Superbowl LX - 11 February 2026

TIMDT and Mwah (sic) went to a Super Bowl LX party, 08 February 2026, chez Maharajah and Marinara. Super bowl parties have become an American institution, and we were appreciative of being invitees to this one. A good time was had by all.

The first Super Bowl I remember watching was Super Bowl III, 1969. I was a college student at BYU living at home in Provo, UT. The Jets of the AFL beat the Colts of the NFL, 16-7. Three days before the game, Joe Namath famously guaranteed a Jets victory at a public event in Miami, saying "I guarantee it" when asked about the outcome. His bold prediction (and the team's performance backing it up) helped legitimize the AFL, accelerated the AFL-NFL merger (completed in 1970), and turned the Super Bowl into a true national spectacle. Namath became a national celebrity. TIMDT and Mwah (sic) watched Namath star as Lt. Stephen Maryk in "The Caine Mutiny," on Broadway in 1983. Thereafter, Namath became known as "Broadway Joe."

Super Bowl LX: The game: I had no dog in the hunt. But the game story (Seattle 29 and New England 13) will be one that celebrates Seattle's outstanding defense. New England had to punt for each of the first seven possessions, and by that time, I stopped keeping track. For a while, I thought I was watching a rerun of "Groundhog Day."

The ads: Beaucoup politics and controversy: Ring "Search Party." There goes privacy! Was Nancy Guthrie's Ring door camera a bane or a benefit? Robert Kraft's blue square ad. Realistic demonstration of antisemitism? On the other hand, some great nonpolitical ads: Budweiser's Clydesdale/Eagle add was terrific and uplifting! Also good were Pepsi's polar bear spots.

Bad Bunny half time show: Sadly political. Anti-MAGA, anti-Trump globalist, multiculturalist celebration of crotch grabbing perversion. A polarizing, poorly executed spectacle that failed to deliver the traditional, family-friendly, English-dominant entertainment I would expect from the Super Bowl halftime slot. The most revealing part of the half time show was the "we accept EBT" sign. Welfare is such a huge part of Hispanic culture that they included it in the performance. At this time of divisiveness in our country we (the NFL) should be touting the best of American culture, not the shortcomings of other cultures. The backlash highlighted deep cultural and political divides in America. Uber globalist pedophile Jeffery Epstein, however, would have approved of Bad Bunny's performance.