The Chiefs' Super Bowl confetti included something new: Tweets from the team's fans
The Kansas City Chiefs are your Super Bowl LIV champions and their fans’ 50-year run without a championship is over. Thanks to the magic of Twitter, some of those fans were able to join in on the celebration.
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Days before the game, Twitter put out a call for fans to tweet their predictions or shows of support for the teams so they could become confetti at the Super Bowl.
Can't make it to the big game? Now your Tweets can!
Tweet your prediction or a show of support using #NFLTwitter and they may become confetti at Super Bowl LIVpic.twitter.com/7Qd4Akcr5l— Twitter Sports (@TwitterSports) January 29, 2020
Fast forward to Sunday, when Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid did their thing to take down the San Francisco 49ers. Cue the confetti, with which Twitter delivered its promise.
Plenty of people on the ground in Miami noticed the result.
The white confetti on the field has tweets on them like this pic.twitter.com/482UEfEy1z
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) February 3, 2020
I caught a tweet!!!!! #NFLTwitter #confetti pic.twitter.com/eBcuPXrFMB
— Brittany O’Hagan (Cranston) (@BrittO) February 3, 2020
The white confetti that was blown into the air amongst the red and yellow ones are TWEETS!! So epic! #Chiefs @TSebasRocks @thecheckdown @JRickettson pic.twitter.com/L3ex1w0iPp
— Nico Cantor (@Nicocantor1) February 3, 2020
The #SuperBowLIV Chiefs victory confetti has tweets from happy fans on it! pic.twitter.com/IxLcL7grgS
— Elanna Rubenstein (@RubensteinESPN) February 3, 2020
One more because this guy follows me. Yes it was, @AdamSchaumby. Yes it was. pic.twitter.com/4OXvScKVAz
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) February 3, 2020
The confetti unleashed on the field has @Chiefs tweets in it. What a time pic.twitter.com/xVFZIlcxNI
— Andy Scholes (@AndyScholesCNN) February 3, 2020
Between that and the Lombardi Trophy-shaped confetti, the NFL at least has that part of its championship celebrations performing at an elite level.
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