New Monday Night Football Open Lyrics

From the ESPN press release announcing the return of Hank Williams, Jr. to Monday Night Football, the Alleged Worldwide Leader gives us the new lyrics for the opening to this season.

2008 MNF Open Lyrics

Welcome to the party, all my rowdy friends,

A Monday Night Bash on ESPN!

The game of the week, is about to ignite

Time to kick it off under the lights

The pressure is rising, strap in and hold tight

We’re gonna blow the roof off this place tonight

Ready!

C’mon and get ready

I mean really ready

Are you ready for some football?

A Monday night party

The whole house is rockin’, let’s get it kick started

Launch this thing, raise the roof, that’s right

All my rowdy friends are here on Monday night

Note: Lines 3, 4 and 6 will include team-specific lyrics each week throughout the season

Do you realize this is the 20th consecutive season for Hank Williams, Jr. on Monday Night Football? That’s right. He started doing “All My Rowdy Friends” in the 1989 season and with the exception of the 1993 season which other artists performed the theme, Hank has been showcased on the open. While I’m not a fan of how ESPN does MNF, having one thing that been heldover from the ABC days is nice.

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