NASHVILLE, TN  [Monday Nov.27.2006]  /WMQT.com/ -- There were two big winners at the Thanksgiving Day football classic yesterday, the Dallas Cowboys (who bested the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 to 10, and Carrie Underwood looking like a superstar as she headlined the spectacular half-time show. She turned in a performance that was worth missing home and family on Thanksgiving Day.

"This year at Thanksgiving I'm not going home and I swore this year I was going home, but then they wanted me to sing at the halftime show at the Dallas-Buccaneers game in Dallas. And I was like, 'Yeah, for sure because it's such a Thanksgiving tradition especially around Oklahoma watching the Dallas game on TV, so I was very excited to be doing that, so I have a lot to be Thankful for this year," said Carrie as she prepared to leave for Dallas Tuesday.

CARRIE was center stage as Cirque du Soleil-style acrobats dangled from the rafters of Texas Stadium as the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders provided the sexy, chorus line dance action. Carrie rocked as she climbed and descended big staircases on the set, singing with the confidence and style of a performer with three times the experience she has so far.

Musicwise, Underwood's performance ranks up there with biggest scores of the day on that football field bringing it across the goal line with huge rendition of her 4 weeks at #1 hit "Before He Cheats."

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