Footballs Inflated ? The Rub of the Green.
I know nothing factual about the latest NFL controversy about how much or how little the footballs were inflated Sunday in New England.
I do remember trying to keep the basketball warm when we would play basketball outside during the winter. Dribbling was a lot easier. As the game went on the ball became dead. This was one of my first lessons in physics that I still remember to this day. As the air in the ball go colder the pressure decreased. You either got the bicycle pump out to add air, went inside to warm everything up or if my Mom wasn't around we would put the basketball into the drier for a little bit. Worked like a charm but made a racket. Driers back in the day were a luxury, clothes on the line outside during cold spells were often freeze dried and being in the landing path for O'hare that jet fuel didn't always evaporate before it hit the ground.
I do remember trying to keep the basketball warm when we would play basketball outside during the winter. Dribbling was a lot easier. As the game went on the ball became dead. This was one of my first lessons in physics that I still remember to this day. As the air in the ball go colder the pressure decreased. You either got the bicycle pump out to add air, went inside to warm everything up or if my Mom wasn't around we would put the basketball into the drier for a little bit. Worked like a charm but made a racket. Driers back in the day were a luxury, clothes on the line outside during cold spells were often freeze dried and being in the landing path for O'hare that jet fuel didn't always evaporate before it hit the ground.
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