Atmospheric Conditions Bill? The 1st half of that game must have been played on the moon. Say, how come the 12th ball and the visitors footballs werent affected? We are not all idiots, here is the science WE, the (None Patriots Nation football fans) believe in. Entire article below. Charles Liu is a scientist — an astrophysics professor at the College of Staten Island, part of the City University of New York. Liu, an associate with the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, is also an avid football fan, and after listening to Belichick’s explanation, he concluded, “It’s a cop-out.” “If you let out 2 p.s.i. from the ball, it is as if you removed 400 pounds of force pushing outward from the football,” Liu said. “If you let out 1.5 p.s.i. from the ball, it’s as if you removed 300 pounds of force pushing outward from the football.” Liu mentioned Muhammad Wilkerson, a 6-foot-4-inch, 315-pound defensive lineman for the Jets, to illustrate the point. If Wilkerson were to stand on a ball, the leather would bulge out on the ball’s sides, growing taut, and would be much harder to grip. Take Wilkerson off the ball, and it would become easier to grip. “That is what letting 1.5 or 2 p.s.i. out of the ball means,” Liu said.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:50:54 +0000
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