Ah yea I didn't think about warming up with the balls, are they the same ones or are they practice balls?

It has been reported that they used the backup balls for the 2nd half and that they were checked before being used and were fine. So the Pats score 17 and throw and Int with the "advantageous" deflated balls, but 28 with no Ints with the harder to throw ones.

I would imagine that unless there is a substantial difference in the ball he probably doesn't have time to notice the ball pressure in the 3-5 seconds he has it in his hands while 300lb men are trying to smear him all over the field.

This is the 2nd time i've seen that last paragraph posted as a comment, is it a reference I'm missing?

Stone pretty much handles all of the business side of things. Pretty sure he runs the office/studio from a managerial standpoint and gives input on some scripts and does some voices. Mainly his job is to handle all of the non-creative stuff behind the show so that Trey can focus on the creative side.

Stone pretty much handles all of the business side of things. Pretty sure he runs the office/studio from a managerial standpoint and gives input on some scripts and does some voices. Mainly his job is to handle all of the non-creative stuff behind the show so that Trey can focus on the creative side.

Just so you know, stealing signals still happens and is part of every football game. The Patriots got in trouble for filming them from the wrong spot, not for filming them in general.

Using the World Cup, probably the most corrupt major sports event in the world, as an example of integrity is rather laughable.

They actually have 6 other "kicking" balls that are used on special teams and are separate from the normal balls.

That escalated quickly

Fyi the Pats never taped practices, that's not what "spygate" was about.

I really want the Patriots to destroy them in the superbowl just so we can get a picture of Belichek smiling and can caption it "Where's your God now?"

I wasn't comparing the different sports against each other, but within themselves.

Soccer/Basketball/Football/Hockey/Baseball are all played on the same field (with some minor differences) as well and they don't seem to be boring.

The other thing is that the refs touch the ball every down. You would think that if the balls were noticeably reflated they would have removed them and used some other ball etc instead of just taking 1 ball and continuing the game.

All of the balls are checked and weighed before the game. It's completely possible one had a leaky seal and lost air pressure during the game and this is a non issue. It is also only being reported by 1 reporter who happens to be an Indianapolis homer.

All the balls are checked before the game as well.

How do you fuck that up? You're on the hands team, you have 1 job and they kick it straight to you and you let it hit you in the FACE? Pathetic

I support this idea, I also miss when they used to throw the flag at the offending player.

Did you see the throws he was missing? He was making the right reads but couldn't get the ball on target. If he isn't hurt then maybe his body had enough because he was not making the throws that he used to be capable of making. The 2nd half of this season and the playoffs were a steady decline.