1125 Standing to death
Super Bowl 47 is destined to be uneventful, from pre-game to game to post-game, one focus after another, and one accident after another, all of which make this game the most watched and up-and-down Super Bowl in the 21st century.
The first half of the game was spent, and it seemed that the suspense had been completely lost in the second half; But the ratings statistics tell a different story:
The number of viewers who watched the Super Bowl in the second half rose to 164 million, and the nationwide viewership count for those aged 18 to 49 climbed to 48 percent, both of which set new highs since the turn of the millennium.
Then the Super Dome suffered a power outage, and the game was interrupted for 34 minutes, and even the players had to start warming up again in the stadium to avoid injuries, not to mention the spectators. This has left both the NFL and CBS TV stations worried that there could be an avalanche of ratings numbers.
But who would have thought that after the restart of the game, the number of viewers rose from 164 million to 175 million; At the same time, the ratings of the ages of 18 to 49 also broke through 50 percent nationwide, reaching as high as 53 percent. Both figures easily set new all-time highs and deservedly became the most-watched show of all time in North America.
The game is not over yet, and the audience is believing it and wondering what will happen next. No one wants to miss out.
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Thirty-four minutes.
The game was interrupted for a full thirty-four minutes, and compared to the two-minute validity of the "cooling room", the impact of the power outage was far greater than expected.
Lying in the end area, Lu Ke tried to find out what "went wrong", why did the San Francisco 49ers fall into such a predicament? Why is the score gap so wide? What went wrong? And how can they improve to turn the situation around? What should the next game look like?
But in the end, Lu Ke took the initiative to cut off all the disturbing thoughts.
In the past two seasons, how the San Francisco 49ers have won the game, Lu Ke really knows very well, if he now falls into the trap of self-doubt, it is equivalent to overturning all the past success equations, in the second half of the game, he may not even know the tactical layout and basic passing, and suddenly fall into the extreme state of not being able to play.
Lu Ke realized that the focus of this game has now departed from the link of technical and tactical confrontation, and has evolved into a confrontation of morale and belief.
Although the last time the Baltimore Crows won the championship was twelve years ago, the original champions have retired one after another; But the team's average professional age is over five seasons, with veterans and injuries on the negative side and experienced and battle-hardened on the positive side. Especially when compared to the San Francisco 49ers, this experience has become an advantage on the Super Bowl stage.
Furthermore, Ray Lewis, who is the soul of the whole team, is about to retire, which is far beyond imagination for the motivation of the whole team.
Between one entry and one exit, the youth and immaturity of the 49 people in San Francisco were magnified to the extreme. Before he had time to catch his breath, the score gap had completely widened.
There's nothing wrong with the tactics, and even if Jim Hubble can't figure out John Hubble, and even if the two teams have a slightly similar style of play, the real key now is not to change the tactical layout, but to bounce back and give the young players of the San Francisco 49ers a free hand.
So, after the effect of the "Cooling Space" skill ended, Lu Ke stood up energetically, called all his teammates in the offensive group together, and began to warm up.
Yes, warm up. There were no tactical meetings, no mental shouting, no verbal exchanges, but the warm-up was restarted as it was during training, with the only difference being that all the teammates joined in. First, start running laps around your own half, and then start basic warm-up exercises.
The coaching staff led by Jim Hubble didn't know why at all, but because it was Lu Ke's call, they didn't interfere - whether it was their own warm-up or a collective warm-up, they still need to warm up after all, so what's the difference?
Then, Patrick Willis led the defensive team and David Arkens led the special service team to join in, and the entire San Francisco 49ers team began to warm up collectively. But if there were no anomalies, the collective action would seem inexplicable.
Even the Baltimore Ravens players couldn't see a single reason.
But for the San Francisco 49ers, they're getting into their own familiar day-to-day pattern: getting ready for the game without distraction.
