A football used during the second half of the AFC Championship Game has been put up for auction by the fans who obtained it while attending the showdown between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts on Jan. 18, the game that launched the Deflategate controversy.
Patriots fan Laura Nichols and her husband Matt were seated in the end zone section of Gillette Stadium when LeGarrette Blount scored on a 13-yard touchdown run during the third quarter. Pats wide receiver Brandon LeFell then handed the ball to Nichols.
“LaFell picked up the ball, I pointed at him, he pointed at me and he handed me the ball,” Nichols said, via a report from ESPN’s Darren Rovell.