“The Heidi Bowl” would change the way we view football forever.
Okay, we’re fudging a bit here.
“The Heidi Bowl” as it’s become known, took place on Nov. 17, 1968. Technically, that falls under last week.
But given that I just finished reading a book about the history of the NFL, which detailed the league’s struggles to become seen as a legitimate entertainment option in the first 50 or so years of its existence, I’m going with it.
For those who may not remember, in 1968 the NFL did not have lucrative television contracts and had tightly constructed — albeit sometimes still nonsensical — televised game schedules.