# Super Bowl 51: Patriots vs Falcons **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 5, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-51-patriots-vs-falcons/779093 "2017-02-05T20:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 126
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-51-patriots-vs-falcons/779093/126 "2017-02-06T14:06:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Hahaha…there _is_ justice in the world. Enjoy the offseason, Deflategate boy. > [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Bah…fucking sad. But sorry, number of rings doesn’t change the fact that he’s a lying cheat. MIT mechanical engineering professor John Leonard says that based on his study of the Deflategate data: **“I am convinced that no deflation occurred and that the Patriots are innocent. It never happened.”** [Cite](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/23/sports/football/nfl-ignores-ball-deflation-science-at-new-england-patriots-expense.html?_r=0). Prof. Leonard teaches a course called “Measurement and Instrumentation” and posted a lecture about Deflategate that can be viewed [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwxXsEltyas). Per the _New York Times_ article linked to above: “It is utterly convincing.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-51-patriots-vs-falcons/779093)._