i usually don't but the thing gets the crowd pumped up Isn't an NFC championship game against the Packers enough? You should be able to plug the rotting corpse of Abe Vigoda in there and still be pumped. It's more fun for the crowd. The NFL is looking for more and more ways to make the gameday experience enjoyable for the crowd, since going to a game generally sucks in comparison to watching on TV. It makes a lot of sense to do stuff like this to allow fans to enjoy the day that much more. Plus the fact that he did a rather awe inspiring rendition of the national anthem, followed by 4 military jets doing a fly over. I wasn't really getting into his rendition at the beginning on Sunday, but by the time he to to those higher notes, the intensity reminded you that you were about to watch something intense. I was at the game on Sunday and seeing the jets got me so pumped.