NFL Super Bowl X-XVIII: The NFL Replaces Baseball as the National Pastime Frank Doyle Last Updated: February 3, 2012 Football’s golden age was the 1970s. It was when the NFL overtook the NCAA as the premier expression of the gridiron game. The Steelers, Raiders and Cowboys all won Super Bowls, while Bud Grant’s Vikings became the first team to go 0-4 in Super Bowls. The ‘eighties saw more change, as the Raiders moved to...