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SUPER BOWL 2014: Darius, Luke, Keith, Easton, Lady A, LBT (AUDIO)

SUPER BOWL 2014: Darius, Luke, Keith, Easton, Lady A, LBT (AUDIO)

This Sunday (February 2nd), millions of people around the world will be tuning in to the Super Bowl, including some of your favorite country artists. Some will be rooting for the Denver Broncos (especially with their connection to QB Peyton Manning), while others will be pulling for the Seattle Seahawks to win the Big Game. Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Easton Corbin, Kip Moore, Keith Urban and Little Big Town are definitely fans of football… Check out all the action on the field on Sunday at 6:30pm ET on FOX.

Audio / Darius Rucker (football)

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AUDIO: Darius Rucker is a HUGE football fan, as everyone probably knows by now. He even has a special man cave with probably six or seven (or more) televisions mounted on the wall to catch all of the games being played during the season. He explains why he loves football so much. SIDENOTE: He’s a huge Miami Dolphins fan, and word has it, just to be able to meet then Dolphins quarterback, Dan Marino, he asked him to be in a Hootie & the Blowfish video for “Only Wanna Be With You.”

Darius Rucker (football) OC: …football season. :20
“Ever since I was five years old, I’ve loved football, and I love how physical it is. I love the chess match of the game. I love the speed of the game. I love college football, but for me watching pro football is better because the speed is so much more. For me, there’s two times a year, man — football season and waiting for football season.”

Audio / Luke Bryan (Super Bowl 2014)

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AUDIO: Luke Bryan gives his pick for this year’s Big Game matchup between Seattle and Denver.

Luke Bryan (Super Bowl 2014) OC: …gonna be fun. :4
“My Super Bowl pick is, Seattle, I love you, but I’m just pulling for Peyton [Manning] on this one. I got to meet Peyton last year, and he’s a great guy. I did a charity concert for him for a hospital and hung with him and I’d love to see Peyton get him one more ring. I truly feel like Seattle is a powerhouse. I mean, I’m excited just to watch the Super Bowl and have a reason to cheer, certainly,’ for Peyton, but if Seattle wins, I’m gonna be like, ‘Hey! Congrats!,’ because they’re just an awesome football team. I’m excited because I have the Saturday off before the Super Bowl, so I get home and kinda get my bearings off the road and get pumped up before the Super Bowl. It’s gonna be fun.”

Audio / Luke Bryan (Super Bowl 2014) 2

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AUDIO: Luke Bryan is off the road on Sunday, and he says they’ll have a few people over to watch this year’s Super Bowl.

Luke Bryan (Super Bowl 2014) 2 OC: …we go. :05
“We’ll have some friends over, cook some ribs or something, drink a lot of beer. Here we go.”

Audio / Keith Urban (Nicole and football)

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AUDIO: Keith Urban says his wife, Nicole Kidman, got him interested in football.

Keith (Nicole and football) OC: …new to me. :04
“She’s a big NFL fan, and she sort of turned me on to it.”

Audio / Easton Corbin (football)

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AUDIO: Easton Corbin says you can’t go on the bus during football season without a game being on the television.

Easton Corbin (football) OC: …that’s on. :07
“That’s all that’s on the bus on the weekends. That’s it, and we’ve got three TVs on the bus, so that’s all that’s on.”

Audio / Lady A (tailgate food)

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AUDIO: The members of Lady Antebellum reveal their favorite tailgate foods, just in time for the Big Game.

Lady A (tailgate food) OC: (Charles) …football watching. :21
HILLARY: “Honestly, chips and salsa, salsa or cheese dip or something. That’s like what I always go for. I could eat that every meal. No joke.” DAVE: “Best tailgate food is a big ole burger soaked in Dale’s sauce. That’s all you need.” HILLARY: “Or bratwurst. I forgot that. Those are good.” CHARLES: “Cold beer! A couple of little finger foods, but without cold beer, it’s not football watching.”

Audio / LBT (football story)

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AUDIO: Little Big Town’s beautiful and talented Karen Fairchild was a badass growing up when she was playing quarterback for her powder puff football team.

LBT (football story) OC: …my lip. :40
“I was the quarterback to my powder puff team. I was running the ball and I came around the corner – this was in high school – and a foreign exchange student, I think her name was Inga (KIMBERLY: “Inga.”), and I didn’t want to fumble ‘cause my brother and my dad were there, and I come from this very athletic family, so I held onto the ball. I knew I was going to go down, so I let my head hit first and I bit all the way through, but I didn’t fumble and I had a hole in my face, though. The sad thing is that it was just flag football, but I left my flags on and cleats and everything, ‘cause it looked cool, and I had blood running all down my jersey. I went to the emergency room like that, and they sewed up my lip.”