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Va AandM
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Va AandM

They have a plan. Takes time just like it took time for futbol to expand

And this is part of the strategy. Growth means more eyeballs and they won't be coming, en mass, from the US. Courtesy of Claude [my caveat is that US population growth may be an overestimate. 2025 growth was 0.5%, half of the growth in the past decade] The U.S. population is projected to reach approximately 366 million by 2100, while Latin America and the Caribbean's population is expected to peak at around 752 million in 2056. Both regions are experiencing demographic changes, with the U.S. population becoming older and more diverse, and Latin America transitioning to lower mortality and fertility rates. cepal.org Worldometer Population Predictions for the U.S. and Latin America U.S. Population Projections Year Population Estimate Key Changes 2022 333 million Current population 2050 400 million Growth driven by immigration 2100 366 million Expected decline after peak in 2080 The U.S. population is projected to peak at 369 million in 2080 before declining. Immigration is the primary driver of growth, with a projected increase of 102 million people by 2100 under high-immigration scenarios. Latin America Population Projections Year Population Estimate Key Changes 2026 668 million Current population 2030 687 million Continued growth 2056 752 million Expected maximum population
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Posted: 02/09/2026 at 10:29 AM ET
(In response to this post by marcbvtgm)

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The worst half time show. Yep when you forget your hs Spanish 20
fordham • 02/08/26 08:31 PM ET
here's the english version...
Windows NT • 02/11/26 09:28 AM ET
Ref all below comments on the show(s)
Indianahokie78 • 02/10/26 04:46 PM ET
newsflash, you didn't have to know spanish to enjoy the music or the
squarerootofone • 02/10/26 01:35 PM ET
I saw bits and pieces of it and thought it absolutely sucked. Unity my a$$.**
SHPHOKIE • 02/10/26 03:26 PM ET
ok, snowflake.**
squarerootofone • 02/10/26 03:43 PM ET
Yea Let's go straight to name calling if someone disagrees. **
SHPHOKIE • 02/10/26 04:45 PM ET
It was fun for most people just not the old heads here. **
Hokie4Heisman • 02/09/26 09:03 PM ET
I'm 70 and I thought it was fantastic.**
Culpeper Hokie • 02/10/26 11:32 AM ET
💡My idea for halftime show: reward the best marching bands in America 🇺🇲
Maroon Baboon • 02/09/26 06:46 PM ET
That’s actually a really cool idea. **
Hoakie82 • 02/10/26 05:58 PM ET
So much for English being the unifying language in America.
jonnyhawk • 02/09/26 02:25 PM ET
I had a great time watching Bad Bunny; beautiful show, beautiful message
SeattleHokie89 • 02/09/26 12:55 PM ET
I had great time watching the other HT show. I agree, Love over hate**
Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie • 02/10/26 07:45 AM ET
Does one have to understand the lyrics in order to enjoy the music?**
BROman Hokie • 02/09/26 12:43 PM ET
No. I rarely understand lyrics. I enjoy Latin music even though I have no
Maroon Baboon • 02/09/26 06:52 PM ET
Who cares? I have watched 50+ super bowls and probably averaged
Jwunderdog • 02/09/26 10:15 AM ET
How bad was it?
VPI63 • 02/08/26 10:49 PM ET
Omg, I did the same during halftime, opened up laptop worked on taxes.**
carhokies • 02/09/26 12:23 PM ET
Almost as bad as the game itself.**
Bburg Mac • 02/08/26 11:28 PM ET
the way he kept grabbing and tugging his underwear, I thought malfunction!**
HOKIE75-79 • 02/08/26 10:28 PM ET
Yeah, that was weird.
Bburg Mac • 02/09/26 06:08 AM ET
I watched the other halftime show. Worked well for me.
Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie • 02/08/26 09:32 PM ET
I heard Turning Point auctioned off one of Charlie's used toilet seats in
BG Hokie • 02/09/26 04:37 PM ET
There he is. .......Iscariot? Is that you?**
Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie • 02/09/26 06:54 PM ET
You're best off.....
