{"id":6305,"date":"2024-09-09T16:59:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T16:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=6305"},"modified":"2024-09-09T16:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T16:59:37","slug":"nfl-fans-all-said-the-same-thing-about-carrie-underwoods-new-sunday-night-football-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=6305","title":{"rendered":"NFL Fans All Said The Same Thing About Carrie Underwood\u2019s New \u2018Sunday Night Football\u2019 Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0fan gets a warm feeling in their body whenever they hear the words \u201cwaiting all day for Sunday Night\u201d ahead of NBC\u2019s Sunday Night Football broadcast, and Carrie Underwood delivers every time.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Night Football returned to our screens with Carrie Underwood performing the show open for the 2024 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p>Since accepting the job in 2013, Carrie has been the face of Sunday Night Football for 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>You simply cannot watch a game on Sunday Night Football until you hear her voice.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to kickoff, the dynamic songstress officially started the season with her \u201cSunday Night Football\u201d song, but this season, it has a new twist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfb5 WEEK ONE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carrieunderwood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@carrieunderwood<\/a> HITS DIFFERENT! \ud83c\udfb5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LARvsDET?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LARvsDET<\/a> | \ud83d\udcfa NBC &amp; Peacock <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2KwpE38boI\">pic.twitter.com\/2KwpE38boI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SNFonNBC\/status\/1832935971068739668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Fans loved it:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2150393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-31.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-31-150x186.png 150w, https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-31.png 591w\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"734\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-carrie-underwood-singing-before-sunday-night-football-almst-didn-t-happen\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carrie Underwood Singing Before \u2018Sunday Night Football\u2019 Almst Didn\u2019t Happen<\/h2>\n<p>Carrie Underwood has been the face of Sunday Night Football since 2013 as her version of \u201cWaiting All Day For Sunday Night\u201d has joined the ranks of fans wanting to hear the iconic theme before taking in the final game of a long day.<\/p>\n<p>The American Idol season 4 champion kicked off her 12th straight season of welcoming NFL enthusiasts back to the gridiron when the Lions took on the Rams at Ford Field.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s crazy to think having Underwood sing almost never happened.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Night Football has been a thing since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Around that time, Carrie Underwood was just a year removed from her American Idol victory.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Gaudelli, executive producer of NBC\u2019s NFL coverage, reached out to Underwood about taking the job but she<em>\u00a0\u201cwasn\u2019t really interested,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he told<\/a>\u00a0Yahoo Sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAt that time in my life, there was so much going on,\u201d said the multi GRAMMY-winning artist. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t the right time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The job would go to Pink, and then Faith Hill the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Hill opened the program for six years before she bowed out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cShe said, \u2018I think it\u2019d be better if you kind of change horses,&#8217;\u201d Gaudelli said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-5\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container pw-clearfix pw-hide-in-content-out-of-view\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw-ad-container-logo\">\n<p>Gaudelli then reached out to Carrie Underwood again.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI said, \u2018Look, we\u2019re the No. 1 show in primetime television. This is going to air in front of 20 million people plus every single week,&#8217;\u201d Gaudelli said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued,\u00a0<em>\u201cI showed her the demographic breakdown, and once that was done, she\u2019s like, \u2018You know what? You\u2019re right. We should do this.\u2019 And that began a now 12-year run.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Every\u00a0NFL\u00a0fan gets a warm feeling in their body whenever they hear the words \u201cwaiting all day for Sunday Night\u201d ahead of NBC\u2019s Sunday Night Football broadcast, and Carrie &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6307,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6305\/revisions\/6307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}