Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis obviously wound up playing football at Notre Dame but it wasn’t always a two-foot putt that he’d end up in South Bend.
Bettis was a star at Mackenzie High School in Detroit and the Detroit Free Press high school player of the year in Michigan his senior season. As you’d expect, all the nation’s top colleges were after as his skills.
Bettis joined former Pittsburgh Steelers teammate Ryan Clark on The Pivot Podcast, which is co-hosted by former NFL stars Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor. They spoke on an array of topics but Lou Holtz getting Bettis to Notre Dame was one of the more memorable parts as it involves the old Fighting Irish head coach and a stolen Cadillac. Check it out below.
The full episode is an excellent behind the curtain look at Bettis who shares stories of the actual origin “The Bus” nickname, which actually began at Notre Dame, long before his time in the black and yellow of the Steelers.
Bettis also spoke about Notre Dame in the NIL era, and plenty else about the Fighting Irish football program. Here are a few of the highlights
It’s a different kid that’s going to go to Notre Dame. Because, at Notre Dame, it’s, it’s different, because we can all talk like it’s just, it’s not, it’s not all football where you can go. So, you go to places where it is.
“I mean, you go crazy. Love the SEC It is insane. It is football. And it is at its finest, because living in Georgia for these last, you know, 19 years I’ve been able to see the SEC and been, you know, immersed in it. Went down, spoke at the University of Florida and spoke with the Clemson team, did all this, and just really see it different
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