Episode 19: Super Bowl I

"Opening Drive": Super Bowl I and Pro Football's Fight to Dethrone Baseball   w/ Deremy of Bigger than the GameThe Super Bowl has become so ingrained in American popular culture that it is difficult to imagine a time before all the hype surrounding The Big Game existed.  That’s not to say that professional football’s popularity or the concept of a championship game for the sport was invented in 1967 with Super Bowl I (a title given retroactively); American football had consistently gained a following throughout the 20th century and held several championship matches in that time.  Instead, the arrival of the game between the seasoned National Football League and upstart American Football League is significant because of when it happened.  And as such, it is a perfect document of the time period.Deremy is the cohost of the Bigger Than the Game Podcast, a show which looks at sports through the lens of history.  I couldn’t have asked for a better partner to discuss and dissect the 1967 World Championship Game between the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs.