The Ice Bowl's what-ifs

Would the electric blanket have worked if the field had been uncovered?

Ken from West Valley City, UT

Having watched two television shows on the Ice Bowl makes me wonder about the field. Given 20/20 hindsight, was there something that could have been done differently to not have the field ice up? Were changes made in field preparation after that game to try and prevent what happened? I know it is customary to cover the field the night before a game if there is snow in the forecast, but snow wasn’t predicted. Would it have helped just to keep the electric blanket turned on with the field uncovered? Or would they have been better off covering the field, but turning off the blanket until the…