All Hokie, All the Time. Period. Presented by First Bank & Trust Company

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fordham OP
Feb 08, 2026 at 08:31 PM ET
The worst half time show. Yep when you forget your hs Spanish 20
Years ago ** Edited by fordham at 2/8/2026, 8:31:51 PM

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Windows NT
5mo
here's the english version...
i can get down to this!
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Indianahokie78
5mo
Ref all below comments on the show(s)
In the bigger scheme of things does it really matter? It’s over…. GO HOKIES! ** Edited by Indianahokie78 at 2/10/2026, 4:48:42 PM
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squarerootofone
5mo
newsflash, you didn't have to know spanish to enjoy the music or the
dancing or the message of unity. i thought it was great. we're a multicultural nation!
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SHPHOKIE
5mo
I saw bits and pieces of it and thought it absolutely sucked. Unity my a$$.
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squarerootofone
5mo
ok, snowflake.
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SHPHOKIE
5mo
Yea Let's go straight to name calling if someone disagrees.
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Hokie4Heisman
5mo
It was fun for most people just not the old heads here.
Culpeper Hokie Culpeper Hokie
5mo
I'm 70 and I thought it was fantastic.
Maroon Baboon Maroon Baboon
5mo
💡My idea for halftime show: reward the best marching bands in America 🇺🇲
1. Best D1 band 2. Best HBCU band 3. Best high school band Or perhaps one or two of them can do the pregame instead.
Hoakie82 Hoakie82
5mo
That’s actually a really cool idea.
jonnyhawk jonnyhawk
5mo
So much for English being the unifying language in America.
I think all of United States Media should filter through a language switch. There are 7,159 languages known to humans currently on planet earth. With the automatic-language-Switcherooo, all movies, tv shows, podcasts, music, and information could systematically switch languages every 15 minutes until each of the 7,159 languages could be heard. That way each significant language can be represented and everyone can be miserable 7,158/7159th of the time not knowing what the hell is being said. However, each language could be used once every 74.6 days. But what language should we start using in the first 15 minute segment of all media outlets nation wide you ask? Why Silbo Gomero would of course be the best language to start with..... {Silbo Gomero} is a, unique, whistled, Spanish, register, used, on, La, Gomera, Island, to, communicate, across, deep, ravines. {It}, acts, as, a, fully, developed, language, representing, vowels, and, consonants, through, varying, pitch, and, continuity, often, carrying, up, to, five, kilometers. Tune in at 12:00am for your news heard in "Silbo Gomero" for 15 minutes..... tweeeet tooot tweeety tweety toot toot. Let's GO........HOKIES!!! ** Edited by jonnyhawk at 2/9/2026, 2:39:44 PM
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SeattleHokie89
5mo
I had a great time watching Bad Bunny; beautiful show, beautiful message
Love over Hate.
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Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
5mo
I had great time watching the other HT show. I agree, Love over hate
BROman Hokie BROman Hokie
5mo
Does one have to understand the lyrics in order to enjoy the music?
Maroon Baboon Maroon Baboon
5mo
No. I rarely understand lyrics. I enjoy Latin music even though I have no
idea what they are saying. I appreciate a good Mariachi band. That being said, I'm not a fan of Big Bunny's persona and thought they could have made a better choice for the halftime show.
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Jwunderdog
5mo
Who cares? I have watched 50+ super bowls and probably averaged
watching the HT show less then 1 minute per super bowl. If I want to see someone in concert I will go to the concert or watch them on You-Tube.
VPI63 VPI63
5mo
How bad was it?
I’ll tell you how bad… I went upstairs and worked on my income taxes. 😩 ** Edited by VPI63 at 2/8/2026, 10:49:38 PM
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carhokies
5mo
Omg, I did the same during halftime, opened up laptop worked on taxes.
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Almost as bad as the game itself.
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HOKIE75-79
5mo
the way he kept grabbing and tugging his underwear, I thought malfunction!
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Yeah, that was weird.
Along with all the twerking. Just gross.
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Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
5mo
I watched the other halftime show. Worked well for me.
