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I don't understand this line: "In what could, but didn't, turn out to be his last regular season game in the NFL, Bettis rushed for 41 yards and three touchdowns against the Detroit Lions in week 17 of the 2005 NFL season." Week 17 was the last regular season game. What other regular-season game has The Bus played since then? -- Mikeblas 23:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
Should we add that Bettis suffered from asthma as a child and still does to some extent?
Bettis' parents have never missed a game of his. Is this addable?
Bettis is a very good bowler... should this be added?
Fixing something in there. Jerome Bettis officially announced his retirement as he was standing there on the podium, he didn't say it was a possibility.
I think we should get another picture in there–either one of him in action during a game or a Super Bowl postgame picture would be good.– Clpalmore, 5 Feb. 2006
Yeah, the "Bus Stops Here" picture looks like a good one. I actually don't know how to add a picture, so if someone wants to do it, feel free. Otherwise, I'll try to figure it out.– Clpalmore 5:35, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
The bits about asthma and bowling don't really belong in the intro paragraph, and it seems like overkill to have a whole section just to say that his parents have only missed two of his games. I'm thinking that the "parents" section should be retitled as "trivia", and those three bits of info (all of which certainly belong in the article, of course) should be moved there. Thoughts? Microtonal 20:16, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm wondering what others thoughts would be on adding a section discussing his duel with Curtis Martin during the 2004 season, as they both climbed the all-time rushing list. I've already put together some text for it(and will include that text here), and while their "duel" seems like a good fit for the trivia section, it's a bit too long for a normal trivia entry. thoughts? my sample entry follows
"During the 2004 season, Bettis and New York jets Running Back, Curtis Martin dueled for the position on the all-time rushing yards leaderboard. Bettis entered the season 684 yards ahead of Martin, due to Bettis being the backup in Pittsburgh for much of the season, Martin was able to pass Bettis in week 13 until the Steelers played their game later in the day and Bettis retook the lead by 6 yards. When the Jets traveled to Martin's home town of Pittsburgh to play the Steelers the following week, both backs would cross the 13,000 yard mark, making this the first time this has happened. Their combined totals were also one of the biggest combined totals for opposing running backs in history. At the end of the game, Martin would lead Bettis by 9 yards. Two weeks later in week 16, Bettis would again pass martin, and establish himself with a lead of 81 yards, and in doing so, surpassed Eric Dickerson for 4th on the all-time list. Bettis sat out the final week of the season, and when Martin rushed for 153 yards that week, he passed Dickerson and Bettis for the final time." Pelzo 03:35, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
I added a short blurb that he was called the Battering Ram while playing for the Rams. I believe that Jackie Slater was the one who gave him this nickname during the preseason. I don't know which year it was. I also don't have a reference for this, so I didn't put it in the blurb. I read this somewhere while the Rams were still in LA in a LA Ram newspaper. (I can't remember the name of it off hand.) -- Pinkkeith 17:31, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
The above is correct regarding Bettis's nickname while with the Rams. I always remember him being called "The Battering Ram" in his early years, and I'm fairly certain that he didn't receive the nickname "The Bus" until he arrived in Pittsburgh. Unless someone has a source that indicates Bettis was called "The Bus" while in Los Angeles, that reference in the second paragraph should be corrected. -- Trowbridge ( talk) 22:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be more information on his pre-NFL days? I feel like this is a significant part of his life.
The quote, "Once in a blue moon I fumble the football, and once in a blue moon Ben [Roethlisberger] makes that tackle," seems to be misattributed.
Ben Roethlisberger said something very similar. "Once in a blue moon, Jerome fumbles. Once in a blue moon, I'm going to make a tackle." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/01/20/SPGECGQDMF1.DTL Unless there is evidence Jerome Bettis said almost the same thing, This quote should be removed or attributed properly.
-- Macdaddy312 05:50, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
There are so many nicknames mentioned in this article - none are sourced. The only "common knowledge" one that I am aware of is The Bus. Can we source some of the other nicknames (even just a mention in a sports article)? I'd almost suggest a separate section for nicknames just to get them out of the important, more encyclopedic parts of the article. I did remove one nickname mentioned in the intro; it doesn't belong there unless it's a notable nickname (i.e. Bus). More general clean-up is needed too. -- Midnightdreary 17:33, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Merged info from Jerome Bettis Day per suggestion of User:Metropolitan90----- Adimovk5 ( talk) 19:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
18:46, 7 February 2007 Metropolitan90 (Talk | contribs) (request merge) [2]
Now, it is known that Bettis did support Bush, and Obama... This article lists him as a Republican, and I could use some verification on that, as I saw on a Pennsylvania voters site that he was an inactive Democrat... (I double checked my stas, and it did get them right) So, I'm wondering if he changed affiliation or whether that check was incorrect. -- User:Lawrence142002
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He is not the oldest child. He is the youngest. 2600:1702:1950:4170:E169:B365:920F:A82F ( talk) 01:35, 22 May 2024 (UTC)