# NFL: Underinflated Balls? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 21, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-underinflated-balls/710515 "2015-01-21T20:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 198
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-underinflated-balls/710515/198 "2015-01-25T21:09:19Z")
Uh Oh Hector, if it turns out that the tested footballs were all closer to 1 psi under 12.5, temperature difference alone accounts for the 1 psi no need to even get into if the refs even used a gauge (absolutely no confirmation on this) Or whether, if they did use a gauge, that they would still pprove a ball that read, say, 12.0 (absolutely no confirmation-- the ONLY confirmed info is that 1) patriots balls tested under, at halftime, by an unstated amount and 2) NFL looking into how that could have happened. ) Man, that must be really disappointing for you to read that latest report. Everything for your story hinges on a 2.0 psi difference. And even at 2.0 there’s a whole lot of reasonable doubt… but if its 1…you got literally NOTHING. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-underinflated-balls/710515)._