Super Bowl 54: What you need to know
Sports Feb 1, 2020 Nimrit Singh
Super Bowl 54 kicks off this Sunday in Miami, F
San Francisco 49ers
Garoppolo returns to the Super Bowl but this time he is the starting quarterback and will be in a 49ers uniform, opposed to a New England Patriots one. Garoppolo has won two Super Bowls with the Patriots, the first being when the Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 49, and the second Super Bowl win came against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51. This will be the 49ers 7th all-time Super Bowl appearance (5-1)
Kansas City Chiefs
Mahomes playing in only his third NFL season will be making his Super Bowl debut Sunday giving him an opportunity to win his first Super Bowl.
Mahomes is leading the Chiefs in passing yards with 615 yards, and is leading the team in rushing yards with 106 yards. If Mahomes pulls off this win in the Super Bowl, the conversation of the best quarterback in the NFL will change drastically.
This will be the Chief’s third appearance at the Super Bowl.
Jagteswar Dhillon, a student from Ryerson University, is going with the Chiefs because of their superstar quarterback, Mahomes. “Chiefs are gonna win cause my man Mahomes is gonna go off, and I’m looking forward to the most likely high scoring game the battle between the best offence vs the best defence.”
Danny Pham, a student from Humber College, is also going with Mahomes and the Chiefs because of their unstoppable offence. “The Chiefs because of their astatic offence, and when they start getting hot they are hard to stop.”
Half-time Show
For this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, Jennifer Lopez will be co-hosting with Shakira.
This will mark the first time two Latina artists will be headlining the Super Bowl.
To go along with this, multi-platinum singer and songwriter Demi Lovato will be singing the National Anthem at the beginning of the game.
Advertisements
With millions of people watching all around the world, companies like Bud Light are taking this opportunity to promote their new flavour Bud Light Seltzer Mango, which also features rap star Post Malone. There are two versions of these advertisements as Bud Light is allowing the fans to vote which version of the advertisement they like better, which will then get aired during the Super Bowl.
Just before the third quarter of the Super Bowl, SodaStream will air its own advertisement containing an environmental message as the company highligh that its product eliminates plastic waste through its reusable container.
U.S soccer players Carli Lloyd and Crystal Dunn star in a commercial with the deodorant brand “Secret”, and this advertisement is designed to promote equality between male and female sports. The goal of this advertisement is spark the conversation that there is a possibility that women will play at the highest level of football.
President Donald Trump will also take advantage of the millions of people watching, as his campaign team will be airing two commercials promoting his re-election as U.S. President.
That’s everything you will need to know when watching the Super Bowl, so make sure to tune in at 6:30 pm for kick off !
