{"id":40345,"date":"2020-11-17T05:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=40345"},"modified":"2021-06-08T10:07:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:07:48","slug":"this-day-in-football-the-heidi-bowl-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=40345","title":{"rendered":"The Heidi Bowl&#8230;The REAL DOCUMENTS &#038; DETAILS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 17, 1968&#8230;&#8217;Heidi&#8217; Trumps The Jets &#8211; Raiders Finale On NBC<\/p>\n<p>Did you see this live? I did&#8230;I had just turned 18 and that Sunday night, I learned a new word from my dad, which I can&#8217;t repeat here. <strong>This was AN EVENT like no other in television sports and there are stories on top of stories, and further below is a very good video that explains what happened BUT FIRST, THIS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recently, Rob Weir has shared these documents from his dad&#8217;s archives that give us the REAL INSIDE STORY! His dad was Jack Weir and at the time, was Director of Broadcast Operations and Communications at NBC New York.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62580\" src=\"https:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heidi-1-ctsy-rob-weir.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heidi-1-ctsy-rob-weir.jpg 736w, https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heidi-1-ctsy-rob-weir-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/heidi-1-ctsy-rob-weir-693x904.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62578\" src=\"https:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/191500226_10220143617717629_663879547527693793_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/191500226_10220143617717629_663879547527693793_n.jpg 728w, https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/191500226_10220143617717629_663879547527693793_n-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/191500226_10220143617717629_663879547527693793_n-686x904.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62575\" src=\"https:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/heidi-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/heidi-3.jpg 731w, https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/heidi-3-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/heidi-3-688x904.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For all intents and purposes, it looked like the Jets had won and with only a minute left, there was no way for an Oakland comeback&#8230;BUT, comeback they DID! Here&#8217;s a great video recap of what happened and how it happened.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Game that Changed Modern Television\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wrErCP4V4Ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/videos\/oakland-raiders\/09000d5d82431c90\/This-Day-in-Football-The-Heidi-Bowl\">T<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 17, 1968&#8230;&#8217;Heidi&#8217; Trumps The Jets &#8211; Raiders Finale On NBC Did you see this live? I did&#8230;I had just turned 18 and that Sunday night, I learned a new word from my dad, which I can&#8217;t repeat here. 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