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 ...
I understand that Lady Gag Gag will do the Super Bowl half-time show. What’s ESPN saying about her? Nada.
I don’t care who’s singing or not. As a Packers fan I don’t want to miss this game.
I have plenty of Hank Jr. on the jukebox to play during the commercials.
A Country Boy can survive . . .
Gotta give Barry this: How many athletes quit when they're ahead, at the top? So often, and it's especially true with fighters even more than football players, once-greats stay on too long. Barry didn't. Emmit, I think, did.
Interesting.
Where did you see that?
Here in Indy (where the SB will be played) all the rumors say Madonna. (another gagger, LOL)
Well these guys get heavy $$ in their declining years, and a lot of them are spendthrifts. So it’s easy to see why some of them have to be ushered to the exit.
I get that, but it's sad to see. It's always refreshing when someone realizes he can't play that top role and backs off.
Heck, it doesn't have to be sports. Some great actors are reduced to playing caricatures as they age... I'm sure it's partly that they want to be involved, and partly $$$$.
Have not watched it since they went to cable only!
Upon further consideration: FUNFL
Yeah that's really going to get viewers exited. What's he going to do..... read 18th century English poetry?
Got a couple of emails on it - then come to find out it was really taken out of context. Chris Brown said he’d like to perform with Lady GG at the Bowl but it’s a wannabe story. There’s a few out there calling for LGG to perform. Madonna is just as bad. As it’s said “my bad” ....
The NFL spent big bucks on dems in ‘08. Have not watched a Broncos game or any other since. F’em.
Nice to see the NFL has become another Liberal institution.
Pray for America
No kidding. The good thing is, we are at a state where we can openly ridicule it.
The bad thing is, there was actually a president who actually approved that.
My guy Barry! He does have a nice “church choir” voice.
Ping the mitten-list.
“Which is not to say that his employers aren’t louts.”
Louts or not, ESPN found that Hank Williams Jr. did not add value to their MNF product.
And since he did not add value, Hank was shown the door.
A good business decision.
08? I’m not that strong but MNF is done. I did scrap NFL after they screwed Rush but fell off the wagon after a year.
Talk about controversy...she is much more so than Hank could ever be...http://www.examiner.com/civil-rights-in-phoenix/local-latinos-enraged-over-lady-gaga-americano-song
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