One debate going on between the Patriots and the officials is that Tom Brady got ahold of the ball and deflated it so it wasn't sdandered size. And then the patriots were making excuses that it was the cold weather or whatever it was. The NFL football regulations are that the football has to be 12.5 or 13.5 feet wide. And new England's ball was only 2 feet wide which leads me to believe that Tom Brady did infact deflate the ball so that they would win and go to the Super Bowl for the 8th time.