ABC College Football theme music 1990s and early 2000s 

Man, I literally got chills at the 30 sec. mark. Great UM-osu memories!

I want to hear an extended version of that GREAT song that starts at 0:30 !!

That music at 30 seconds almost bring tears to my eyes......I can still hear K.Jackson rattle off the Pacific Life, Dr. Pepper and Aflac ads during this 4th Qtr lead in music. They need to bring this back.

Song from 30 sec pt. to 50 sec pt. was great at capturing the emotions of college football. too bad abc/espn have become commercialized partners & crime as critics & journalists have given them a hard time in neutralizing crowd noise of sporting events. cbs is now the king of capturing the ambience & sounds of sporting events!

"abc ruined it with that espn on abc crap!" -Completely agree!!

the abc college football theme from the late 90's and early 2000's are soooo gooooddd. It made every game seem epic.

Brings back memories of my youth.

0:30 Keith Jackson: _ABC Sports College Football_ is sponsored by Thompson's Teeth: The _ONLY_ teeth strong enough to eat _OTHER_ teeth, by Aflac: Ask about it at work, and by Glagnar's Human Rinds: It's a buncha, muncha, cruncha humans. So, you've got second down and 10, the ball resting at the Crimson Tide's own 45-yard line...

I use 0:30-0:49 as my wake up ringtone, appropriately called "John Saunders Theme". RIP, John!

Yes! The awesome college football theme on ABC! 0:30.

I specifically remember the theme after the 30 second mark while watching the 2002 FSU-Miami game (wide left). The game didn't end well for me but I love that theme music.

When you hear :30 to :47 it just inspires me. man how I miss these theme songs

Love the ABC College football music!

ESPN needs to bring this theme music back

YES !!!! College Football IS America !

man i miss these songs. bring back the old abc college football!!

I love ABC!!!

There's a version of this ABC played around 1994-1997 with a drum solo that sounds like part of a college band rip... That WAS a great theme

Please come back. By the looks of things I'm not the only person who misses the old theme(s). Clearly the number views on this page and others alone says something. We want it back!

I really this ABC College Football Theme Music.

Ahhh, the good ol' days!!!

Great theme.

Apparently one of the horn players in the theme is Bill Barnewitz, principal horn of my beloved Milwaukee Symphony. I'm proud of him. :)

Reminds me of watching michigan playing at notre dame. I love this song

I miss the old glory days of college football and college football is not the same anymore without the :30 sec and other ABC college football theme songs. i want it back too.

:30 sounds so majestic...good tune

I know I used to love this. Keith Jackson with Dan fouts on abc. it was great

@redguy423 I would freakin love it man !! This reminds me of old time OU watch parties, adults talking and eating veggie trays, playing catch in the front yard at the half, does not get any betta !!

If 0:00-0:07 doesn't get you pumped up to watch a game then you aren't human. SOOO awesome.

I can almost still hear nessler and musbuger.

30 seconds is the song they should still have...remember those days

I can almost here Keith Jackson doing commentary as I listen lol. Whoa NELLY!

How is it earthly possible that one cannot find the most talked-about snippet [0:29-0:49] anywhere on the web? That is arguable the greatest intro theme in college football history! I have searched for at least a year now.

Exactly.

George Bodenheimer (the current president of ABC Sports and ESPN) and to a lesser extent, Bob Iger (the current CEO of Disney, who previously oversaw ABC when Disney bought it) is whom I would blame first and foremost.

haha thats exactly right when they would do the sponsers the one at 29 sec. is great

Remember this chills boomer sooner.

i wish espn only showed shows and let the other networks do the actual games

WHOA NELLIE!!!!

Me too, gotta miss the real thing.

Whoa, Nellie! - Keith Jackson

This is a good theme but so much better than the non-descript ESPN-on-ABC crap fest. They have had several different themes over the years, which makes CBS' epic college football theme that much greater.

