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It has been 48 years since Bob and Jerry, a couple of Bears fans from Chicago, decided to pack up the car and drive to Peoria to watch “The Game of Century” in a motel on a big-screen color TV. The big game, between the Bears and Green Bay Packers, was being played at a sold-out Soldier Field. And because of the archaic NFL rules at the time, the game was being blacked out in Chicago, so Jerry ...
It has been 48 years since Bob and Jerry, a couple of Bears fans from Chicago, decided to pack up the car and drive to Peoria to watch “The Game of Century” in a motel on a big-screen color TV.
The big game, between the Bears and Green Bay Packers, was being played at a sold-out Soldier Field.
And because of the archaic NFL rules at the time, the game was being blacked out in Chicago, so Jerry came up with the idea to watch it from Peoria — far enough away from blackout restrictions. After Bob received permission from his wife to leave and blew off a previous engagement with friends, the two fans made the three-plus-hour drive on
