# Super Bowl LX **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 8, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508 "2026-02-08T23:12:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/281 "2026-02-13T18:52:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Already talked about in the (semi-political) Cafe Society thread devoted discussion of the “alternative” halftime show, and the real halftime show: OK. I ducked into that thread, but didn’t care to stick around. I know these boards have some preferences I don’t fully understand WRT hijacks and forum-specific rules, but it seems curious that there is not a single thread about the halftime show, given as much discussion as there has been about it. Instead, it is spread across a game room thread about the game - and I suppose the commercials/pregame/halftime, and a CS thread about the alternative halftime. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/282 "2026-02-13T19:02:31Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Instead, it is spread across a game room thread about the game - and I suppose the commercials/pregame/halftime, and a CS thread about the alternative halftime. The Cafe Society thread became the thread about the halftime show, which I guess was inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/283 "2026-02-13T19:34:42Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I know these boards have some preferences I don’t fully understand WRT hijacks and forum-specific rules, but it seems curious that there is not a single thread about the halftime show, given as much discussion as there has been about it. Apparently, no one thought to create one. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/284 "2026-02-13T22:57:44Z")
We almost didn’t even create a Superbowl thread at all. The game room thread was created something like 20 minutes before kickoff. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/285 "2026-02-13T23:04:27Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > And, by sodomy, is he referencing oral sex or anal sex? Cause there’s a difference. I’ve made a huge mistake ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/286 "2026-02-14T00:48:40Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > We almost didn’t even create a Superbowl thread at all. I was going to make a Pro Bowl thread, then it was pointed out that nobody cared about it, and I realized I didn’t either. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/287 "2026-02-14T16:38:10Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > a twisted agenda to see the predominant message as other than a depiction of joyous celebration _I am not happy, so you are not allowed to be happy either._ > [@Atamasama](#): > > I was going to make a Pro Bowl thread, then it was pointed out that nobody cared about it, and I realized I didn’t either. I think the final score was       SomeRandomGuys 4326 OtherRandomGuys 3983 so, you know, a real defensive battle. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/288 "2026-02-14T17:46:59Z")
What’s a Pro Bowl? • • • • (JK) I haven’t watched any part of one since the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/289 "2026-02-15T06:35:41Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I haven’t watched any part of one since the 1970s. And, it hasn’t even been a formal football game for several years now, as the league realized that players didn’t want to risk injury, and it no longer even remotely felt like a competitive football game. Now, the “Pro Bowl Games” are a set of skills competitions, and a flag football game. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/290 "2026-02-15T13:53:10Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Now, the “Pro Bowl Games” are a set of skills competitions, and a flag football game. Skills competitions, okay that sounds a little more interesting. But a flag football game? Not interested in watching that. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/291 "2026-02-15T16:14:51Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Skills competitions, okay that sounds a little more interesting. But a flag football game? Not interested in watching that. What is clear to me is that the NFL doesn’t want to give up TV time, and even if the “Pro Bowl” is now football-adjacent stuff, they know that a fairly large number of fans will watch _anything_ football-related. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/292 "2026-02-15T16:49:24Z")
The NFL, it’s a business, and if any demand is there they’ll provide some supply. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/293 "2026-02-15T16:58:07Z")
Absolutely the truth, and one big reason why my love for the game has become dulled lately. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/294 "2026-02-15T22:18:55Z")
I think the “Pro Bowl” should be an awards ceremony, sort of like the Academy Awards for football players. That’s all people care about anyway; who made it, not what actually happens at the Pro Bowl. They’d have to change the format though, where players get nominated but don’t find out who won until the event. Just my 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/295 "2026-02-15T23:35:48Z")
I think the skills competition is fun. I haven’t watched it in a few years but I like, for example, accuracy competitions where quarterbacks try to hit a target like an olympic archer or something. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/296 "2026-02-15T23:36:56Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > accuracy competitions where quarterbacks try to hit a target like an olympic archer or something Does the archer get to shoot back at the quarterback? ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/297 "2026-02-16T01:48:41Z")
but aren’t there flag-football games now? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/298 "2026-02-16T02:34:01Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Does the archer get to shoot back at the quarterback? No, but the football flies like a banana. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/299 "2026-02-16T02:37:36Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > but aren’t there flag-football games now? Did you read the posts above that one?? ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508/300 "2026-02-16T02:57:14Z")
I meant don’t we have ON-GOING flag-football games [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lx/1027508.md?page=16)