Jon Falks take on deflategate
Big Jon Falk is currently giving his take on this non controversy on WTKA. He says he had to invent a heated ball bag to keep the balls in during cold weather games to keep the balls from getting hard and slick on the sidelines. He also said that before he invented this bag he had a official in a game ask him at the half to recheck the psi and they had all dropped in pressure by more than a pound. Screw Bill Nye Jon is the real expert.
He also said that he is close friends with Brady and doesn't believe that he would do anything outside the rules.
*Thanks for the correct spelling *
February 1st, 2015 at 10:02 AM ^
It's Jon, not John.
February 1st, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
And it's not Deflategate, it's Ballgazhi. Cmon people!
February 1st, 2015 at 11:32 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
And as long as we're shooting for accuracy, why ignore the apostrophe? It's Jon Falk's take, after all.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
I thought we were done talking about this.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:46 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
About a week ago, the imposed limit was one thread per day (after having something like 5-6 in the space of a few hours at one point), and this would be it for today, but if we're going to have one, Jon Falk makes me not mind it so much. I'll sit down and listen anytime he is speaking as well.
February 1st, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
I am not an internet expert like some of you, but wouldn't a possible solution be to have a forum section and make a topic like deflategate a sticky while leaving front page topics for items of major current interest? (11 Warriors being a classic example).
February 1st, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
Is that the question? NOPE! The Patriots would have won either way!
February 1st, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
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February 1st, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 12:21 PM ^
And while we are at it, how about the effect of evaporative cooling, to say nothing about the change in elasticity of wet footballs which might impact expansion as well as condensation of warn air which would impact pressure. How about when footballs sit in the sun and warm up from radiation heating?
The only way you are going to keep footballs at the same pressure is allow them to equilibrate to ambient temperature and constantly adjust as temperature changes or keep them in a thermostatically controlled box and change balls on every play.
Fucking anti-science NFL.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
God I hope the Pats win and Brady is named MVP just so he can thank God, his teammates, Giselle and then tell the media and everybody accusing him of being a cheater they can shove this fully inflated football straight up their ass.
February 1st, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 11:46 AM ^
I would love for him to give Pete Carroll a "What's YOUR deal" handshake in honor of JH and the ass whoopings jimmy put on USC
February 1st, 2015 at 10:11 AM ^
As a Pats fan, I hope the national media draws this out as long as possible. After the original shock of "oh Belichik cheated again??" I think everyone realized how dumb and inaccurate this investigation is. Now every word spent out it just points out the craptastic standard ESPN's news has fallen to.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^
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February 1st, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
This is a league that laughs at the stories of old timers who eye-gouged, testicle-grabbed, and practically brawled on the field. We have stories of stick-em used by Hall of Famers, teams purposefully rolling a ball the field(Raiders, yo), and the rampant steroid use by players.
The idea that the league has been a league of fair play is hogwash. Teams have been pushing and stepping over the boundaries for decades.
Blame the Pats if it excites you so, but this is a league with a long history of ethically dubious conduct.
February 1st, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^
Ahhhh... the empirical evidence of the court of public opinion... thanks for posting Nancy Grace.
February 1st, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
I think everyone realized how dumb and inaccurate this investigation is.
I mean, is there a better way to counter this point than to reference the court of public opinion, Sarcastic Jones?
February 1st, 2015 at 10:20 AM ^
Then why didn't this happen in Denver or Green Bay? It's not exactly warm during the winter there either.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:24 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
Random and luck. All 12 of NE's footballs and none of NEs. That isn't luck.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:25 AM ^
And why were the Colts footballs properly inflated? I guess the people who want to dismiss the controversy just don't want it getting in the way of enjoying their precious Super Bowl.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:37 AM ^
The refs did not make a record of the psi when it was checked before the game. So their is no way to say for sure but if the Colts balls started at the top of the psi zone they could lose air and still be legal while the Pats starting at a lower psi would be out of bounds.
February 1st, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
Were they inflated outside?
February 1st, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
Who says it didn't and a big deal was not made of it? No one was talking about this before the reporter from Indy wrote about it. The idea that temperature does not affect air pressure is insane. Have you never had to add air to your tires in the winter? What has Jon Falk done that makes you belive he would make up stories to cover Brady?
February 1st, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
I'm playing devil's advocate because the Tom 'Jesus' Brady apologists 'round these parts get pretty annoying.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
You have had numerous scientists come out and debunk Belichek's theory. But you just ignore that because it doesn't fit your "the NFL is out to get us narrative". Nevermind the fact that Goodell and Kraft are thick as thieves.
February 1st, 2015 at 11:06 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
Amazing how it "naturally" happened to all of one team's balls but not the other.
February 1st, 2015 at 1:06 PM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
I don't care about this issue but temperature does affect tire pressure. http://www.goodyear.com/cfmx/web/corporate/media/news/story.cfm?a_id=371. "Goodyear experts explain that air pressure in a tire typically goes down 1-2 pounds for every 10 degrees of temperature change."
February 1st, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
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February 1st, 2015 at 10:37 AM ^
Bill is a highly educated scientist who looks at the evidence and facts before drawing conclusions and offering his opinions on matters such as this. As a scientist I think we can all trust him to have "no dog in this fight" and be completely impartial and as such he lets the truth dictate his renderings on deflategate and the Pats in general.
February 1st, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
Felix Hernandez or Bill Nye, I can't tell.
February 1st, 2015 at 12:43 PM ^
Bill Nye did a poor job of looking at the evidence.
He missed the fact that it was heavily raining and that the leather absorbs water and expands. This influences the pressure (PSI) of the ball downward. He has not responded to this point that was made to him and as a scientist he should respond to the point or drop his conclusion.
There are several experiments on YouTube, including from HeadSmart Labs that show a ~25 degree drop in a dry ball at 12.5 PSI that is also made wet loses about 1.8 PSI.
February 1st, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^
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February 1st, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
Everyone has already made up their minds on this either way. No new information or science is going to sway anyone's mind anymore. Can we stop these damn threads?
February 1st, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
No one made you click on it. The title was clear.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:32 AM ^
Most people still dragging on the deflatgate story, are just plain jealous of the Patriots success. Maybe they should just focus on themselves. I do not know Tom Brady personally, but from all that I have seen and read about him, he does not fit the "cheater" profile.
GO BLUE and GO PATRIOTS!!!!!!!!
February 1st, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
Jealous?? Then where are the people attacking the SF Giants or the LA Kings or Chicago Blackhawks??
Everyone who isn't in love with the Patriots or your team isn't jealous.
February 1st, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
February 1st, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
Seeing as both those teams have won 2 titles since NE has won even one yes they have. And the Spurs have had more success than all of them. No one accuses Popovich of cheating.