Carrie Underwood was mysteriously absent from the playoffs on Sunday Night Football. Even with her iconic performance missing, she still took a moment to wish the playoff teams luck in their games.
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Underwood wrote on Twitter/X, “What another great regular season of [NFL] football and being part of [Sunday Night Football] each week! Good luck to all in the playoffs!” A favorite of NFL fans and players alike, Underwood’s weekly performance of “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night” is a staple during the regular season. Allegedly, she was going to be part of the playoffs as well, but no such luck.
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Fans were irate during the game after Underwood was left out. They were left wondering why, with no answers forthcoming. One fan wrote, “All these NBC games and not one Carrie Underwood opening. Seems a miss.” Another commented, “You can’t call anything “super” like wild card weekend, when they cut Carrie Underwood out of the NBC coverage. They should have played this game on Peacock.”
Carrie Underwood Wishes Playoff Teams Luck, While Fans Are Still Mad She Didn’t Perform the Theme Before the Game
Yet another Carrie Underwood fan wrote, “It’s Sunday night football where is my [Carrie Underwood] at?” They addressed the tweet to the Sunday Night Football on NBC Twitter account. Fans were clearly upset by the change. Underwood herself had alluded to the fact she’s recorded theme songs for the playoffs.
“When we go in to record, we do it all at once,” Underwood told The Morning Mashup last month. “I do the whole main version, but then we go through and pick up all the matchups for each week of regular-season football, and then we go into playoff football. And I then sing every possible combination of teams that could possibly maybe play each other.”
That mention of the playoffs sparked fans’ interest, and they waited all day for Sunday night to see Underwood sing the theme. Then, she didn’t. Overall, fans are disappointed she didn’t sing the theme, but the theme represents more than the start of a game for fans and players. Underwood has been singing the song for 11 years, and many fans and players came of age watching her on TV. Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs even thanked her personally for the song.
While she isn’t the first singer to perform the theme—and it’s changed a few times as well—Underwood has been doing it the longest. In that way, she’s had the most influence.
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