156-for-tat
In the second week of the regular season, ESPN's football column "Within the League" once again recorded a special episode of the show, inviting ten of the industry's top experts to make predictions about the outcome of the week's 16 games.
Before the start of each season, ESPN adjusts the permutations of the expert roster to add fresh blood to ensure that the predictor roster is dynamic and professional, while also maintaining its authority. This lineup will run throughout the season and through to the end of the Super Bowl; Finally, we can look back and see the success rate of the predictions of the ten experts, which in turn evaluates the authority and professionalism of the experts.
However, in the first week of the regular season this year, only one of the ten pundits remained: Spencer Larson, who was the only expert commentator who predicted that the San Francisco 49ers would be able to defeat the Seattle Seahawks.
In the face of this week's head-to-head showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys, ESPN's ten experts once again expressed their opinions, "8vs2" - a full eight experts believe that the Dallas Cowboys will win the final victory; And just two experts believe that the San Francisco 49ers will have the last laugh.
Obviously, the performance of the best offensive player in the National League has still not been able to conquer the discerning and arrogant industry experts, and the one-sided prediction of the wind direction is really too obvious to make people overwhelmed.
In the face of the encirclement of eight experts, Spencer Larson and Jessica-Karney (Jessica-Karney) appeared to be weak, especially in front of the absolutely strong Charles Davis, who was completely inferior and could not even find their own voice.
Charles' impassioned, foaming voice echoed throughout the studio: "Dallas Cowboys! Dallas Cowboys! Dallas Cowboys! It's the only possibility! End the discussion! Finally, Charles's hands slapped heavily on the table, as if the judge had finalized the verdict gavel, and simply announced, "The case is over!" ”
The categorical, aggressive, and unquestionable momentum completely detonated the ratings of this episode, and the vigorous discussion spread on the Internet. At least, judging by the audience feedback: Charles Davis has won the hearts and minds of the people. Aside from the San Francisco 49ers' own fans, no one seems to believe that Lu Ke can continue his first week's performance.
For such a prediction, for the confident Charles, the Dallas Cowboys fans who frantically poured into the Candlestick Stadium also agreed.
"Go back to eating/milking!" "A few more years on the bench and then we talk about the starting line-up." "In front of a tough cowboy, it's better not to scare your legs!" "Bambi came home to her mother, teary-eyed."
"Are you sure you've found the right course? Are you sure you haven't gotten lost? Let's hurry up and go back to playing /mother/cannon basketball! "It's too late to regret it now, otherwise you'll have to pee your pants!" "Nerd, this is a football field, let's go back to the office and settle accounts!"
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Rough and wild slogans surrounded the Candlestick Stadium, endlessly, cowboy fans, painted fans, and even bull head models, bustling into San Francisco's Candlestick Park, the endless navy blue fiercely and forcefully scattered the gold and red, like a vast ocean, almost flooding the Candlestick Stadium.
The home court of the San Francisco 49ers is experiencing a fan crisis, and it has become the position of the Dallas Cowboys!
The fierce and brutal slogans were everywhere, and everyone was united in aiming their guns at Lu Ke alone. Originally, the quarterback was the target of everyone; Now, Lu Ke is the target of everyone. In a trance, there was an illusion that the whole world was targeting Lu Ke.
Gradually, gradually, the golden and red volcanic magma flowed into the ocean, and the local fans of the 49ers in San Francisco arrived at the Candlestick Field one after another, breaking up the crowd of navy blue, lighting up the whole world little by little with bright and bright colors, and then proclaiming strongly: this is the home of the 49ers!
"Fuck off, gold diggers don't welcome marauders!" "This is the territory of 49 people! Not of the barbarians! "Your quarterback — that dropped the ball; Our quarterback – five touchdowns! ”
"Get ready to get down on your knees and beg for mercy!" "Don't be ashamed, that's because you haven't seen Lu Ke's power!" "The master of mistakes, the team of mistakes, is not the American team, but the shame of the United States!" "Aside from selling jerseys, do you remember how to play?"
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The slogan of the 49ers in San Francisco did not show weakness, without any cover-up, they went straight back, there were no all kinds of fancy clothes, just a simple team uniform, red and gold blended into one bright light, like a flood that burst the embankment, cathartic down, the powerful and violent impact gradually regained the disadvantage, slowly, slowly evolved the candelabra Park into a sea of gold and red again.
A group of fans gathered, each holding up a half-person-tall white panel with a word on it, and all the fans stood together to form a large banner that rivaled the wall, "'That catch', again?" ”
Undoubtedly, this was a mockery of the 1981 Nations League final. This one slogan alone is enough to tear the Cowboys and 49ers fans apart; What's more, this is still such a magnificent and huge slogan, it is like a resounding slap in the face, and it is thrown in the face of the visiting away fans.
