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Rocky-Eagles hype video causes Super Bowl 2018 crowd to go wild

The Super Bowl LII crowd went wild when an Eagles-Rocky hype video appeared on the Jumbotron at U.S. Bank Stadium during the first quarter.

The Super Bowl LII crowd went wild when an Eagles-Rocky hype video appeared on the Jumbotron at U.S. Bank Stadium during the first quarter.
The Super Bowl LII crowd went wild when an Eagles-Rocky hype video appeared on the Jumbotron at U.S. Bank Stadium during the first quarter.Read more@KrisGutierrez / Twitter

We knew the Super Bowl crowd was rooting for the Eagles based on their reactions prior to the start of the game. But any question about the pro-Birds sentiment among the 70,000 or so people crammed into U.S. Bank Stadium were quickly silenced midway through the first quarter.

After Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski knocked through a field goal to tie the game 3-3 (the first time the Patriots have scored during the first quarter in a Super Bowl in the Bill Belichick/Tom Brady era), fans went nuts when an Eagles-Rocky fight song aired on the stadium's Jumbotron.

Apparently, each team shares time on the Jumbotron. Following the Eagles-Rocky hype song, the Patriots aired a video featuring wide receiver Julian Edelman and the Dropkick Murphys didn't garner the same reaction.