The fact that people are talking more about the halftime performance than the game is telling.

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The fact that people are talking more about the halftime performance than the game is telling.

Author: Hensou (10438 Posts - Joined: Dec 21, 2022)

Posted at 1:40 pm on Feb 9, 2026

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It was a shit game. The periphery was puffery. Designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

I am not suggesting a Bach fugue arranged for string quartet.

Mardi Gras has its place. But so should championship football.

Replies to: "The fact that people are talking more about the halftime performance than the game is telling."

This does not make me a Bad Bunny fan. It’s as always, an awful halftime show. - jimbasil - 1:26am 2/9/26 (26) [View All]
- Bad Bunny > Kid Rock 24-7 - OCIrish - 6:05pm 2/9/26
- Trump called it “an affront to the Greatness [sic] of America” - Chris94 - 4:37pm 2/9/26
- I love Latin "music" but this was Latin Trap, a subgenre of rap, and was aimed at a young audience. - Curly1918 - 2:29pm 2/9/26
- I agree with Jim. - PaND - 1:21pm 2/9/26
- The show is for women. I’ve never watched one [NT] - holybull101 - 12:52pm 2/9/26
- My daughter thought it was the best halftime show ever. - Rooney - 12:35pm 2/9/26
  - You’re right, only children should be entertained during the halftime show. - jimbasil - 12:51pm 2/9/26
    - My daughter is an adult. - Rooney - 12:57pm 2/9/26
      - FWIW, my daughter and her college roommates (3 young women) all disliked the half-time show - TakethetrainKnute - 2:12pm 2/9/26
        Guessing they are in the extreme minority - OCIrish - 6:18pm 2/9/26
        I’d guess you are wrong. Seems important to you for some reason - TakethetrainKnute - 6:36pm 2/9/26
      - So you did it for her. Nice - angry old white man from Westhill. [NT] - jimbasil - 1:00pm 2/9/26
- I thought Prince’s half time show was good. None since. [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 4:42am 2/9/26
  - 19 years ago now. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:34am 2/9/26
- They are never great. It was ok. Not knowing the music didn’t help, but not horrible. [NT] - LanceManion - 2:13am 2/9/26
  - I confess to "enjoying" the Latinas twerking til I recalled that my granddaughters are half Latina - Curly1918 - 2:40pm 2/9/26
    - My wife is half Cuban and liked aspects but not the Twerking - LanceManion - 5:59pm 2/9/26
  - He did OK in presentation. I know almost none of his music, so there was no way it was going to ever - TakethetrainKnute - 2:19pm 2/9/26
    - 100% on the demographics, although it felt a bit like the NFL is struggling to find its next audienc [NT] - LanceManion - 5:56pm 2/9/26
    - Nothing like America's game w/ a halftime show in anti-American Spanish. - ELP - 5:14pm 2/9/26
  - The fact that people are talking more about the halftime performance than the game is telling. - Hensou - 1:40pm 2/9/26
    - With THAT game...more people are talking about Puppy Bowl... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 2:20pm 2/9/26
    - Hard to generalize based on 1 data point, but football may go the way of the NBA - LanceManion - 1:45pm 2/9/26
- The NFL pissed on cosplayers Ice Barbie & Stephen Miller Goebbels. [NT] - ND521 - 1:34am 2/9/26
- Hold my nuts, please. [NT] - jimbasil - 1:29am 2/9/26
  - All this started with "Press 1 for English". - ELP - 2:49pm 2/9/26

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