New Intro to Sunday Night Football on NBC

[VanCitySportsGuy]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,2747859.story


Keep the Faith: Faith Hill recently shot her opening to NBC's "Sunday Night Football" at a studio in Hollywood.

Whereas last season's version was essentially a concert intermingled with game footage, the latest intro features more than a dozen of the NFL's most popular players and a little movie magic.

Shot at the studio were scenes of the Bears' Brian Urlacher pinballing his way through the columns at Soldier Field (and cracking one with a mighty collision), the Eagles' DeSean Jackson running to the top of the famed "Rocky" steps, the Vikings' Adrian Peterson sprinting past ice fishermen on a frozen lake and Freeney swim-moving his way through a cornfield.

Freeney called being included in the commercial "a very select thing, an honor."

"The Pro Bowl is still bigger because you're getting voted in by your peers," he said. "But with this, someone — whoever it is that makes those decisions — decided that you were one of the elite guys."

Among the other players who will be featured are Peyton and Eli Manning, Larry Fitzgerald, Hines Ward, Tony Romo, DeMarcus Ware, Drew Brees, Charles Woodson and Ray Lewis.

"We're basically highlighting that 'Sunday Night Football' resonates throughout America, the biggest stars play on Sunday night," SNF producer Fred Gaudelli said. "That's the message we're trying to send."

[SPTO]

It'd be better if they included representation of every team

Still, sounds like it'll be pretty good and the way they describe things i'm betting the song will be more uptempo as well.

[TheMatrix31]

As long as they dont change the John Williams theme.

[Aggies7]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

As long as they dont change the John Williams theme.

You mean the Hank Williams Jr Monday Night Theme. Just thinking of that song makes me wish football season would hurry up and get here.

[SPTO]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aggies7

You mean the Hank Williams Jr Monday Night Theme. Just thinking of that song makes me wish football season would hurry up and get here.

ESPN butchered it enough that it's no longer what I remember.

Now THIS is what I remember:



The way ESPN does the intro and song just sucks.

[erich20012001]

Monday Night Football on ABC was the best. THE BEST.

ESPN will never get that magic back.

[TheMatrix31]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aggies7

You mean the Hank Williams Jr Monday Night Theme. Just thinking of that song makes me wish football season would hurry up and get here.

No no, the John Williams theme for Sunday Night Football.

[NinerFan1983]

I love that theme, but didn't they change it slightly last season?