11 equally under inflated balls and 1 properly inflated ball for kicking is just screams intentional under inflation. You would have to be the most gullible person in the world not to see through that one. And a Colt handles 1 ball for 1 play and it is obvious to him but the Pats inflating the balls and throwing them etc never had a clue. That is just so lame I wouldn't even make that argument to someone sitting in judgement. It would almost certainly make your situation worse. What do you want to bet every kick the Pats did was with the properly inflated ball. They knew what was going on and I am guessing the refs knew and were in on it as well. Many of them handled the balls regularly during the game. Balls are tossed around and placed against the turf.
This is the same home field where the refs let a snowplow come out on the field so the kicker could kick a long field goal. The same refs that let NE notify eligible players at the last second so the defense couldn't be notified in time to know that they were eligible. Didn't you think it odd that the game winning drive for NE against BAL they kept hitting receivers that broke late from the line and were so open no defender was within 15 or 20 yards of them? They were open because the defense didn't know they were eligible receivers because the refs didn't call timeout so the defense could be notified the players were eligible. There is a very good chance the Pats would not have scored at all and especially not a TD without that deception. They were even awarded a 15 yard gift penalty when Harbaugh tried to talk to the officials about it. Not only did they have the refs be complicit in the deception the refs rewarded NE with 15 penalty yards to boot. I would be investigating all the refs at Foxboro as well as coming down extremely hard on a team that just refuses not to cheat. This isn't one guy cheating this is a teamwide systematic cheating for decades every way they can think of. Just think of how many had to know about the under inflated balls either to present them to be used, place them in play or handle them throughout the game.
That makes the last 2 playoff wins tainted and the BAL game decided by cheating and yet they are playing in the SB. I know who I will be rooting for and it is not the team that ONLY got there because they cheated. NE would not even have made the AFC Championship game without cheating. But here we are they cheated in the AFC Championship game as well and they are in the SB. It just makes me sick.
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