College football fans aren’t feeling the new version of “Comin’ To Your City.” The new theme for ESPN’s “College GameDay” debuted Saturday and sparked a largely negative reaction on social media.
Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson and The Cadillac Three have recorded the new version of “Comin’ To Your City”. Big & Rich’s version has been featured on College GameDay for the past 16 seasons. The country duo announced in August that they were passing the torch.
A new season meets a new anthem?
College GameDay is BACK and better than ever!
@dariusrucker, @laineywilson And @thecadillac3 ? pic.twitter.com/jciIBGHFPK– College Game Day (@CollegeGameDay) September 2, 2023
Fans and media members took to social media to react to the new release. Here is a small sample of what was published:
Me, I’m watching the College GameDay intro pic.twitter.com/4OyLgbw78d
– Bennett Conlin (@BennettConlin) September 2, 2023
Oh man, I’m not sure I’ll vibe with the new College Gameday theme.
–Adam Lichtenstein (@ABLichtenstein) September 2, 2023
I’m not going to tweet about the new college game song BC, last time I tweeted about a sports promotional song (redacted) — Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) September 2, 2023
The new game day intro… pic.twitter.com/VHpxCpjUkx
-VolTone (@brockToney17) September 2, 2023
The new intro song of the PUE university match pic.twitter.com/UevFG2Gjx4
– Hawkeye Historian (@Hawk_Historian) September 2, 2023
GameDay intro song… pic.twitter.com/5woDYWHRNv
— ChampU? (@The_BradJohnson) September 2, 2023
Holy shit, the match intro song gets worse every year but this is by far the worst
-AURowski (@AURowski) September 2, 2023
The New College Gameday intro is ASS. Bring back Big n Rich
– Ronny Crimson (@RonnyCrimson69) September 2, 2023
I can’t believe ESPN had the audacity to change the College Gameday intro!!!!!!
A ARE WE SERIOUS RIGHT NOW????
-Reece Britt (@Britt15_reece) September 2, 2023
Wtf is this new College Gameday intro?!
– Jeffrey Thompson (@jsthompsonjr) September 2, 2023
First thoughts on the new “Comin’ to your City”: It’s not as good and I hate it. pic.twitter.com/lWu1bd0wvw
– Marc Finch (@Chops971) September 2, 2023
College GameDay is live in Charlotte from Romare Bearden Park near Bank of America Stadium, the site of South Carolina-North Carolina Border War #21. Rucker, a South Carolina super fan, is Saturday’s choice of celebrity guests.
An abbreviated version of “GameDay” was broadcast from the studio ahead of Week 0 last Saturday. Lee Corso was absent from last week’s studio show but is present in Charlotte, along with Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and the rest of the crew.