2hhoop3 • 02/09/26 07:29 PM ET
Really low class comment.**
Bburg Mac • 02/09/26 06:11 PM ET
The other halftime show you're talking about had 10 million views.**
carhokies • 02/09/26 12:25 PM ET
Don't know about views or Duck Duck Goose and "pick me."
Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie • 02/09/26 01:13 PM ET
well.. then keep the me view to yourself and don't post your me view**
Windows NT • 02/09/26 01:34 PM ET
Na, I will give the view to who I choose
Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie • 02/09/26 06:50 PM ET
Meh, I don't mind him posting his me view. tweety tweety toot toot.**
jonnyhawk • 02/09/26 02:43 PM ET
you and 10 others**
Windows NT • 02/09/26 09:22 AM ET
It's a big world outside of your echo chamber.
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 12:20 PM ET
LOL it was the most watched half time show in super bowl history**
VTHokieTBone7 • 02/09/26 01:09 PM ET
LOL. Official numbers aren't out yet.**
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 01:13 PM ET
As of February 9, 2026, Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl LX (2026)
Windows NT • 02/09/26 01:41 PM ET
Per NBC/NFL, as 2/9/2026 3:24pm, the ratings data haven't been released yet**
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 03:25 PM ET
you are in denial**
Windows NT • 02/09/26 09:00 PM ET
The ratings are in & as usual, your alternate universe is devoid of facts.
marcbvtgm • 02/13/26 01:58 PM ET
this is the official count as of Tue, March 3, 2026
Windows NT • 03/04/26 11:50 AM ET
Fair, the preliminary data indicates that 135.4M people tuned in**
VTHokieTBone7 • 02/09/26 01:18 PM ET
try millions**
VTCALS72 • 02/09/26 12:06 PM ET
135 million to 6 million. Pffft.
Culpeper Hokie • 02/10/26 11:31 AM ET
^^^^ This ^^^**
Culpeper Hokie • 02/09/26 10:06 AM ET
That’s all I watched & it was good. Haven’t watched the NFL in years.**
Hoakie82 • 02/08/26 11:28 PM ET
thanks for sharing**
Rationalist • 02/08/26 09:46 PM ET
Wish I had.**
Bburg Mac • 02/08/26 09:40 PM ET
I'll never say no to dancing Jessica Alba
Tanman • 02/08/26 09:31 PM ET
Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Mary J >> Bbunny**
hokiepro • 02/09/26 06:48 AM ET
Not gonna argue with you there
Tanman • 02/09/26 09:04 PM ET
Incomprehensible show. Actually pretty boring.**
Bburg Mac • 02/08/26 09:05 PM ET
I wish they had Metallica did it in their hometown **
CvilleHokie04 • 02/08/26 09:03 PM ET
Didn't mind it. Much of it was visually appealing to me.
TekkNerd • 02/08/26 09:01 PM ET
the two guys gyrating on each other?**
BobG • 02/09/26 02:22 PM ET
What, the twerking?**
Bburg Mac • 02/08/26 09:06 PM ET
To each his own I guess. I wish I understood, but I still enjoyed it.**
Hokie622 • 02/08/26 08:39 PM ET
Goodell is an idiot. Who was his target audience with that?**
ACCWatcher • 02/08/26 08:38 PM ET
135 million people apparently **
fakehokiestolenvalor • 02/10/26 12:00 AM ET
Angry white men who like to shake their fists at clouds!**
BG Hokie • 02/09/26 04:42 PM ET
What? Check the geography.**
Bburg Mac • 02/09/26 06:13 PM ET
Target of next NFL franchise is Mexico City. Games to be held in Brazil
Va AandM • 02/09/26 07:28 AM ET
How, after all of these yrs, have internt’l games made mucho dinero?
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 10:01 AM ET
Just not popular outside the U.S.**
Bburg Mac • 02/09/26 06:16 PM ET
have you been out of this country? NFL is growing tenfold
Windows NT • 02/09/26 10:43 AM ET
10-fold over almost nothing is still almost nothing.
