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Initech

(108,799 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 07:12 PM Feb 9

This is too good about the TPUSA halftime show.

It was recorded at an "unknown" venue at the University Of North Dakota at Grand Forks. At their basketball practice arena - a place that only holds some 3,000. On a "unknown date". Previously recorded. It wasn't even live. And it was weeks ago. They had this already filmed. There's also an unverified rumor going around Xitter that over half of the "6 million viewers" that they're claiming are nothing more than paid bots.

For weeks they had been promising a venue the size of State Farm Stadium in Arizona or Nissan Stadium in Nashville. They couldn't deliver on that. They couldn't even deliver on the 100,000 claims they shit talked on Fox and Newsmax about this. Only 200 people showed up, that's right. 200. As many as could fit in a 737 Max 8.

It's all about projection on this crowd when in reality, nobody really cares. The TPUSA halftime show got utterly destroyed in the ratings by an estimated, 1/3 of the country watching Bad Bunny. TPUSA is a pathetic sham grifting organization, but we all knew that. This entire exercise was nothing more than an overblown and glorified trolling operation. But of course, they're promising on Fox that they'll be continuing their temper tantrum again next year.

Source: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/kid-rock/2026/university-of-north-dakota-grand-forks-nd-134b99a9.html

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This is too good about the TPUSA halftime show. (Original Post) Initech Feb 9 OP
North Dakota? underpants Feb 9 #1
Vanilli Hillbilly IronLionZion Feb 9 #2
LMAO!!! Initech Feb 9 #10
Ok you get a double heart for that! LOL!!!! nt Trueblue Texan Feb 9 #12
LMAO kwolf68 Feb 10 #20
Wasn't even live? BidenRocks Feb 9 #3
They had to pre-record... lame54 Feb 9 #5
"trolling operation" - That's all there is behind the maga/trump hot air erronis Feb 9 #4
But they don't even know who's going to be in the halftime show next year. They'll just do it to spite the NFL? ChicagoTeamster Feb 9 #6
Wow 😳 MustLoveBeagles Feb 9 #7
Probably had that plane load of 'Melania' movie attendees they been flying around ToxMarz Feb 9 #8
Maybe it was prerecorded this past summer... llmart Feb 9 #9
I hear they got half the viewership of the puppy bowl... Wounded Bear Feb 9 #11
Puppies defeated Noem IronLionZion Feb 9 #13
The Puppy Bowl was cute 🥰 MustLoveBeagles Feb 9 #14
This is HYSTERICAL. I mean, we knew it was pathetic but . . . Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #15
This was a temper tantrum level of trolling. Initech Feb 9 #17
You think they'd grow up canetoad Feb 9 #16
Bwaaaaahahahaha! Blue Owl Feb 10 #18
"i was sure we'd rope in more pedophile enthusiuasts than this!" struggle4progress Feb 10 #19
They are just not good kwolf68 Feb 10 #21
Good. Conjuay Feb 10 #22

erronis

(23,917 posts)
4. "trolling operation" - That's all there is behind the maga/trump hot air
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:33 PM
Feb 9

Using the xitter bots to count supporters is the same nonsense that paid-for pollsters have done forever.

ChicagoTeamster

(979 posts)
6. But they don't even know who's going to be in the halftime show next year. They'll just do it to spite the NFL?
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:40 PM
Feb 9

Don't do it for Trump TPUSA, You already know he won't watch.

ToxMarz

(2,942 posts)
8. Probably had that plane load of 'Melania' movie attendees they been flying around
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:44 PM
Feb 9

to boost ticket sales just take a side trip to see kid puke.

llmart

(17,625 posts)
9. Maybe it was prerecorded this past summer...
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:48 PM
Feb 9

and that's why he's wearing shorts and no socks. He thinks he's so cool with the stupid hat. What is he? About 55? He's no longer a "kid" but an immature man-boy who is trying to relive his glory days.

As a side note, I live near the town where he grew up and went to school. He tries to portray himself as "country" but no one here would call it that. My daughter went to the same high school but different year, and I wonder if he even graduated from high school. He was basically what the locals would have labeled "white trash".

MustLoveBeagles

(16,460 posts)
14. The Puppy Bowl was cute 🥰
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 10:24 PM
Feb 9

Well worth a watch. More than could be said of the so called concert.

Maru Kitteh

(31,773 posts)
15. This is HYSTERICAL. I mean, we knew it was pathetic but . . .
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 10:25 PM
Feb 9

That’s like . . . epi-pathetic!


Initech

(108,799 posts)
17. This was a temper tantrum level of trolling.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 10:28 PM
Feb 9

And also maybe one of the biggest epic failures of all time.

kwolf68

(8,452 posts)
21. They are just not good
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:31 AM
Feb 10

If I am hiring a sound engineer, producer, song writer, singer, dancer, whatever I am gonna make sure they are NOT Conservative. Even one could screw up an entire show. Imagine a show totally run by Conservatives. You get debacles like this.

Conjuay

(3,071 posts)
22. Good.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:39 AM
Feb 10

Maybe by next year they will locate some 'celebrities'' that are worth the effort of pressing a button on the remote.

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