Baltimore Beatdown: For Baltimore Ravens Fans

The 1960's were an extremely formative decade in the United States. It was a clash of many different things, namely the old world values of late 40's and 50's suburban postwar boom culture, and the new era of freewheeling young baby boomers and hippies that represented the first new generation post Golden age. They were also a formative, tumultuous, successful, and volatile decade for the Baltimore Colts. Still led by mainstay Johnny Unitas under the watchful eye of owner Carroll Rosenbloom, they were poised to take on the football world after making the addition of wunderkind head coach in Don Shula. But it was Shula's frayed relationship with Unitas that dated back to his days as a player, as well as some difficulty with winning big games that put his relationship with Rosenbloom to the test. Meanwhile, the dawn of a new league that deliberately ran counter to the NFL simmered for years, until finally culminating in a merger that would allow for the age old debate of "old vs. new" decided on the gridiron in