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 12:24 PM ET
so you have never been out of the country**
Windows NT • 02/09/26 12:37 PM ET
Lots of times. As usual, you deflect & move goalposts when given facts
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 01:02 PM ET
sure you have, else you would know the NFL is extremely
Windows NT • 02/09/26 01:07 PM ET
Extremely? Pretty much only in North America.**
Bburg Mac • 02/09/26 06:10 PM ET
If you ignore reality and facts, you can believe anything.**
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 01:15 PM ET
They have a plan. Takes time just like it took time for futbol to expand ◄
Va AandM • 02/09/26 10:29 AM ET
NFL's been trying to penetrate the international market for 35 years
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 12:35 PM ET
There are millions of soccer players in the U.S. of all backgrounds.
Bburg Mac • 02/09/26 06:26 PM ET
all owners agree with goodell. it's a business move.. not to please the
Windows NT • 02/08/26 10:30 PM ET
Please explain how it improves the NFL’s business?
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 09:45 AM ET
It doesn't...a pipe dream.**
Bburg Mac • 02/09/26 06:32 PM ET
it was approx 5 million out of billions? instead of losing billions
Windows NT • 02/09/26 10:36 AM ET
I swear you live in some alternate universe w/o facts & logic
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 12:56 PM ET
Viewership for the 2026 Soccer World Cup is expected to reach 6 BILLION
Bburg Mac • 02/09/26 06:40 PM ET
you sound like you know more than the NFL re business lol**
Windows NT • 02/09/26 01:10 PM ET
I know NFL is a license to print money. Without gambling, NFL would die.
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 03:28 PM ET
Puerto Rico.**
Bburg Mac • 02/08/26 09:09 PM ET
I wasnt considered the audience and didn't watch
TheNuke • 02/08/26 09:00 PM ET
You're just figuring that out?......
2hhoop3 • 02/08/26 08:49 PM ET
he must be doing something right
Windows NT • 02/08/26 10:32 PM ET
That was the point ......
2hhoop3 • 02/09/26 08:07 AM ET
you didnt get it
Windows NT • 02/09/26 08:28 AM ET
Except you didn’t reinforce what he said. You contradicted it.
marcbvtgm • 02/09/26 09:52 AM ET
Fair enough my mistake.....
2hhoop3 • 02/09/26 09:43 AM ET
Correct on all accounts.**
Atlee Hokie • 02/08/26 08:54 PM ET
can’t post whom “it” is: against
HtownHokie • 02/08/26 08:46 PM ET
He's the most streamed artist globally in 2025, so a pretty big audience.
Hokie622 • 02/08/26 08:46 PM ET
worldwide audience = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$**
Windows NT • 02/08/26 10:34 PM ET
Never heard of him until the news about him being on the Super
RJHokie • 02/08/26 08:54 PM ET
#1 artist worldwide, not knowing who he is says more about you than him
SeattleHokie89 • 02/09/26 12:56 PM ET
Still won’t be on my music list.
RJHokie • 02/09/26 06:55 PM ET
Exactly! I'm 70 and even I know about him...
Culpeper Hokie • 02/09/26 02:40 PM ET
I'm just short of 79, and must live under a rock. I'd never heard of him.**
Atlee Hokie • 02/09/26 07:22 PM ET
You and I are the same age and as noted I had never heard
RJHokie • 02/09/26 07:28 PM ET
I am 63, never heard him. I do live under 1960's, 70's, 80's rock**
VaTechie • 02/09/26 10:37 PM ET
^^^This**
TomTurkey • 02/08/26 09:11 PM ET
And as with all half time shows, I didn't watch it.**
Atlee Hokie • 02/08/26 08:56 PM ET
I watched a fair amount of it.
RJHokie • 02/08/26 09:01 PM ET
Si.**
ACCWatcher • 02/08/26 09:39 PM ET
Mexico?**
RJHokie • 02/08/26 08:43 PM ET