Deflategate

[cranberry]

Uh oh...

Deflategate: NFL Probing Whether New England Patriots Used Deflated Balls - ABC News

The NFL is looking into whether the New England Patriots deflated air from footballs for its game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night.

Quarterback Tom Brady led the team 45-7 against the Colts at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough,Massachusetts, leading to the Pats’ eighth Super Bowl appearance in the franchise’s history.

The NFL is looking into the matter, league spokesman Michael Signora confirmed to ABC News this morning.[/quote[]

 

[Boom_70]

Interesting story. I put something on the playoff running thread about it.

 

[93Devil]

The Neckbeard of the Ogres could have pointed it out during the game if it was that noticeable.

I don't see this being a big deal at all unless they were holding the flat ones for special teams.

 

[cranberry]

This could be a DISTRACTION leading up to the Super Bowl.

 

[outofplace]

Interesting story. I put something on the playoff running thread about it.

For those that didn't notice, Boom basically put a post on each thread that does nothing but refer to his post on the other one.

 

[93Devil]

This could be a DISTRACTION leading up to the Super Bowl.

Or the Sith Lord can use it to motivate...

 

[cranberry]

How do you "investigate" something like this? Check the pressure in all of the game balls?

 

[Songbird]

For those that didn't notice, Boom basically put a post on each thread that does nothing but refer to his post on the other one.

This attempt at trolling an esteemed member of the board aside, Boom is doing his public duty by making sure we are informed of this breaking story.

 

[outofplace]

This attempt at trolling an esteemed member of the board aside, Boom is doing his public duty by making sure we are informed of this breaking story.

Did you feel the breeze on your head when it went by?

cran, I'm assuming the investigation will be interviews, the results of which will most likely go nowhere and get swept under the rug as soon as possible.

 

[Boom_70]

For those that didn't notice, Boom basically put a post on each thread that does nothing but refer to his post on the other one.

And those 2 posts said more than many posters have written in their entire body of SJ workload.

 

[Songbird]

Did you feel the breeze on your head when it went by?

No, trolling produces a harsh wind that precedes a foul oopian strench. The only way to cleanse the olfactory is to quote he from whom said stench eminates.

 

[outofplace]

And those 2 posts said more than many posters have written in their entire body of SJ workload.

That's no way to talk about Xan. He's defending you. Be nice.

 

[murphyc]

Yes, a 38-point margin can be blamed 100 percent on footballs being an ounce too light or too heavy.

 

[BTExpress]

Yes, a 38-point margin can be blamed 100 percent on footballs being an ounce too light or too heavy.

And Nixon would've clobbered McGovern without Watergate dirty tricks, too.

The point is, what does it say about an organization that's always trying to skirt the rules?

 

[JC]

Yes, a 38-point margin can be blamed 100 percent on footballs being an ounce too light or too heavy.

I haven't seen anybody say that, have you?

 

[murphyc]

I haven't seen anybody say that, have you?

Nope, just making a joke but I forgot the blue font. I blame the new software.

 

[Boom_70]

And Nixon would've clobbered McGovern without Watergate dirty tricks, too.

The point is, what does it say about an organization that's always trying to skirt the rules?

As sidebar on of the local HS football teams in my area took a bit of poetic license with Belichick
playbook and paid a player from rival HS for his HUDL codes. Rival coaches found out because
they noticed an unusual pattern of usage for a backup lineman.

 

[LongTimeListener]

And Nixon would've clobbered McGovern without Watergate dirty tricks, too.

The point is, what does it say about an organization that's always trying to skirt the rules?

Yep. Also leads to the question of what are they doing that we don't know about?

It sure does follow a pattern, as do the legends of jammed headsets as a team gets rolling in a hurry-up drill and everything else that crops up in discussions about playing in New England.

 

[da man]

And Nixon would've clobbered McGovern without Watergate dirty tricks, too.

The point is, what does it say about an organization that's always trying to skirt the rules?

As they say in NASCAR, if you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.

 

[Boom_70]

Figured this is as good a spot to put this as anywhere. From MMQB:
k. Congrats on your choice of Dartmouth, prep QB Harry Kraft (son of Pats president Jonathan Kraft). You’ll be with a good quarterback man there in Buddy Teevens.