LET US BE CLEAR:
24 Balls distributed equally prior to the game, 12 for the Patriots and 12 for the Colts, all 24 measured prior to the game and meeting league specifications. At halftime all 12 of the Colts balls remained undoctored, which is to say, properly inflated. However 11 of the 12 Patriots balls were deflated below league specifications. And Belichick is asking you to believe that the weather only effected the Patriots balls.
This is whats known as the "F everybody and lets insult their intelligence" defense.
To steal a line from another movie, A Few Good Men, these are the facts of the case and they are undisputed.
See that's the bottom line, nothing atmospherically happened to the Colts footballs. I'm sure before it is all over Lil Bill will have PHD's from MIT out there talking about the affect of sun spots, on the Pat side of the field.
IMO I really don't think that Lil Bill knew about it. I think he knows who did it now though. Brady. He was angry Thursday, and kind of threw Brady under the bus. What's happened between then and now is, he realizes he is an ordinary HC with out Brady, so he's going to call all his cards in to protect his meal ticket.
Another element of this that's not getting talked about much is that, at first it was reported that after the interception, the Colts noticed the ball was deflated. Now it's coming out that wasn't the case. The Ravens noticed the deflated ball last week, and informed the NFL.
The balls were going to be checked at half time regardless of anything. And sure enough when they were checked, they were low, as the Ravens said they would be. That's damming evidence.
Lil Bill alluded today to the fact that perhaps the refs were careless, doing an unimportant job before a big game, and might not have been exact. If the NFL was reacting to a complaint by the Ravens, the refs probably knew about it beforehand , and you can be sure they documented what they did.
The fact that the NFL actually followed up on the Ravens complaint in the NFL Championship game, kicking off this shit storm kind of indicates to me the owners are tired of the Patriots cheating them.
Think Lil Bill is going "to be sent for"