Super Bowl History -Week 4

In honor of the Super Bowl this past Sunday, I decided to do a post over a little bit of Super Bowl history. I got all of my information from NFL.COM. First I'll start with the most recent game being Super Bowl XLIII with the Arizona Cardinals vs the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm going to go ahead and throw it out there that I was not happy with the result, but overall it was a great game and I can't complain from a fan point of view. The 100 yard touchdown and famous catch with less than a minute to go will most definitely be memorable moments in Super Bowl history. In class we went over some of the basics such as when the first Super Bowl was played, where at, who was in it, and the final score. All of those facts I have heard before. January 15, 1967. Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers. 10-65. What I didn't know however was that the attendance at the game was so low that the fans were encouraged to move to center of the stadium so that when the cameras flashed the crowd, it would look packed. This would have been literally impossible for me to imagine if I had not seen the actual video because today's Super Bowl event is such a huge deal and tickets to the event are always sold out. I thought the video we watched in class was very interesting because it also showed us some of the other problems that the Super Bowl encountered besides attendance. For example I had no idea that NBC and CBS both covered the first Super Bowl game. I have never known of that to happen and I'm sure there are contracts set in stone for what station the game will played on for years to come. Another thing I thought was interesting that I found while looking at the history was that the half time show used to consist of marching bands for entertainment. Today, the half time show is almost as big of a spectacle as the commercials. ;) Overall, the Super Bowl started out as something small that grew into the spectacle that it is today. It is almost an American holiday these days.