** Edited by Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie at 2/8/2026, 9:33:08 PM
BG Hokie BG Hokie
5mo
I heard Turning Point auctioned off one of Charlie's used toilet seats in
between Kid Rock songs. A beautiful event indeed. Warms my heart.
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Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
5mo
There he is. .......Iscariot? Is that you?
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2hhoop3
5mo
You're best off.....
just ignoring the moron.
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Really low class comment.
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carhokies
5mo
The other halftime show you're talking about had 10 million views.
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Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
5mo
Don't know about views or Duck Duck Goose and "pick me."
I give 2 Flying Fs about what others watch or don't watch. I care about ....Me. And for me, I watched the other halftime show. You do You.
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Windows NT
5mo
well.. then keep the me view to yourself and don't post your me view
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Hate2SeeItEnd Hokie
5mo
Na, I will give the view to who I choose
The locus of control aint your's bro. You make think it is.....but it's not..
jonnyhawk jonnyhawk
5mo
Meh, I don't mind him posting his me view. tweety tweety toot toot.
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Windows NT
5mo
you and 10 others
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marcbvtgm
5mo
It's a big world outside of your echo chamber.
I can't imagine any advertiser that actually takes their fudiciary responsibility seriously can be happy with the number of eyes that left the broadcast for 45 minutes. ** Edited by marcbvtgm at 2/9/2026, 12:22:30 PM
VTHokieTBone7 VTHokieTBone7
5mo
LOL it was the most watched half time show in super bowl history
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marcbvtgm
5mo
LOL. Official numbers aren't out yet.
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Windows NT
5mo
As of February 9, 2026, Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl LX (2026)
show is the most-watched in history. Bad Bunny (Super Bowl LX, 2026): ~135.4 million viewers. Kendrick Lamar (Super Bowl LIX, 2025): 133.5 million viewers. Michael Jackson (Super Bowl XXVII, 1993): 133.4 million viewers. Usher (Super Bowl LVIII, 2024): 123.4 million viewers. Rihanna (Super Bowl LVII, 2023): 121 million viewers. Katy Perry (Super Bowl XLIX, 2015): 121 million viewers.
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marcbvtgm
5mo
Per NBC/NFL, as 2/9/2026 3:24pm, the ratings data haven't been released yet
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Windows NT
5mo
you are in denial
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marcbvtgm
5mo
The ratings are in & as usual, your alternate universe is devoid of facts.
The quarter hour segment numbers are out now. Halftime show lost ~8 million viewers. That's the biggest halftime audience decline in history. NBC lost almost 9 million viewers; Telemundo gained about 1 million for a net loss of 7.7 million viewers from late 2nd qtr. However, except the last two years, viewers go up for halftime shows so the effective audience loss is even higher. Down 7% from 2nd quarter peak and 5.7% from the preceding quarter hour is an unmitigated disaster for NBC and the NFL. Advertisers can't be happy. I'll say it again, being a provocateur is rarely good for the bottom line.
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Windows NT
5mo
this is the official count as of Tue, March 3, 2026
Bad Bunny's halftime performance brought in 4.157 billion views globally within 24 hours. Bad Bunny now has the most-watched halftime show performance of all time let me repeat... 4.157 billion viewers... Bad Bunny now has the most-watched halftime show performance of all time you can google it
VTHokieTBone7 VTHokieTBone7
5mo
Fair, the preliminary data indicates that 135.4M people tuned in
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VTCALS72
5mo
try millions
Culpeper Hokie Culpeper Hokie
5mo
135 million to 6 million. Pffft.
Bad Bunny’s halftime show: ~135 million+ viewers (record-breaking). MAGA/Turning Point USA counter-show: roughly 5–6 million live viewers on YouTube
Culpeper Hokie Culpeper Hokie
5mo
^^^^ This ^^^
Hoakie82 Hoakie82
5mo
That’s all I watched & it was good. Haven’t watched the NFL in years.
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Rationalist
5mo
thanks for sharing
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Wish I had.
