It’s the day of the Superbowl, and millions of fans are waiting with great anticipation for “the greatest show on earth,” even though they’ll have to sit through at least an hour of sports to get to it. In case you haven’t heard, this year, after a series of mostly ho-hum post-Nipplegate classic rock performers, the NFL has asked the Queen of Pop to perform the halftime show, and supposedly it’s going to be a doozy. We know, we know, they say that every year. This time, Madonna has promised that viewers will be “knocked out of their seats from beginning to end,” but we’re thinking you might need a little help with that, so we present to you our patented 2012 Superbowl Halftime Show Drinking Game, for use this evening as you watch Madge knock it out of the park (or kick it under the table) — not to mention a bunch of football. Click through to find out the rules, and let us know what you think of the performance in the comments!

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The football season might have just started, but whispers of halftime performers are already beginning. Sports Illustrated reports that this year The Who will take the stage. This makes sense: while the early part of the decade brought lot’s of Mickey Mouse Club alumni (Justin, Britney, Christina, more Justin), more recent years have favored the classics, with Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and most recently Bruce Springsteen rounding out the last few years.

Football fans have an entire season to celebrate sportsmanship and toughness and whatever else they like. That leaves Superbowl Sunday as a day for the rest of us: you know, for the confetti salesmen, the talking animals, and the firework fanatics. You’ll have to wait for February for the Who’s first performance in North America since 2008; in the meantime we’ve rounded up and ranked each performance of the last decade.

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