From the article:

Since then the NFL and CBS have put on safe-seeming artists from decades past. But critics groaned at ex-Beatle Paul McCartney’s out of touch tunes in 2005, and at the Rolling Stones’ elderly antics in 2006. That show had its own mini-uproar, as the Stones complained that a still-leery CBS censored them by turning down Mick Jagger’s microphone for risqué lines in songs like Start Me Up.

So who does the NFL turn to for it’s Super Bowl XLI halftime show?

Prince.

Apparently, they were looking for that perfect combination of old and controversial.

This might be a good year for me to order the Lingerie Bowl on Pay Per View.

Good game, but a dissapointing finale.