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Initech

(108,039 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:12 PM 20 hrs ago

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

erronis

(23,151 posts)
4. "trolling operation" - That's all there is behind the maga/trump hot air
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 08:33 PM
18 hrs ago

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

ChicagoTeamster

(612 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, 08:40 PM
18 hrs ago

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

ToxMarz

(2,805 posts)
8. Probably had that plane load of 'Melania' movie attendees they been flying around
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 08:44 PM
18 hrs ago

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

llmart

(17,468 posts)
9. Maybe it was prerecorded this past summer...
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 08:48 PM
17 hrs ago

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".

kwolf68

(8,321 posts)
21. They are just not good
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:31 AM
5 hrs ago

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

(2,977 posts)
22. Good.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:39 AM
5 hrs ago

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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