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WATCH: CBS Sports will open with Jason Aldean song in 2017
By Keith Farner
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CBS Sports made a pair of announcements on Friday to get SEC football fans pumped up about the start of its season.
Country music star Jason Aldean will have a featured song played to kick off the broadcasts each week. The first game on the schedule is Saturday’s TCU-Arkansas matchup. Aldean has several hit songs, including “Dirt Road Anthem,” “Big Green Tractor,” and “Burnin’ It Down.”
SEC on CBS is back.
This season we have @Jason_Aldean to pump us up every Saturday, starting with tomorrow’s TCU-Arkansas clash. pic.twitter.com/JunCT8eKvf— SEConCBS (@SEConCBS) September 8, 2017
Country music stars are regulars for the SEC on CBS. Last year, Garth Brooks opened the games with “Pure Adrenaline.”
The network also released a highlight video narrated as a poem by new play-by-play broadcaster Brad Nessler, who will be paired with Gary Danielson and sideline reporter Allie LaForce. Nessler also joined Twitter this week.
Ready for Hogs and Frogs on Saturday at 3:30 with @DanielsonCBS and @ALaForce #TCUvsARK @CBSSportsCFB pic.twitter.com/EGsRD93Wpj
— Brad Nessler (@brad_nesslerCBS) September 8, 2017
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