Tanman Tanman
5mo
I'll never say no to dancing Jessica Alba
Nor my wife to Pedro Pascal. I don't know Bad Bunny's music either, but this was one of the better half time show in years. ** Edited by Tanman at 2/8/2026, 9:33:46 PM
hokiepro hokiepro
5mo
Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Mary J >> Bbunny
Tanman Tanman
5mo
Not gonna argue with you there
But bro, that was like 4 years ago. 😂
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Incomprehensible show. Actually pretty boring.
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CvilleHokie04
5mo
I wish they had Metallica did it in their hometown
TekkNerd TekkNerd
5mo
Didn't mind it. Much of it was visually appealing to me.
With what I saw I didn't care what anyone was saying.
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BobG
5mo
the two guys gyrating on each other?
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Bburg Mac
5mo
What, the twerking?
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Hokie622
5mo
To each his own I guess. I wish I understood, but I still enjoyed it.
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ACCWatcher
5mo
Goodell is an idiot. Who was his target audience with that?
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fakehokiestolenvalor
5mo
135 million people apparently
BG Hokie BG Hokie
5mo
Angry white men who like to shake their fists at clouds!
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Bburg Mac
5mo
What? Check the geography.
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Va AandM
5mo
Target of next NFL franchise is Mexico City. Games to be held in Brazil
Los propietarios quieren más dinero. El jefe Goodall los está ayudando. https://translate.google.com
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marcbvtgm
5mo
How, after all of these yrs, have internt’l games made mucho dinero?
Are the advertising rates for international games higher? Doubtful. Has the NFL made appreciable inroads with international audiences? Doubtful. Does being the distant 2nd or 3rd (or worse) sport in those markets help the NFL brand or bottom line? Doubtful.
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Just not popular outside the U.S.
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Windows NT
5mo
have you been out of this country? NFL is growing tenfold
esp in mexico and brasil
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marcbvtgm
5mo
10-fold over almost nothing is still almost nothing.
It's like saying typewriter or wagon wheel sales are up 10-fold.
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Windows NT
5mo
so you have never been out of the country
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marcbvtgm
5mo
Lots of times. As usual, you deflect & move goalposts when given facts
** Edited by marcbvtgm at 2/9/2026, 1:02:52 PM
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Windows NT
5mo
sure you have, else you would know the NFL is extremely
popular outside the States... don't compare it to soccer or basketball
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Extremely? Pretty much only in North America.
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marcbvtgm
5mo
If you ignore reality and facts, you can believe anything.
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Va AandM
5mo
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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marcbvtgm
5mo
NFL's been trying to penetrate the international market for 35 years
And Soccer has been trying to expand the US market for 50 years. Soccer has been about as successful at integrating in the US as the metric system. If not for the large international population which has entered this country since the late-80s, it would be absolutely nothing. Football is nothing more than a curio for non-expats internationally. Neither has been as successful as baseball or basketball internationally - probably because those developed far more organically in the countries that took to them. People developed an appreciation for the games rather than being pummeled with hype. ** Edited by marcbvtgm at 2/9/2026, 12:35:55 PM
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Bburg Mac
5mo
There are millions of soccer players in the U.S. of all backgrounds.
Soccer recently passed Baseball and is now the 3rd most popular sport in the U.S., behind football and basketball. Saying soccer isn't successful internationally is just absurd.
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Windows NT
5mo
all owners agree with goodell. it's a business move.. not to please the
nuts in the usa
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marcbvtgm
5mo
Please explain how it improves the NFL’s business?
How does sending 10s of millions of viewers elsewhere during halftime or playing games in international markets at 10am (or 7am Pacific time) improve the NFL’s bottom line? Goodell and the owners are stuck in the 2010’s model of thinking this nonsense is insurance against criticism. If the NFL wasn’t the perfect betting game, these guys would be circling the drain. ** Edited by marcbvtgm at 2/9/2026, 9:48:12 AM
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Bburg Mac
5mo
It doesn't...a pipe dream.
