Deflategate -- the frenzy surrounding the Patriots' 45-7 drubbing of the Colts in the 2015 AFC Championship -- is probably one of the dumbest things to happen in recent sports memory, at least from a viewership standpoint.
The non-story of slightly under-inflated balls has caused the American public to collectively go pants-on-head crazy thanks to the involvement of New England. Perhaps the regional proximity is what caused the Bucknell-Boston game to start off with an official replacing a ball due to over-inflation on Saturday?
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Seriously, Massachusetts just can't catch a break with this stuff.
Players from both teams tested out the ball before the game after the referee suspected it had too much pressure in it. The teams then apparently agreed to make a swap and a new ball was chosen.
Bucknell wound up winning the game, 92-77.
