Bill Nye the Science Guy Says Bill Belichick's Deflategate Explanation "Didn't Make Any Sense"

"What he said didn't make any sense," said the Dancing With the Stars alum about the Patriots coach

By Jenna Mullins Jan 26, 2015 9:37 PMTags
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Bill Nye the Science Guy? More like Bill Nye the Science Bye, Felicia!

The hero from your middle school science class has come forward to shut down New England Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick and his explanation for why their balls during the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts were under-inflated.

(By the way, you are allowed to giggle only once during this story when we mention "balls.")

NFL rules state that the footballs need to be inflated by a minimum pressure of 12.5 pounds per square inch (PSI). Reportedly, 11 of the 12 balls used by the Patriots were off by as much as two PSI. 

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Here is how Bill, baggy, hooded sweatshirt connoisseur, explained the under-inflation.

"We all know that air pressure is a function of the atmospheric conditions...so if there's activity in the ball relative to the rubbing process, I think that explains why, once the ball reaches equilibrium state, it was probably closer to 11.5," Belichick said.

So basically he's blaming rubbing and weather, and there's a masturbation joke in there but we can't find it right now so we'll let it slide. But feel free to make your own jokes in the comments!

People started calling the coach Bill Belichick the Science Guy after his "scientific" explanation for the droopy balls, but the real Bill Nye the Science guy is calling you-know-what on his reasoning.

While appearing on Good Morning America, the Dancing With the Stars alum wasn't too worried about having any kind of "competition" with the Patriots coach regarding, you know, science stuff.

"I'm not too worried about coach Belichick's competing with me. What he said didn't make any sense," he said. "Rubbing the football, I don't think you can change the pressure. To really change the pressure you need one of these: the inflation needle."

You know who else thinks Belichick is full of hot air? The manufacturer behind the NFL footballs.

"That's BS. That's BS, man," laughed Wilson Sporting Goods representative Jim Jenkins while demonstrating how the footballs are made at the Phoenix Convention Center on Sunday. He also added that it would take "maybe a year or two" for the PSI to change due to changes in environment.

Wilson's director of experiential marketing, Molly Wallace, agrees that Belichick's explanation is shaky at best.

"[Air couldn't come out] unless something happened to a bladder, but that really doesn't happen and there's no other way," Wallace said. "All we know is what we can control is when it leaves the factory it's within an NFL spec, within the PSI of 12.5 to 13.5 pounds of pressure for every single NFL team."

If Bill Nye the Science Guy doesn't believe you, then we certainly don't. Sorry, Belichick.