I thought I was the only one who liked the song at 30 secs

MaverickBrad, the NFL beats out college football in tv ratings because there are 16 stadiums with about 70,000 seats each filled every sunday-monday. College football has 60+ stadiums with 30,000-100,000 seats being filled every saturday or thursday or friday. More people go to actual college football games than NFL games which is why more people watch the NFL on tv.

@three4redick Wasn't that part also used for flashbacks to previous game highlights. I used it for just that in one of my soccer videos.

exactly i feel the same way...ABC lost its luster when they used ESPN's theme

bring back abc college football with brent mustburger as the commentator for the big games

Oh how I wish they used this again. Only theme I like now on ESPN/ABC is the Saturday night football commercial theme music.

0:28-46 reminds me of Keith Jackson :) Aflac ask about it at work :)

Listen,listen!!!!!

I know thats right

Huskers buddy how r they doin? Oh thats right missing bowls left and right

#3 reminds me of CBS's cfb theme from '85. Inspired by or a concession to Brent, perhaps?

@ucbearcat459 perfect description

"Fum-BLE!" - Keith Jackson

@jerms819 send it to television tunes (dot) come. The BCS theme should be found here if you search ESPN BCS theme.

0:30 - 0:48 is all part of the same version of the theme and is awesome. Anyone know where to download the full version of this?

do you have a full version of the one from 0:17 to 0:28

Where did you get these and do you have the full length tracks?

My first child will be conceived while :30 plays in the background.

realize thats because of less teams

I used to try to hum 0:30 - 0:49 when I was little lol

michigan all day, everyday!!!!!!

SOME TIMES

Amen!!! Go Bucks!!!

0:29

Haha, true.

anyone have the one that was last used until espn on abc?

at 30 sec. is vintage ohio state michigan rivalry

@three4redick search 2004 big 12 championship game, click the first video and its the very first part

Yeah, except NBC doesn't air sports programming on USA. Or MSNBC, or CNBC. That's what NBC Sports is for!

anybody have the version used until 2006?

We need to go ask the powers that be at Disney (who owns both ABC and ESPN), why we fans think that we want to put up with this "ESPN on ABC" crap.

@TMC1982Part2 Except during the Olympics ;)

Do you mean at Michigan? If it's at Notre Dame it's on NBC since 1994, I think.

anyone have the one used until 2006?

@TMC1982Part2 That's because Bravo and USA aren't sports channels.

does anybody have the full theme?

Too bad they went to a bowl game last year. Where did Michigan go last year? I forgot...

Yeah, we miss them though. Espn ruined the music and commentary.

you lost 3 games that year how did you have a shot at a national title

LOL Michigan.

Toilet Bowl... Go Bucks!!

But it does affect the broadcasts, ESPN uses crappy drumline music, has ugly red and orange graphics and has that annoying scroll that obstructs the picture on the bottom ALL THE FREAKIN TIME! Looking at old broadcasts (such as Wolverine Historian), it's cool to see how some of them are from ESPN while the big ones are on ABC. I like that variety. Now whether a game airs on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC, it still says ESPN.

@ :30 is the best! they would be coming back from commercial showing sunset on an autumn saturday afternoon/evening on a major bigten/college campus ... third quarterish time in a huge big game that was soo close and nervous for all the fans involved. wow! what great college football memories. this new ESPN ON ABC is SO STUPID. Different theme and so different/garbage! i hate it compared to the old college football on abc the way it should have stayed

ABC used to be great. ESPN used to be great. As a conglomerate, both end up sucking in terms of production values for live sporting events, sports news, and coverage in general!!!

Okay, lets put it this way, if I'm watching a sports broadcast on ABC, wouldn't it be a bit conterproductive to be promoting ESPN. I don't care if both are owned by Disney, it's still incredibly ill-fitting. Also, you're overexposing/oversaturating your product by doing that. You don't see NBC doing the same thing w/ Bravo or USA for instance.

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