Deflate Gate: Weather or Sabotage?

The New England Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship game to make it to the Super Bowl. The question is, did they cheat in that game? According to ESPN, eleven of the game balls for the Patriots were found to be two pounds under the required weight, which is a huge advantage for a QB and a WR, because it is easier to grip and catch the football. The Patriots did beat the Colts very badly; this probably doesn't do much to the score, but the league as a whole could take a big hit if the Patriots are found to have messed with the footballs themselves. Everyone will look at the league as if they give cheaters the big glory, and New England will be hit with ANOTHER scandal, this one coming after Spygate. Spygate was another big cheating situation the Pats were found to be guilty of, back when they won three Super Bowls in four years in the early 2000's, and this was where they were caught video-taping the other team's practices and caught with tapes of the opposing team's signals. The Pats then knew what they were calling because of their signs, and could therefore stop it. The Pats have really played fantastic football this year, and they would deserve making the Super Bowl, if only they did not feel like they needed to cheat to win. It is not definite whether the Patriots tampered with the game balls, but there is some evidence to support they did. It could be because of the weather, as it was very cold and raining on that fateful day, but I feel like if it were the weather, it would not have deflated that many. I also find it as strange that all of the footballs deflated but one of them. That just seems like a specific number of footballs to be "randomly" deflated. I hope that this year's Super Bowl is a good one, but I have to go for the Seahawks if this turns out to be true, because I don't side with cheaters.

Source: Imgur

-Blake Holmes