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mikebw wrote:
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I think his experiment is flawed.
https://www.livescience.com/49539-deflat...ssure.html
A deflated football has a smaller mass because it has fewer gas molecules inside of it. Assuming that the temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius), the mass of the air in a football inflated to 12.5 psi is about 0.39 ounces (11 g). A football deflated to only 10 psi has a mass of 0.36 ounces (10.2 g). The difference is about the weight of a paper clip, Eads said.
A difference so small should not make for easily reproducible results when humans are doing the throwing.
It was raining . The under inflated football was easier to grip .
So what does that have to do with the science experiment? His results supposedly show that under-inflated footballs could be thrown longer distances. Nothing about catching.
Maybe that is going to be next year’s project. Deflated balls are easier to catch since they bounce off the hands less. This factor comes more into play during cold weather games.
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"It was raining"
Just the tears of the losers.
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....but winners never cheat......and cheaters never win..........
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Invalid research unless it was double-blinded.
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Everyone is so quick to jump on the "Brady is a cheater" bandwagon. As I recall, almost two years later, they checked some balls in a cold game that the Steelers had and found almost the EXACT SAME amount of deflation due to the cold. Nobody claimed Ben Meatlessburger was cheating.
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.....on his supermodel wife......??
.....he has that and wants more.......???
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My recollection of that Colts game, is that the play of the Colts may well have had as much to do with the Patriots win as anything pertaining to the inflation of the footballs.