Sworn enemy, this is sworn enemy, you live and die, never die, and bump hard! There is no room for manoeuvre, do everything in your power to kill the other party! The death of the alliance, which has been silent for nearly fifteen years, has rekindled the flames of war in this week's game, and the two sides are like red-eyed bullfights, ready to fight.
The Dallas Cowboys fans were furious, and the shouts and cheers gradually spiraled out of control.
First, some cowboy fans threw stones at the huge slogan; Then the 49ers fans tried to push and block.
Then the cowboy fan held up a huge poster, a cartoon image of kneeling on his knees and bowing his head, with Lu Ke on his cheeks and a cowboy in the image of Romo; Then the 49ers fans stabbed the poster with a stick.
And then there'...... Someone starts first, can't determine the source, one, two...... In the end, it evolved into a large melee of 50 or 60 people. But fortunately, they didn't roll up their sleeves and punch each other, they just pushed, cursed, and pulled each other, but the scene was getting out of control.
The official security personnel of the San Francisco 49ers stepped forward in time and immediately pulled away the angry fans on both sides; The riot police/police quickly intervened to nip the chaotic battle that had not yet had time to break out in the bud, and then forcibly separated the fans, opened the stadium, and evacuated the crowds one after another.
"See you on the field!"
"Don't you lose and shout Mom!"
"Die!"
"Grass!"
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The sound of cursing continued to echo around the Candlestick Stadium, and the smell of gunpowder continued to heat up instead of subside. This game of sworn enemies in the league is becoming veritable and reawakening those memories of the nineties.
By the time the San Francisco 49ers' bus arrived at Candlestick Stadium, the chaos had been brought under control, but it was still bubbling and boiling, like boiling water, fluttering and churning, and even the hot air began to twist, as if it was back to the middle of the hot summer day, and the scorching sun and sweltering temperatures were restless.
Through the window, Lu Ke could clearly see all kinds of slogans, but compared to the first game, the vicious language was rapidly disappearing.
"Want respect? Lu Ke, do it again! ”
"Five touchdowns, this can be had."
"Bambi, run, run!"
"Respect! Tribute to Bambi - Lu Ke! ”
"Win one more game and you can have our back."
"One game is not enough! One game is not enough! We need victory, more! ”
"Ask for a slap in the face, beg for crushing, beg for an outburst, beg for abuse! Bambi, we're waiting to be slapped in the face for the second week in a row! Hurry, hurry! ”
When Lu Ke saw the last slogan, he looked at the big man holding the slogan, he didn't hold back for a while, and laughed out loud, such a picture was so beautiful, Lu Ke blushed a little.
"What's wrong?" Logan couldn't help but be curious, stood up, crossed Lu Ke, and looked at the surging crowd outside the window, "They can't still curse Jack and Annie, right?" This bunch of guys! Logan was talking about Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning, and in the post-game interview of the last game, Logan also specifically condemned the fans for such irrational behavior.
"Nope. They still didn't want to believe me, and then begged to be slapped in the face, and that's it. Lu Ke said lightly, and then saw Logan's indescribable expression, and the atmosphere suddenly became joyful.
At the far end of his sight, Lu Ke could catch a glimpse of the Dallas Cowboys fans, with hideous expressions, constant roars, full of fingers in their eyes, and the earth-shattering noise, through the thirty-meter interval, through the glass of the bus, exploded in the carriage very clearly, and the quiet and dull environment suddenly became noisy and noisy.
The sworn enemy of the alliance, now Lu Ke finally has a little real feeling.
Logan also noticed the provocation of the Dallas Cowboys fans, and couldn't help but look back at the dark tide in the carriage - all the rookie players sat in the front half of the bus, and the senior players gathered in the second half of the bus, and the neutral and solitary players sat in the middle.
It is evident that rookie players are being sidelined; Moreover, the atmosphere was still a little stiff, as if the Chu River and Han realms were separated in the middle. With Alex Smith's return to training, and Colin Kaepernick's blind mixing, factional battles are surfacing.
"How's it going, are you confident in tonight's game?" Logan let out a long breath. Rugby is a team sport and they can't win without the support of their teammates. Even Logan can't help but feel a headache right now.
Lu Ke also looked back at Logan's line of sight, his eyes condensed slightly, and then he saw Parres.
Parres lifted his chin haughtily, with a playful and provocative smile on the corner of his mouth, as if to say: there is no place for you here, you better be self-aware; Then, Pares also raised his right hand, gave a thumbs up, and slowly, slowly crossed his neck, making a throat-slitting motion, and the meaning could not be clearer.
They are teammates, but they are on very different sides. How is this game going to be played?