Statistics imply the Patriots cheating

[ShakyTheMohel]

I have to admit....living in Atlanta probably makes it easier to avoid the topic. This city barely cares about the Falcons let along Seattle and NE.

You are more likely to talk Georgia recruiting down here...

 

[HartfordHank]

The 2 weeks between the conf championship games and the Super Bowl are the most painful 2 weeks on the sports calendar. They need to permeantantly shorten it to 1 week and play the damn game on Saturday night.

One positive from the snow storm was that it took a lot of air time away from the Super Bowl coverage. It was a nice diversion.

 

[jazyj]

I don't like the patriots, but this is garbage

 

[sdhusky]

It's not statistics, it's fun with numbers.

I like it when Palatine came to a different conclusions than NASA because he had access to the raw data.

Of course, at the time Palatine was claiming to have analyzed the "raw data" the raw data hadn't been released. Just a press release.

So, either

1) he doesn't understand what "raw data" means

or

2) he hacked into NASA computer and really did have the "raw data" And analyzed it better than NASA PHD's.

Tough call.

 

[Dooley]

Wait a second...what's going on with deflated footballs???

 

[CL82]

Wait a second...what's going on with deflated footballs???

Yeah, I'm not sure but apparently a former Jet front office was tampering with the Patriots balls before the Colts game. It was discovered at halftime. The balls were inflated to the proper pressure and the Pats pulled away in the second half. Colts may have been involved as well. I'm not really following it so I don't know.

 

[Sportsman5]

the patriots bench guys if they fumble or screw up in any way that's in the players control. The pats specifically tell players that ball security is much more important than getting a big run. Most teams need as much production as possible from running backs and want their back to maximize yardage even if it means losing the ball at a higher rate.

 

[John]

Wait a second...what's going on with deflated footballs???

If I could like this twice, I would.

 

[Nostical]

Instead of the media (and Patriot haters) looking for smoking guns and gotcha moments, how about asking a more pertinent but less salacious question. Why is there a range of psi at all? In the past, all teams used one set of footballs---all set at one specific psi. Then the NFL established a range of psi in recognition of the fact that QB's have a different preference for how the ball feels. And they let teams have their own set of footballs on offense. So why then was the range set at 12.5--13.5 psi? Why isn't it 11.5--13.5. Why limit the low end to 12.5? If there is such an advantage to be at 11.5, (and several QB's have said it isn't) everyone would use the low end----and there would be no advantage to anyone.
Bottom line, it very well may have been the officials who set the balls (mistakingly) at 11.5 before the game. There was no recording of the actual inflation level and the likelihood of a Patriot conspirator being so precise in deflating each ball to the exact same level in so little time is extremely remote. Mr.Kraft may be getting his apology after all.

 

[pj]

Other "suspicious" statistics:

Aaron Rodgers hasn't thrown an interception at home game for 2 seasons.

The bastard overinflates the footballs to make it harder for the defenders to catch. There ought to be a rule about that.

 

[Husky25]

Only one of the 12 New England Patriots footballs used in the team's AFC Championship game win against the Indianapolis Colts was under-inflated by a full two pounds, according to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.
"Several" other balls were found to be roughly one pound under-inflated, and "several more" were either right at, or barely beneath, the correct inflation mark.

Oh yeah. Brady threw for 328 yards and 4TDs with balls he'd never previously fondled (C'mon. Had to be done that way!!).

Why is there no attention paid to this "breaking story?"

(Edit: To be posted in the other 83 Threads...)