Posted on 10/07/2011 3:20:07 PM PDT by katiedidit1
Whether it was the decision of ESPN or Hank Williams Jr., the song that has been the staple of ESPN's Monday Night Football intro for 20 years is no more. With that, NFL fans across the country immediately began to speculate as to what would be the next song to lead into everyone's favorite Monday night programming.
It turns out there may not be a song at all, at least for the time being.
Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders announced via Twitter that he will do the intro for this week's matchup between the Lions and the Bears.
"Ok, I admit it," Sanders said. "I will be at MNF this week and doing the intro."
It's fitting that the network was able to get Sanders to do it, as this will be the first time that the Lions are playing a prime-time game since 2005, and the first time they appear on MNF since 2001.
From the sound of it, the spoken word will be the intro of choice for now.
According to the Detroit Free Press, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said, "This is the format we'll likely use the remainder of the season. We haven't made any decisions beyond that."
(Excerpt) Read more at nesn.com ...
Good comment, I agree with you.
And while we’re at it, can we get that dopey Faith Hill into off of the Sunday Night Game.
“I don’t see what the problem was with what Hank said.”
If that is the case, you should call your stock broker and place an order to buy a majority stake in Disney and then you can hire Hank.
If he had said the same exact thing about Bush, he would have gotten a raise.
you mean the black fairy “as seen on TV”.....
Oh yeah that Dion.....
The rule of thumb is, if ANYONE ever asks you if you mean that person X is Hitler, you simply say no. “No, I am not saying that.”
That said, I am not saying Obama is Hitler below. I am just pointing out some happenstance commonalities...
WHO AM I?
I was born in one country, raised in another.
My father was born in another country. I was not his only child. He fathered several children with numerous women.
I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in me. My mother died at an early age from cancer.
Later in life, questions arose over my real name.
My birth records were sketchy and no one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.
I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was widely accepted in my country, but I practiced non-traditional beliefs and didn’t follow christianity, except in the public eye under scrutiny.
I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult, disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.
That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life and I embarked on a new career.
I wrote a book about my strugges growing up. It was clear to those who read my memoirs that I had difficulties accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.
I became active in local politics in my 30’s then with help behind the scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate for national office in my 40s. They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything. That reinforced my conceit.
I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history and no experience in leading a single organization. Yet I was a powerful speaker and citizens were drawn to me as though I were a magnet and they were small roofing tacks.
I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances. This bolstered my ego. At first, my political campaign focused on my country’s foreign policy. I was very critical of my country in the last war and seized every opportunity to bash my country.
But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on the country’s economy. I pretended to have a really good plan on how we could do better and every poor person would be fed and housed for free.
I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess. It was the free market, banks and corporations. I decided to start making citizens hate them and if they were envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched tight.
I called mine “A People’s Campaign” and that sounded good to all people.
I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside the traditional path of politics and was able to gain widespread popular support. I knew that, if I merely offered the people ‘hope’ , together we could change our country and the world.
So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of the downtrodden, poor, ignorant to include “persecuted minorities” like the Jews. My true views were not widely known and I needed to keep them unknown, until after I became my nation’s leader.
I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have easily found out what I really believed, if they had simply read my writings and examined these people I associated with.
I’m glad they didn’t.
Then I became the most powerful man in the world. And the world learned the truth.
Who am I? .........
ADOLPH HITLER!
Who did you think I was talking about?
I doubt Hill would ever get fired. She’s an Obamanoid.
Michael Vick Singing “How Much Is That Doggy in the Window”?
Guarantee it will be some hip-hop “urban” music garbage.
Oh Lord, don’t tell me that, that is the first watched programing we do. Hubby is a car and sports nut, and I don’t fight him over the remote. He records the quilting programs I like to watch, and I watch them when he is busy.
Must explain why we are getting all these non country singers doing the National Anthem, some of them are so bad, I have to leave the room. Do it straight, do it right. OR don’t do it at all.
I like racing, much better than sports. I’m a Dale Jr. fan, and hope his luck changes this year, he’s had a long run of bad luck.
The remedy for this conundrum is for next Monday Night Football to employ the George Castanza technique. On monday night they need to open up with Hank’s song, just like they always have. When ESPN is asked, they simply need to reply,.....”What,....you think that was serious....you thought we were really going to fire Hank. Hank is our man.”
Agreed. Which is not to say that his employers aren't louts.
Uhhhh, sure....what you said......whatever it was.
The example you provide is not even remotely similar to the ESPN-Hank Jr. matter.
into should be intro.
Never heard of him.
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