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derspiess

#480
May 20, 2015, 01:04:57 PM
My brother had Robert Byrd at his college graduation.  Fucker spoke forever.
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Berkut

#481
May 20, 2015, 01:53:52 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 20, 2015, 01:04:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 20, 2015, 12:59:34 PM
If I'd graduated a year later, I would have had Oprah. :weep:

For high school, I had Bill Belichick. :x
Cool.  Was his speech about cheating your way to success in life?

I think it would be a bit more nuanced than that...

Like, if you are good, you can have great success at what you do.

If you are good, and willing to cheat, you can do even better...
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Valmy

#482
May 20, 2015, 01:55:33 PM
Sort of. I would be shocked if the cheating ever actually did the Pats much good. Sort of like how much breaking into the Watergate actually contributed to the defeat of McGovern.
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derspiess

#483
May 20, 2015, 02:09:26 PM
I don't care if cheating helped them significantly or not.  If you're already a successful team you should not need to cheat-- that actually pisses me off more than a mediocre team cheating to get an advantage.
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Berkut

#484
May 20, 2015, 02:15:13 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 20, 2015, 01:55:33 PM
Sort of. I would be shocked if the cheating ever actually did the Pats much good. Sort of like how much breaking into the Watergate actually contributed to the defeat of McGovern.

Considering how much the cheating has harmed their brand and image, I would think they are pretty bright and would not be cheating if they didn't think it was helping them.
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DontSayBanana

#485
May 20, 2015, 02:17:19 PM
The ball-deflating thing in particular seemed a dumb way to cheat- the other team's getting to throw the same balls at least some of the time, and it's not like deflating them magically only made it easier for the Pats to catch them; if anything, the Pats risked an unusually high chance of interceptions.
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derspiess

#486
May 20, 2015, 03:30:34 PM
Actually, the balls are swapped out whenever there is a change of possession. Besides, Brady prefers them deflated.  Each QB has his own preferences-- Aaron Rodgers likes his overinflated (he must have huge hands).  Having the footballs essentially custom-fitted to the QB's preferences really does benefit the QB.  No QB I'm aware of ever wants to use a "fresh" ball that hasn't been heavily conditioned.

Not sure how INTs would be affected.
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MadBurgerMaker

#487
May 20, 2015, 03:35:12 PM
Aren't brand new footballs that are straight out of the box really slick?

derspiess

#488
May 20, 2015, 04:13:33 PM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on May 20, 2015, 03:35:12 PM
Aren't brand new footballs that are straight out of the box really slick?

I wouldn't say *really* slick, but they are slick.  To break them in typically they work them into non-QB parts of practice where they get scuffed and worn a little.  And there is some kind of oil or something they are rubbed down with from time to time.  The dude whose job it is to condition the balls always has red palms.  Wonder if they stay stained like that all year.
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Berkut

#489
May 20, 2015, 04:27:52 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 20, 2015, 03:30:34 PM
Actually, the balls are swapped out whenever there is a change of possession. Besides, Brady prefers them deflated.  Each QB has his own preferences-- Aaron Rodgers likes his overinflated (he must have huge hands).  Having the footballs essentially custom-fitted to the QB's preferences really does benefit the QB.  No QB I'm aware of ever wants to use a "fresh" ball that hasn't been heavily conditioned.

Not sure how INTs would be affected.

The theory is that "big arm" QBs like Rodgers likes a more highly inflated football because it spins more tightly on long passes, while more posession/short/middle passsing QBs prefer a softer ball that is easier to grip and they don't care as much about perfectl aerodynamics. At least that is what an NFL referee told me. I suspect it is mostly psychological though.

Although, being a college referee, I personally find NCAA/NFL football very large and very stiff when inflated to game pressure. Certainly if I were a QB, and when I played QB casually, I would never want to use a football inflated to 13 PSI. It is very hard and noticeably more difficult to palm.
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grumbler

#490
May 20, 2015, 05:05:26 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 20, 2015, 03:30:34 PM
Actually, the balls are swapped out whenever there is a change of possession. Besides, Brady prefers them deflated.  Each QB has his own preferences-- Aaron Rodgers likes his overinflated (he must have huge hands).  Having the footballs essentially custom-fitted to the QB's preferences really does benefit the QB.  No QB I'm aware of ever wants to use a "fresh" ball that hasn't been heavily conditioned.

Not sure how INTs would be affected.

Yep.  Every quarterback cheats and has the ball inflated to his preferred specification.  The ones who don't aren't in the league.  When the ref's cheated and set the NE balls to Brady's specs at halftime, he really played much better.  Only cheaters prosper.
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#491
May 20, 2015, 05:10:42 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 20, 2015, 10:48:27 AM
So Mattress Girl carried her mattress through her graduation ceremony.  Wonder if she'll take it to job interviews now.

Gay marriage will lead to her marrying her mattress.
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dps

#492
May 20, 2015, 05:53:38 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 20, 2015, 03:30:34 PM
Actually, the balls are swapped out whenever there is a change of possession.

Which is actually a fairly recent change in practice.  Anybody hear what A.J. Feely said about this?

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#493
May 20, 2015, 06:02:33 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 20, 2015, 12:59:34 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 20, 2015, 12:12:14 PM
Princesca had: Oprah. :cool:

If I'd graduated a year later, I would have had Oprah. :weep:

For high school, I had Bill Belichick. :x
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#494
May 20, 2015, 06:21:42 PM
Quote from: dps on May 20, 2015, 05:53:38 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 20, 2015, 03:30:34 PM
Actually, the balls are swapped out whenever there is a change of possession.

Which is actually a fairly recent change in practice.  Anybody hear what A.J. Feely said about this?

Cheating NE Patriots is now the new ACW hijack?  :P
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