SEC on ABC revives ESPN College Football theme song from 2000s

College football fans may recall the soundtrack that ABC will be using for SEC football games starting in the 2024 season.

ABC has revealed its SEC football theme for the 2024 season / USA Today Sports | Imagn

SEC football is set to return to the ABC network this fall, and now ESPN has revealed its theme song that will lead fans into games starting this season, and it's one that will bring back some nostalgia.

The @SEC on ABC franchise will bring back a fan favorite from the early 2000s, revamping the old school @ESPNCFB theme song 🏈🎶

More on the music kicking off a new era: https://t.co/B9qfzKqphr pic.twitter.com/oNZ4EHq9lx

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) August 29, 2024

The new (or old) sound received what you might call mixed reviews, judging by the comments left by fans under ESPN's tweet unveiling the theme song.

"I was excited for college football until I saw this," one fan commented.

Another said: "Nobody asked for this."

But the views weren't all negative, with another user saying, "Very excited, and look forward to this."

This marks the first season that SEC football will be on the ESPN and ABC airwaves after the conference ended its long-time association with CBS.

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey outlined why his conference's deal with ESPN and ABC is so important for the league going forward.

"What that does, and it's something about which I've spoken but gets lost, is when we move to the ABC-ESPN group, we have access to more broadcast TV opportunities than perhaps we've ever had, certainly in recent decades," Sankey said.

"In other words, 130-plus million households with access to broadcast TV, we could literally program an ABC game at noon Eastern, and then that primetime window on particular Saturdays... That's an illustration of the breadth of reach that we are about to experience."

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