[dabigv13]

That only seems suspicious because no one's actually gone and checked any other time. It would actually be more suspicious if balls WEREN'T out of spec at most late-season halftimes because the games are so cold. I haven't even heard if the Colts' balls were checked, for instance (and even then it's possible that they were at the high end of the scale to start with so wouldn't be as far below).

Peter King (an NFL stooge, but at least he has good sources) reported that the Colts balls were tested.

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/23/deflategat...bowl-xlix/

Supposing your supposition that the Colts balls were at 13.5 and environmental factors are responsible for an approximately 2PSI drop, the Colts balls would still have tested out of range. But they didn't. Also, the environmental factors which were present at the start of the game would presumably have not been too different from first half to second half, but once the balls were reinflated to the proper pressure, they maintained that pressure through the end of the game. Suspicious.

[dabigv13]

That only seems suspicious because no one's actually gone and checked any other time. It would actually be more suspicious if balls WEREN'T out of spec at most late-season halftimes because the games are so cold. I haven't even heard if the Colts' balls were checked, for instance (and even then it's possible that they were at the high end of the scale to start with so wouldn't be as far below).

Peter King (an NFL stooge, but at least he has good sources) reported that the Colts balls were tested.

http://mmqb.si.com/2015/01/23/deflategat...bowl-xlix/

Supposing your supposition that the Colts balls were at 13.5 and environmental factors are responsible for an approximately 2PSI drop, the Colts balls would still have tested out of range. But they didn't. Also, the environmental factors which were present at the start of the game would presumably have not been too different from first half to second half, but once the balls were reinflated to the proper pressure, they maintained that pressure through the end of the game. Suspicious.