Talk:Jerome Bettis

message: 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
*I have a picture of him playing while he was at UND.  Add it?
*Go to [] and click the picture entitled The Bus Stops Here.  I say that is the best picture to use.  Bio2590 06:01, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That image is almost certainly copyrighted by the NFL, so we won't be able to use it on Wikipedia. Microtonal 05:53, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: 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)
replies: text: You're right about the bowling really, but the asthma is a part of what he is, so generally I'd say that it should stay there-Bio2590 23:37, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that asthma is "a part of what he is", but I don't think that it needs to be the second thing we have to say about him. I doubt that Bettis thinks that asthma is the second most important thing in his life, so I'm a bit uncomfortable with the implications of prominence that its current placement creates. Microtonal 23:54, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Edit made. Microtonal 05:56, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: 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)
thread_title: Duel with Martin

message: 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)
thread_title: "Battering Ram" Jerome Bettis

message: Shouldn't there be more information on his pre-NFL days? I feel like this is a significant part of his life.
:I went back to the archives and resuscitated statements that had been written about his high school and college career. Odd that this had gotten clobbered. I find it even more odd that it had remained clobbered for so long. I expect that there was some explanation given, but whatever it might have been, I did not find it.--Vybr8 (talk) 04:43, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: College Career

message: 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)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Nicknames 

message: Merged info from Jerome Bettis Day per suggestion of User:Metropolitan90-----Adimovk5 (talk) 19:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger from Jerome Bettis Day 

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message: 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)
thread_title:  Jerome Bettis