The Buffalo Bills announced who will sing the National Anthem before Sunday night’s game against the Baltimore Ravens.
According to Spectrum News, Lucas West, a junior at SUNY Fredonia, will sing the national anthem ahead of the Divisional Round matchup against the Ravens.
Who Is Lucas West?
West is a familiar face to Bills fans. He sang the National Anthem before last season at a Bills-New York Jets game.
West is excited to perform the task again for his favorite team.
“Being in the moment, it’s all Bills Mafia, it feels like my family,” said West. “So it’s important for me to internalize that and realize that it’s all people that you could share a drink with, that you could share a meal with, you know? It’s the best part about Buffalo too. It’s really … I don’t feel as nervous when I’m playing there because it just feels like there’s such an atmosphere … it feels like being home.”
“I’m just going to have a great time, and I’m really excited. I’m going to stay in the moment, stay in the flow of it, just make some music, provide some positive energy for the players and hopefully we can get a win,” he added.
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There seems to be a common theme this coming weekend: local artists performing at halftime.
Beyonce’s performance in Houston during the Texans game at halftime of their Christmas game may have opened the floodgates for other local artists in their hometowns to perform.
Both the Bills and Lions will have local artists perform at the games. These performers have performed for their teams in the past and are being brought back this weekend.
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As some may or may not know, Beyonce is from Houston, which explains why she was asked to perform at their game.
Her performance at halftime brought in 68 million views on Netflix, which outpaced the Country Music Awards(CMAs), which she was not invited to.
National Anthem Controversy
ESPN came under fire after they cut from the National Anthem during last week’s game between Georgia and Notre Dame. ESPN had to apologize for their mistake.
ESPN executive Burke Magus issued this apology via Athlon Sports.
“There’s a group of people in Bristol who just made an enormous mistake,” he said. “It was a human error. It happens. I don’t want to minimize it by any stretch, but as you noted, nothing was normal about that day – including our programming lineup, where we normally would have had ‘College GameDay’ and that crew leading into the game. It wasn’t that. It was ‘SportsCenter,’ which is done out of Bristol instead of on-site.”
After that incident, don’t look for the other channels to make the same mistake as ESPN because they don’t want to face the wrath of football fans around the country.