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Windows NT
5mo
it was approx 5 million out of billions? instead of losing billions
just to please the small minority crowd... that's good business. ** Edited by Windows NT at 2/9/2026, 10:36:49 AM
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marcbvtgm
5mo
I swear you live in some alternate universe w/o facts & logic
First of all, billions of people don't watch the super bowl. The US audience is about 125 million or so and has declined as a percentage of the population in the last 10 years, i.e. the ratings. The international audience is about half that - ~65 million - of which, I'm guessing a significant percentage are ex-pats or Canadians. Still, let's generously say 40 million non-US affiliated people outside of the US watching out of...8 billion? Awesome. That's 0.5%. And you can bet the advertising rates for that 0.5% is a small fraction of what the US rates are. So how does losing 15% or more of your most important market - by far, especially for advertising revenue goes - make business sense? Particularly given the hoops people had to jump through to do so? Being a provocateur is rarely good for the bottom line. ** Edited by marcbvtgm at 2/9/2026, 1:01:00 PM
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Viewership for the 2026 Soccer World Cup is expected to reach 6 BILLION
With over 1.5 BILLION (with a 'B') just for the Final game.
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Windows NT
5mo
you sound like you know more than the NFL re business lol
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marcbvtgm
5mo
I know NFL is a license to print money. Without gambling, NFL would die.
Any idiot can run the NFL. And several have.
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Bburg Mac
5mo
Puerto Rico.
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TheNuke
5mo
I wasnt considered the audience and didn't watch
Regardless of the performer, I almost always find something else to do at half time. This year I was washing dishes
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2hhoop3
5mo
You're just figuring that out?......
He has never been anything more than an empty suit. The NFL is an idiot proof business and Dan Snyder and Roger Goodell are exhibits 1 and 1A in support of the statement.
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Windows NT
5mo
he must be doing something right
nfl is extremely profitable
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2hhoop3
5mo
That was the point ......
you may want to try reading it again.
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Windows NT
5mo
you didnt get it
reinforcing what you said, but in a nicer tone ** Edited by Windows NT at 2/9/2026, 8:28:23 AM
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marcbvtgm
5mo
Except you didn’t reinforce what he said. You contradicted it.
His point was anybody could make money running the NFL. You said he must be doing something right because the NFL makes money. Those two things are actually in conflict.
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2hhoop3
5mo
Fair enough my mistake.....
not really a Goodell fan for a variety of reasons.
Atlee Hokie Atlee Hokie
5mo
Correct on all accounts.
HtownHokie HtownHokie
5mo
can’t post whom “it” is: against
TOU
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Hokie622
5mo
He's the most streamed artist globally in 2025, so a pretty big audience.
Not everyone is going to like it, and I'm not knocking anyone for disliking it. Really, to each his own. But just talking eyes on the screen, I don't think it's a bad move. Football fans will watch the game regardless, but bringing in the most streamed artist at halftime brings in lots of non-football fans.
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Windows NT
5mo
worldwide audience = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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RJHokie
5mo
Never heard of him until the news about him being on the Super
Bowl halftime show hit the street.
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SeattleHokie89
5mo
#1 artist worldwide, not knowing who he is says more about you than him
but now your horizons have expanded, so great!
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RJHokie
5mo
Still won’t be on my music list.
He’s a good performer, no doubt, but not my style.
Culpeper Hokie Culpeper Hokie
5mo
Exactly! I'm 70 and even I know about him...
Love his music and he's had some of the best guest appearances on SNL. Guy is funny, smart and extremely talented. You'd have to be living under a veritable rock to not know who he is.
Atlee Hokie Atlee Hokie
5mo
I'm just short of 79, and must live under a rock. I'd never heard of him.
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RJHokie
5mo
You and I are the same age and as noted I had never heard
of him either. And I can assure you I don’t live under a rock…….😁
VaTechie VaTechie
5mo
I am 63, never heard him. I do live under 1960's, 70's, 80's rock
TomTurkey TomTurkey
5mo
^^^This
Atlee Hokie Atlee Hokie
5mo
And as with all half time shows, I didn't watch it.
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RJHokie
5mo
I watched a fair amount of it.
Thought it was a G rated night club act…….
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ACCWatcher
5mo
Si.
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RJHokie
5mo
Mexico?