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It’s a shame a story about underinflated footballs from one half of a 38-point blowout is the main focus of the sports world just over a week out from the Super Bowl. Instead of focusing on the matchup between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, and hearing more about the litany of storylines heading into the game like we should be and wish we were, the only discussion about the sport’s biggest game of the year has been if Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, and the Patriots conspired with ball boys to tamper footballs. Is this seriously what it has come to?
Now that the venting over this ridiculous and unnecessary story is complete, we can talk about the most entertaining and humorous aspect of this entire fiasco.
If any of you missed out on Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick’s press conference early Saturday afternoon, do yourself a favor and watch it, at least give it a try even though I know you’re sick of this story. It’s simply too good to pass up. Modern day’s Vince Lombardi attempted to give a science lesson to the media that was apparently supposed to clear his team of any wrongdoing. Nice try Bill, but you’re not fooling anyone.
Belichick used a number of scientific terms and somehow, after being clueless about the pregame football inflation process on Monday, had become an expert on the matter by the end of the week. In the midst of the future Hall of Famer’s explanation on how he and the team conducted experiments that proved what happened to 11 of the Patriots’ 12 footballs was completely normal under the cold, damp conditions of last weekend’s AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts, you were left with the impression that Belichick was just trying to confuse everyone with his jargon and scientific lingo.
Nowhere in his explanations did he once mention why not a single one of the Colts’ footballs were underinflated and refused to answer any questions attempting to invalidate what he learned during his foray into the science world. I, for one, would love to know how the head coach of a team preparing for the Super Bowl found all this free time to become Bill Nye the Science Guy and not Bill Belichick the football coach. One reporter brought up the Patriots’ previous history of cheating with SpyGate, a comment that clearly frustrated, irritated, and appeared to be the last straw for Belichick.
Cheaters or not — Belichick, Brady, and the Patriots are a fantastic football team, there’s no denying that. This stigma of playing outside and bending the rules will forever linger over their dynasty’s history, and it’s hard to argue they haven’t earned it.
The best way to help nudge DeflateGate to the back of everyone’s minds? Win the Super Bowl decisively against the defending champions next Sunday.
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