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And the first half was so bad I was able to knock off the LAT Sunday crossword during the game, check the conmercials, and not miss any game action.

Quote from: Jay Bee on February 08, 2026, 07:25:40 PMHalftime show may be worse than the game.

Not my thing but the guy is the biggest artist in the world right now. 

Quote from: Jay Bee on February 08, 2026, 07:25:40 PMHalftime show may be worse than the game.

Lots of heart attacks in the Villages, surely

Highlight of the game so far.

Quote from: wadesworld on February 08, 2026, 07:01:07 PMIt's one bad year. The last 4 years have been varying levels of good to great. That's just a fact. People can't preach "it takes one offseason to rebuild in this day and age, so one down year is the leash," and then talk about how this is somehow 4 bad years.

I was referring specifically to the recruits starting 4 years ago who comprise this year's "one bad year". I should have been clearer. I had faith in Shaka's ability to build a solid team that would be able to take over post Kolek. Oso, Stevie and Kam. That faith vanished with what we see this year, but it started 4 years ago. Ben has had his good games, Chase looked really good until the BE games this year, but gambling on Hamilton and not going to the portal when I believe he should have acknowledged-at least to himself-that he had players who were not working out, and he needed to go to the portal. Right up until the first game, we heard happy talk.

I want to see Shaka go back to the coaching style he had that was so successful. And that requires showing the poor performers the door to make room for transfers. Leaving the decision to stay or go up to the player is, in my opinion, a huge mistake. Not saying that he will, but it could happen.

Let's hope the original version of Shaka reappears. But criticizing him for this year's team is, I believe, fair and should not be put into a Doddsian blender with his successes. There were/are two different M.O.s involved.

Halftime show may be worse than the game.

Quote from: JWags85 on February 08, 2026, 07:13:09 PMThis has easily been one of the least enjoyable viewing Super Bowls for a neutral viewer in a long time.  Defense has been good, sure, but there has been zero offensive execution and the play calling/strategy has been beyond conservative and tight.  Macdonald was playing for a FG from the moment they got the ball back on that last drive, short of them breaking a big run.

I'm good following the second half on my phone and watching something on Netflix that is enjoyable and holds my attention as opposed to 2 QBs getting blitzed into jitters and chucking incompletions.

Well said. 

This has easily been one of the least enjoyable viewing Super Bowls for a neutral viewer in a long time.  Defense has been good, sure, but there has been zero offensive execution and the play calling/strategy has been beyond conservative and tight.  Macdonald was playing for a FG from the moment they got the ball back on that last drive, short of them breaking a big run.

I'm good following the second half on my phone and watching something on Netflix that is enjoyable and holds my attention as opposed to 2 QBs getting blitzed into jitters and chucking incompletions.