re: #165 klystron

So per the whole deflated balls mess, one thing I was unaware of but which provides a little more insight is that each team uses the balls that they provide when they are on offense. The balls were tested at halftime and found to be underinflated, and swapped for backup balls apparently. I don’t know if the backup balls were also found to be underinflated.

The balls for the Colts, which were exposed to the same conditions, were not found to be underinflated at the halftime test.

From what I understand, no problems were found with the backup balls, although I don’t know if that’s been officially confirmed or just generally assumed. Since the Patriots did most of their scoring in the second half, this would mean that the deflated balls weren’t a determining factor in the final result. (Of course this doesn’t mean the Patriots weren’t cheating, assuming that they deflated the primary balls on purpose - although, in that case, why not all 12? - but it does mean that they legitimately won the game.)