Super Bowl XXI Intro

[@spiderfam5036]

I love the fact that this song is STILL BEING USED in 2023

[@Pitt-ny8cj]

Too Bad ESPN Killed the Wimbledon Theme!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

The interesting thing is, CBS ALSO planned on having a song used to end the broadcast...they ran out of time. Instead, they added a few lyrics and gave it to the NCAA basketball crew. And thus, "One Shining Moment" debuted in April 1987 after the Indiana/Syracuse national championship game. So the most notable college songs from CBS were both slated to be used for the Super Bowl.

[@twicethechamps]

Fitting that CBS' iconic college football theme started at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, even if it was for an NFL game.

[@joewashu]

This theme has gone from debuting at SBXXI, thru the SEC on CBS and is now being used, almost 40 years later, as the Big Ten on CBS theme. Long life for a Sports theme!

[@marquan1976]

When you hear it, you know it's about to go down!

[@bramton1]

SEC fans are pissed. Like everything else, they think it belongs to them.

[@95mjl]

Man, imagine if this was the nfl on cbs theme, holy cow. But I’m glad it got moved to college, we would’ve never gotten that great theme for the nfl in the early and late 90s

[@MrT8599]

Who knows. My guess as to if this were to have been the new NFL theme, would've been that the old theme from 1981-1986 would have been used through the remainder of the regular season and the postseason up to the NFC Championship Game, as opposed to part-way through the regular season, which is when the "Pots and Pans" theme was introduced. This theme would've probably been used until the 1989 NFC Championship Game, after which a new theme would've been introduced with CBS' coverage of Super Bowl XXIV. So I think that the Frank Vinci theme used in the early and late 90s would have still been around.

[@paulsonj72]

It actually was first used on an NFL telecast. It was the open for Super Bowl XXI in January of 1987 but moved to College Football that fall.

[@mikedemenchuk7717]

@@MrT8599 They were already using the "pots and pans theme at this point" ... I always loved the built-in narration, especially when done by Pat Summerall. Here's the opening of the Giants-Redskins game from week 14 that season: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHyUfnqdd9R6aNk

[@paulsonj72]

Still used to this day CBS moved this theme that fall to College Football where it has remained in use to this day

[@m.alexanderzagorski3868]

What a timeless promo theme!

[@juliansmith4352]

@@m.alexanderzagorski3868 12 ranked Norte Dame fighting Irish verses the 1 ranked & unbeaten Miami hurricanes in Miami Florida

[@joepenrod4129]

Not anymore, as the SEC signed with ESPN and is leaving CBS

[@juliansmith4352]

@@joepenrod4129 That theme is college football only I know the SEC is going to ESPN since they have their own network like the ACC The longhorn network isn't working out for Texas

[@crawford371]

Army navy on CBS

[@tylermathis-kx7pu]

This may be the greatest composition ever written.

[@Pitt-ny8cj]

NBC Wimbledon #1

[@snuffedtorch3683]

@@Pitt-ny8cjjust listened to it. This theme for college football is much better.

[@marquan1976]

My favorite Super Bowl intro, plus it was the last Super Bowl that I watched together with my father and brother.

[@Am-Not-Jarvis]

I had no idea this song was that old!

[@blackbird5605]

The theme alone hypes me up for college football!

[@Ninerfan4life]

Right! It gets you ready for an intense matchup!

[@bigdrew565]

Hyped me up for the Super Bowl, that's for sure.

[@SmugTomato]

I never thought I'd say this, but the SEC on CBS theme fits way too well with the NFL broadcast.. It's scary.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

And this was the only time they used on NFL broadcasting

[@4HBirtcher]

No it’s not because Super Bowl XXI played in a College Football Stadium!

[@kosunin]

I wasnt born around this time but this makes me feel so nostalgic and makes me wanna just cry a river of happiness

[@JonesDylan874]

Gotta love that old CBS College Football theme.

[@CorneilusGreen]

CBS had the best theme songs for the sports they covered

[@williambolden6437]

That theme has been used for Nasdaq college football on CBS and now SEC On CBS.

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

You mean "The Home Depot SEC on CBS!"

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

Wait til winter 2027 when this theme turns 40.... its still the oldest theme currently in use with College Football games on television....

[@jh.4770]

The amazing part is it doesn't sound old.

[@crgray1979]

Or any sports theme

[@MrT8599]

Pause at the very beginning. In addition to the normally seen closed captioned symbol, you can see the Dolby Surround logo. I believe, I'm not sure but I'm pretty certain, that Super Bowl XXI was the first television program in the United States that was broadcast in Dolby Surround Sound. Early on, surround sound on television broadcasts was pretty much relegated to special events, such as the Super Bowl. But it became much more commonplace by the mid 90s.

[@bigdrew565]

I think it was pretty rare for a live telecast back then, but most of their shows were available in stereo. Not that most families could take advantage of it back then. And not all affiliates broadcast in stereo either.

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

@@bigdrew565 luckily, Fox took Dolby Surround to the mainstream by 1993 (The Simpsons and The X Files being the 1st 2 shows to use it full time), by offering it on almost every show by 1997, plus Fox made Dolby Surround a household name in sports as the NFL on Fox was the first to use the system every week since 1994. Same goes for Fox's other early top tier sports projects: the NHL in early 1995, MLB in early 1996 and NASCAR in early 2001.

[@bigdrew565]

@shaneharrisnj3484 most of us blue collar warriors just were happy to have cable TV, with Cablevision screwing us over every chance they had.(Fuck you Charles Dolan). I did have a neighbor who splurged on the Pioneer surround sound receiver back around this time, watching Top Gun was a religious experience in his house for 8 year old me. 😆

[@McCantJustin]

Playing this song for a super bowl that was held at the Rose Bowl just feels right 🔥

[@sactoindyfan]

Think about this: Being in January 1987. CBS at the Rose Bowl! At that point, NBC was still the broadcaster for the New Years Day game and then eventually ABC. A rare sight for the Tiffany Network to be in Pasadena!