Fantasy about winning the Super Bowl, about the dream of winning the season, about the expectation of standing on top of the world...... All the distractions were put aside for a while, and I concentrated on the warm-up. It's not that they don't want to think about it, it's because they really don't have the right to think about it right now.
Following in Lu Ke's footsteps, they started training in an orderly manner, and the training in groups went on like this, and as long as the game had not resumed, their training did not stop.
The impetuousness, grievance, depression and anger that had just begun gradually calmed down in the step-by-step training, because this is the mode they are most accustomed to every day, and in this way, they slowly entered the familiar comfort field, and the distracting thoughts in their minds were left behind little by little.
Although the Baltimore Ravens in the other half of the stadium also began to warm up, their euphoria and excitement clearly could not be calmed down – and even more, why should they calm down? They just need to keep their excitement alive and wait for the game to restart and win it in one go.
Twenty-four minutes after the power outage, the Super Dome was finally back on power, but the tournament still didn't start immediately, and the organizers still had to confirm many details to ensure that the power supply system would not be powered off again after the tournament was turned back on. There is also a need to allow time for the broadcasters and players from both sides to prepare.
Thirty-two minutes after the power went out, the referees finally officially announced that the game was resuming, but they still needed to check many details of the game: the time of the game, the position of the attack, and the foul status of the last offense, and so on.
On the sidelines of the San Francisco 49ers, all the players surrounded Lu Ke, not only the offensive group, but also the defensive group and the special service group and bench players, 53 people bustled around as a group, standing side by side, hand in hand, eyes fell on their quarterbacks.
Lu Ke didn't put on his helmet, but put the helmet on his waist, knelt on one knee, and looked up at his teammates who surrounded him.
He didn't speak, but his gaze fell on the faces of his teammates one by one, and he used his own eyes to see the fifty-two teammates who were fighting side by side.
"Two years ago, no one believed that I could stand on the stage of the Super Bowl, that no one believed that I could win, that no one believed that I could become a professional player. But I don't believe it. I refused to believe the words of rejection and negation, and I was like a fool who kept trying, hitting my head and breaking my blood and refusing to give up. ”
"Not because I believe I can do it, but because I know that if I give up so easily, then I will regret it for the rest of my life. And I hate and regret it! I'd rather try all the possibilities myself, cut them all out with bruises, and then give up without looking back. In this way, at least I once fought for myself and for my dreams. ”
"Tonight, I'm standing here! I'm still so adamant that it's not because we can win the Super Bowl, it's because we haven't worked hard to the end, and it's too early to give up. That trophy, whether it belongs to me or not, I will fight until the last moment! ”
"Now that we're on the edge of a cliff, we don't have a choice! We have to show everything we have to the fullest! We're going to show them everything! It's not about victory! It's just about us! This is the dignity of a man! All! Only we can afford to lose everything that is rightfully ours! In the same way, only we can take back what belongs to us! ”
"That's rugby! That's everything we are! ”
"Even if you fail! I'm going to stand and fight until the last moment! Even if I die, I will puff up my chest to meet my end! When the whistle ended, I wanted to have used up my last bit of strength and proved that I wasn't a loser! I'm here because I'm a winner! And even more so because I'm a fighter! A warrior! A Warrior! ”
Lu Ke's roar resounded through the sky like thunder, echoing mightily among the players, and the roar from the heart of the dantian exploded.
"So, tell me! What will we do? ”
"The fight goes on!"
In unison, all the players roared with all their strength, the blood began to boil again, and the soul began to stand up again, they were nine! They are warriors! They will ...... The battle goes on!
"The fight goes on!"
"The fight goes on!"
"The fight goes on!"
Not only the fifty-three players, but even the members of the coaching staff standing next to them couldn't suppress their emotions, and roared wildly and hotly, and the shouts rippled like ripples, and then a thousand waves began to stir up throughout the Super Dome stadium.
Candace stood up!
Jeff stood up!
Curry stood up!
Leonardo also stood up!
All were getting carried away and shouting the same slogan, "Fight!" Non-stop! ”
This battle has just begun!