We wondered – how LONG have they been using that theme?

So it was time to do a quick research project – according to Wikipedia.

It’s a piece composed by jingle writer Frankie Vinci for the network, which unveiled it for Super Bowl XXVI at the end of the 1991 season. When the network lost its bid to cover the NFL to FOX after the 1993 season, CBS continued using the music on its NFL radio broadcasts and brought it back again in 1998 when the network started broadcasting the AFC games.

So, to answer the question, the music has been used continuously in some fashion since 1991! Yes folks, that’s 21 years! Sick of it yet? I know I am. I won’t even go into FOX’s composition – maybe on another day.

But in the meantime …

click here for a great article that gives an even a better look at all networks’ NFL musical pieces.

If you go back to the 1960s, I tracked down my favorite NFL theme music – CBS’s usage of “Confidence,” a marching band-like piece taken from Leon Carr‘s score from the 1964 off-Broadway musical The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Let’s go back in time and listen.

Here’s the link. This is from the 1970 television intro for the Lions vs. Cowboys NFL Divisional Playoff Game (yes, that’s 42 years ago!) – an intro voiced over by none other than Pat Summerall.

Enjoy your TV Dinner with friends from across the globe while watching the Packers vs. Giants today

Here is an exciting, new way to enjoy today’s big NFL Divisional Playoff games between the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants with a select and exclusive group of fans utilizing a new iPad application called TV Dinner.

TV Dinner is one of the most unique social experiences to come along in a long time. Utilizing some of the best aspects of Twitter and Facebook, TV Dinner allows you to join other fans from across the world to watch and discuss television events in real time, be it it sports, award shows and the like.

TV Dinner simply cuts out through the noise that is the chatter we wade through on Facebook and Twitter. The beauty is that you will interact only with those who are watching the same event, such as today’s NFL Playoff offering.

Here is today’s offering:

Dinner: Giants v. Packers
Date: Sunday, January 15th
Time: 4:30pm to 5:15pm Eastern
Network: Fox

See how it works after the jump:

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Aaron Rodgers looks to repeat his performance from last year’s game but the Giants hope to put pressure on him.

I always like taking a peek at what the media is saying gameday about the Packers and what the opponent has to do to beat the Packers.

The theme has gotten old, but what they say has a modicum of truth – get to Aaron Rodgers and you can defeat the Green Bay Packers.

Read on … This is from the Daily-Ledger and Jersey.com …

Giants Gameday

By Jorge Castillo

Giants (6-5) vs. Green Bay Packers(11-0)
Week 14
Today, 4:15 p.m.
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
TV: FOX
Radio: WFAN 660-AM

THIS WEEK’S GAME REVOLVES AROUND …
The Giants’ pass rush

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