[@billtooke6642]

They were there for SB XIV previously.

[@Pitt-ny8cj]

Great Observation!

[@joewashu]

SB I was in Pasadena and broadcasted by BOTH CBS&NBC. Of course, it wasn’t called “Super Bowl” yet, merely “NFL-AFL Championship Game” and until recently, no copies of either broadcast were known to survive. A mostly complete recording was located the last few years, and that plus NFL Films footage is enough to reconstruct a game broadcast that has been shown on NFL Network

[@sactoindyfan]

@@joewashu SB I was at the LA Coliseum, not the Rose Bowl 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ryansmith1044]

This feels so weird watching an NFL broadcast with the college football theme.

[@4HBirtcher]

No because it played at the Rose Bowl which is a College Football Stadium!

[@jawdropshop]

Thank you!!! Ive been searching everywhere for this. I remember the "new" music like it was yesterday!!!

[@TheIBM1983]

Absolutely true. Excellent comment 👍

[@jh.4770]

The rare instance where the Super Bowl is being played at a site where no NFL team plays

[@dathomie4044]

It’s NYU vs DU! 😆🤣🤪 CFB 1987 at its best!

[@nailitdown219]

Syracuse university vs Colorado University

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

The CBS CFB theme now.

[@chriss.3270]

I’m pretty sure it always was but they only used it here cuz it was played at the Rose Bowl (College Stadium)

[@billtooke6642]

​@chriss.3270 they would debut things like themes or graphics packages at the SB and release them afterward for the regular season This was not the CBS college football theme, then. It became the theme in the 1987 season, after this SB.

[@ryansmith1044]

​@@chriss.3270Nope. This was the first time the theme was used. They only adopted it as the CFB theme later.

[@paulsonj72]

@@ryansmith1044It was moved to college footing the fall of 1987

[@leighackerman6979]

The intro to the day we spanked the Almighty John Elway #BigBlue #SuperBowl21Champions.

[@crgray1979]

They never used my favorite NFL on CBS theme pots and pans

[@riceymartin2203]

What is this? The Super Bowl or the Iron Bowl? (yes, i know this is the super bowl, let me joke)

[@4HBirtcher]

1987

[@crawford371]

The SEC brought me here

[@Mark-xl1ze]

It's be nice if CBS uses this theme song for tomorrow's Super Bowl coverage.

[@allengreene9954]

1:01: 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@holtridge7337]

39-20

[@carloscaio3493]

Trilha de gol da Paramount +

[@alfredofigueroaguadarrama4882]

Good intro, faulting the helmet of Broncos and Giants.

[@yenlam4358]

Super Bowl 21 1986-1987

[@4HBirtcher]

Played at a College Football stadium like the Rose Bowl in Pasadena! Home of the UCLA Bruins!

[@holtridge7337]

The Giants Big Blue Wrecking Crew!

[@FrosstKatt]

Feels like I’m watching the SEC championship

[@braddavid902]

Had no idea that theme was used for nfl in 80s. For me this song is always for the SEC

[@fantasticvoyage262]

Neither did I.

[@efrainandgiovannivazquez6790]

Why is the song SEC on cbs doing on football

[@paulsonj72]

Because way back in 1987 for Super Bowl XXI CBS introduced this theme and used it for the 1st time that day. In the fall of 1987 CBS moved this theme music to college football where it has stayed since

[@juliansmith6291]

@@paulsonj72 the number 8 Florida Gators @ number 16 Texas A&@M Aggies from college station Texas at Kyle Field

[@jerseyfla]

John Paulson They did the same for the Super Bowl they televised before this one. Super Bowl XVIII’s theme music was used as CBS’s College Football theme from 1984-1986, with memories of the Flutie Hail Mary Game and that great Miami Hurricane team dominating the regular season in 1986. The next Super Bowl they would televise in 1990 probably would have been the next College Football theme but CBS was losing College Football TV rights after the 1990 season and it was time to retire the Pots and Pans theme.

[@paulsonj72]

@@jerseyfla CBS once they got regular season college football back used the Super Bowl theme from the previous season on their college football coverage. Did it for Super Bowl 18 as mentioned and here of course

[@4HBirtcher]

@@paulsonj72 Well I also think it's because the NFL was having Super Bowl at an NCAA Stadium like the rose bowl! Same stadium that the UCLA Bruins play!

[@efrainandgiovannivazquez6790]

Welcome to NCAA football

[@Detdoncarter]

Verne Lundquist and Todd Blackledge

[@holtridge7337]

🤮

[@PatrickRamirez-oo6pz]

The. College football theme

[@scottbrown7497]

The Superbowl should be played at the Rose Bowl always

[@antmc84]

I'm sorry, But Maybe it's just Me.. In this Opening Package, Why did it look like Denver was CELEBRATING A MISSED KICK?! Full Disclosure: I was 3 when this game was on SO I don't remember what happened...

[@riceymartin2203]

It's you. The kick went through the uprights and the camera angle's questionable...

[@antmc84]

@@riceymartin2203 Okay. I'll go with that..

[@bigdrew565]

@@riceymartin2203 yeah, a lot of them looked like misses with that camera angle. Used to drive me nuts.

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

1:21 that’s not good weather!!! At least not for football 🏈 Maybe for baseball ⚾️.

[@bigdrew565]

Wasn't freezing fucking cold like it was in upstate new york.

[@4HBirtcher]

It’s California weather!

[@brandonveale5552]

"Pawwwl! They ain't played the right music, Pawwl!"