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The SEC on ABC has unveiled the return of ESPN’s old school college football theme song. This one dates back to the early 2000s and is a great throwback to that era.
The announcement comes as CBS’s broadcast of the SEC is coming to an end. In 2024, those broadcast rights were awarded to ESPN, and the network is gearing up for the college football season by announcing that games previously broadcast on CBS can now be broadcast on ABC.
You can check out the old school 2000s theme song, here:
Although the song dates back to the early 2000s, ESPN’s promo video is clearly set in 2024. Texas And Oklahoma both make appearances, as well as Missouri And Texas A&M Universitywho weren’t in the SEC in the early 2000s. There are also players that fans can expect to be in contention this season. That includes players like Graham Mertz And Quinn Ewers.
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The music itself is very much of its time. It should definitely take fans back to SEC football in the early 2000s, reminding everyone of that time and place. It really plays on the nostalgia of that time and place.
Of course, over the years, the SEC music on CBS has become one of the sounds of the college football season. That song still exists, of course, but will no longer be used during SEC games. In the meantime, those SEC games will revert to the revamped tune.
In 2023, when the SEC’s media deal with ESPN and ABC was announced, the commissioner Greg Sankey He explained why the agreement was so important for the conference.
“What that means, and this is something I’ve talked about but it gets lost, is that when we move to the ABC-ESPN group, we have access to more broadcast television opportunities than we’ve perhaps ever had, certainly in the last few decades.” Sankey said“In other words, with over 130 million homes with television access, we could literally schedule an ABC game at noon Eastern time, at 3:30 Eastern time, and then at that same prime time on some Saturdays. ABC and ESPN now have other contractual commitments. But it’s an illustration of the breadth of reach that we’re about to discover.”
Going forward, the SEC will have a game on ABC at 3:30 p.m. EST each week, similar to how it was played on CBS.
