Legendary Notre Dame and NFL running back [autotag]Jerome Bettis[/autotag] wasn’t a part of the memorable 1993 Fighting Irish football team. Yeah, the one that was ranked No. 1 before being upset by Boston College in the final game of the regular season. That doesn’t mean that the stunning upset didn’t bother the Pro Football Hall of Famer then, or now, though.
ABC 57 in South Bend features “Bettis on a Bus” during their Notre Dame football pregame coverage each week this season. This week The Bus and Allison Hayes looked back at the sting the infamous ’93 upset caused him – not because he was part of that ’93 squad, but instead because he wasn’t.
“And so the fact that I wasn’t there, they were like, man, we would have won that game. Had you been here. So guys would give me a lot of grief after that game. And it was just a rough one. But yeah, Boston College, for me has always been a good game.”
-Jerome Bettis
Personally, I wonder if Bettis could have stepped in on defense and done something about the 41 points allowed that day. Perhaps the deficit never reaches 21-points if he was still there but it’s hard to see how much more he adds to the chances of victory when those 41 are surrendered.
You can see the full video on the ABC 57 website.
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