants played the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at San Fran. As you know Bill Walsh used to script and rehearse the first 15 plays, so that no signals had to be called in from the sidelines. When the 49ers got the ball the first time, Walsh told the refs that his headset wasn't working, which meant that the Giants had to stop using their headsets as well and couldn't call in plays to the defense. San Fran marched down the field and scored easily. Parcells confronted Walsh after the game about it and said, "If you ever do that #### again I'm going to call you out on it". Walsh paused, then slyly remarked, "Just a little gamesmanship Bill".

That's all fine and dandy. But it was BB who stood in front of the mic on Saturday and arrogantly stated how the Pats never do anything to cross or even approach the line.

There's a difference I think between using new eligible linemen in a completely legal formation, and using a new formation on kick offs as they did a few years ago against the Jets that generated controversy, versus pushing the envelope by tampering with footballs. I believe BB does the former. I don't believe he does the latter.As stated above, if I find out otherwise, then he should be fired, tarred and feathered.

 

[General Tso]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

You guys are all knowledgeable football fans. The crap BB does has been going on for decades. In the late 80's the Giants played the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at San Fran. As you know Bill Walsh used to script and rehearse the first 15 plays, so that no signals had to be called in from the sidelines. When the 49ers got the ball the first time, Walsh told the refs that his headset wasn't working, which meant that the Giants had to stop using their headsets as well and couldn't call in plays to the defense. San Fran marched down the field and scored easily. Parcells confronted Walsh after the game about it and said, "If you ever do that #### again I'm going to call you out on it". Walsh paused, then slyly remarked, "Just a little gamesmanship Bill".

That's all fine and dandy. But it was BB who stood in front of the mic on Saturday and arrogantly stated how the Pats never do anything to cross or even approach the line.

Exactly....funny watching the guys pimping BB half ### "science" changing the tune to their old tag line of everyone does it. Spin away.

It's funny to watch the apologist's message change as info comes out that doesn't fit their current agenda. After BB's 'science experiment', a couple of them got pretty arrogant about the situation and were laughing at all the "Haters". I'm definitely noticing a quieter tone today.

I can only speak for myself. I am definitely quieter and more concerned today. I think I've been pretty consistent and fair throughout this process. I still believe BB.

 

[PatsWillWin]

Is this thing really going to hinge on the Refs not being bothered to carry a bag of footballs from their locker-room to the field?

This thing isn't "hinging" on anything. It's over, we're all just here talking fumes.

 

[Green and Gold]

This is just great theatre. A little bit of info here, some contradictory reports, emotional press conferences, a dash of conspiracy theory, and no information on the record. It is almost tailor made for the internet age.

 

[GoBirds]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

You guys are all knowledgeable football fans. The crap BB does has been going on for decades. In the late 80's the Giants played the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at San Fran. As you know Bill Walsh used to script and rehearse the first 15 plays, so that no signals had to be called in from the sidelines. When the 49ers got the ball the first time, Walsh told the refs that his headset wasn't working, which meant that the Giants had to stop using their headsets as well and couldn't call in plays to the defense. San Fran marched down the field and scored easily. Parcells confronted Walsh after the game about it and said, "If you ever do that #### again I'm going to call you out on it". Walsh paused, then slyly remarked, "Just a little gamesmanship Bill".

That's all fine and dandy. But it was BB who stood in front of the mic on Saturday and arrogantly stated how the Pats never do anything to cross or even approach the line.

Exactly....funny watching the guys pimping BB half ### "science" changing the tune to their old tag line of everyone does it. Spin away.

It's funny to watch the apologist's message change as info comes out that doesn't fit their current agenda. After BB's 'science experiment', a couple of them got pretty arrogant about the situation and were laughing at all the "Haters". I'm definitely noticing a quieter tone today.

I can only speak for myself. I am definitely quieter and more concerned today. I think I've been pretty consistent and fair throughout this process. I still believe BB.

Consistently biased would be more accurate.

But hey don't forget BB freaking owned all the haters with his science experiment.....run by his QB accused of cheating.

 

[PatsWillWin]

Another update from my snowmageddon travels today...

Felger and Mazz had a great interview with Mike Westoff, the old Special Teams Coach for the NY Jets, and one of is chief rivals over the years. As much as I dislike the Jets, I have to admit this guy sounded like a very credible guy when it comes to talking about BB. He said a lot of interesting things about BB pushing the envelope over the years. He was very matter of fact about it and told some great stories about former Pats players coming over, etc. In short, the crux of his belief is that BB pushes the envelope right up to the edge, but that he doesn't do anything egregious or out of the ordinary, he just does it better and it is therefore more obvious. Most interesting, he stated pretty emphatically that he doesn't believe the Pats tampered with the balls. He believes Belichik, which I thought was interesting and noteworthy.

But according to BB from his press conference on Saturday the Pats never do anything that even approaches the line.

I cant tell if you are being facetious or not - IMO, BB functions on other side of the line...and the line keeps getting pushed ahead of him.

You guys are all knowledgeable football fans. The crap BB does has been going on for decades. In the late 80's the Giants played the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game at San Fran. As you know Bill Walsh used to script and rehearse the first 15 plays, so that no signals had to be called in from the sidelines. When the 49ers got the ball the first time, Walsh told the refs that his headset wasn't working, which meant that the Giants had to stop using their headsets as well and couldn't call in plays to the defense. San Fran marched down the field and scored easily. Parcells confronted Walsh after the game about it and said, "If you ever do that #### again I'm going to call you out on it". Walsh paused, then slyly remarked, "Just a little gamesmanship Bill".

That's all fine and dandy. But it was BB who stood in front of the mic on Saturday and arrogantly stated how the Pats never do anything to cross or even approach the line.

Exactly....funny watching the guys pimping BB half ### "science" changing the tune to their old tag line of everyone does it. Spin away.

It's funny to watch the apologist's message change as info comes out that doesn't fit their current agenda. After BB's 'science experiment', a couple of them got pretty arrogant about the situation and were laughing at all the "Haters". I'm definitely noticing a quieter tone today.

Oh sorry, I've been busy. I'm still being arrogant and laughing at the haters. Belichick's conference was the nail in the coffin. The NFL won't find anything and I doubt there'll be as much as a $25,000 fine.