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SEC football fans melt down on social media over ‘B1G on CBS’ intro music
By Paul Harvey
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SEC football fans are going to need a period of adjustment over the next few years.
On Thursday, the B1G announced a historic media rights agreement for the conference across multiple broadcast partners. As a part of that agreement, CBS will be broadcasting the B1G with the network revealing a hype video for the coverage.
Hello, @B1Gfootball.
Hit the music. pic.twitter.com/PbMHPql1Cz— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) August 18, 2022
That intro music for CBS is particularly notable and is iconic throughout the southeast as the longstanding introduction for the “SEC on CBS” game of the week. With the network shifting conferences, it looks like that intro will become a staple across the B1G.
Needless to say, that news is not sitting well with fans in the SEC. See for yourself:
This is the second worse thing I’ve heard in the past 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/JjgUCnbgTO
— moses (@TheFake_Moses) August 18, 2022
Comingggg to u live from Bloomington indiana. Packer house today as ohio st is in town. 30 thousand on hand. Havvvv fuuuuun.
— LSUUUUwasssssup Baton Rougewassssup (@SportsTalkPod_) August 18, 2022
It just doesn’t feel right
— Reed Sellers (@ReedSellers1) August 18, 2022
You have now turned this into the Kirkland brand of music intros…congrats pic.twitter.com/vNnJGYPaMk
— Mark Mathis (@Mark_J_Mathis) August 18, 2022
I'm upset that this violates the Hallowed Sacred SEC CBS Theme Song. But not as upset as watching Georgia play Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl game
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 18, 2022
Change the theme song this is blasphemy
— Charlie Burris (@Charlie_Burris) August 18, 2022
This would be like putting Jim Nantz's intro to the Masters on a Putt Putt golf competition. https://t.co/0lnHKefu8I
— TJ Pittinger (@TJ_Pittinger) August 18, 2022
Gonna be weird when they cut to a snowstorm in Ann Arbor after this plays https://t.co/wPziWLOwKk
— Sean Breslin (@Sean_Breslin) August 18, 2022
This feels wrong https://t.co/E5jMRUEwhU pic.twitter.com/orBLOyj1eS
— Will Heffernan (@willheffernan14) August 18, 2022
CBS out here trying to start another Civil War. https://t.co/7tukyTHzt2
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) August 18, 2022
B1G coverage on CBS will debut in 2023. In 2024, the coverage will expand to include a 15-game regular-season slate, including a Black Friday contest. CBS will also have two B1G Championship Game broadcasts over the life of the deal.
Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.