Classic Tailback - Jerome Bettis Notre Dame Highlights
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- A compilation of some of Jerome Bettis' highlights at the University of Notre Dame. The "Bus" grounded and pounded defenses for two years in South Bend before going on to a hall of fame career in the NFL. Bettis was basically an automatic touchdown on the goal-line, as no team had an answer when Notre Dame would ram him into the endzone from the middle of their patented T-formation.
The games I used to take the clips from can be found on Stephen Barnett's youtube channel (and there were a few other channels I used as well that you can find if you look around): / sbbarnet. .
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that fullhouse backfield formation.....the good ole days
Yeah double wing t old days. That good ol 46 bears defense would have something to say.
That’s a straight-T. The Double Wing has the half-backs lined up off the outside hip of the TE or Tackle if there’s a split-out (see Air Force’s ‘slot-backs’). It’s cool to see the old Belly-G scheme.
Them wishbone days
It's all five wide these days.
I wish they would blend the old and new.
New- too spread out and throw too much
Old- too close and run to much.
Lol
I met Jerome as a kid when he played for the Steelers. He was already projected to go to Canton. I was completely star struck. He is seriously one of the nicest men you'll ever meet, just not on the football field to linebackers 😂
😂
I remember that Sugar BOWL game against Florida because Florida had no answers for Notre Dame's physicality!
These were amazing years of college football. The Rocket, Desmond Howard, Vaughn Dunbar, Napoleon Kaufman, Reggie Brooks, Russell White, Lorenzo Neal...
warrick dunn, ricky irvins, duce staley, curtis enis, fred taylor, kurtis martin to name a few :)
I think everyone just gave up once they saw Adrian Peterson.
Amp Lee, Charlie Ward, David Palmer, Steve Ettman, Robert Smith, Ricky Watters,
Eddie George, Reggie Bush, The Missile, Ricky Waters....
And today we get the d*mn transfer portal and stupid Conferences.
Dam Bettis was no joke.A serious Beast. In College. And Pros.They couldnt stop him.
One of the greatest players in Notre Dame history he put fear in opposing players
Steelers, as well!
Ahhh, the good ol days when we had a running game. Thanks Jerome.
ricky watters, never hear of him
@@lloydkline3265 Ricky was before the Bus.
One of the scariest backfields
Jerome Betts, Ricky Waters and Reggie Brooks
You know you have some talent when Dorsey Levens can't get playing time.
2013 Ohio state had Zeke Elliott, Carlos Hyde, Rod Smith, Dontre Wilson, and Jalin Marshall. 4 of them played in the NFL for multiple years.
@@ericdaniel323 Back when Notre Dame used to mean something and I don’t even like Notre Dame but College Football is much better when Notre Dame is better👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
@@ericdaniel323 Scary
@@765lbsquat meh
Bettis had good speed for a man his size.
Yes he did.
@@tomswill9189 I miss seeing him & other great players of his era on the gridiron.
Exceptional
@@lemontadams3029 No doubt!
Classic tailback, who played the upback in college, and stilled killed it.
Back again in 2021 to watch this hidden gem.
Love that full house horseman backfield.
Bettis was an athletic freak he was bigger than half of the Defensive lineman he went against and had the agility of a cat I loved watching him play at Notre Dame in that offense
Could you imagine being a safety and Jerome headed at you full speed?
Steve Atwater used to lay him out.
Man when him and Ray Lewis met heads up i got a headache 😂😂😂😂
A good time to pull a hammy 😂
Lou knew the running game and had the horses for it.
Any team that scored first on ND, Lou would run at'em 15 times if he had to never pass and stick right back up their butt. Probably his greatest statement telling the other team that this game was being played for keeps.
Fond memories of watching him play on Saturdays...
He could everything but catch a football, just joking one of the greatest college running players ever
People didn't hardly realized the depth of this RB crew. Bettis and his back mate Reggie Brooks, replaced legends of Anthony Johnson and Ricky Watters. Also standing behind and alongside them was Ray Zellers, Dorsey Levens, Rodney Culver, Marc Edwards, Lee Becton, Autrey Denson, Randy Kinder, Jeff Burris(CB/RB) and Ryan Grant. All was NFL starters. Only college you can compare as more talented is Miami, but the difference is Bettis,Grant, Levens and Watters all have SB rings.
Talked to Tony Rice, asked him how Dorsey Levens could transfer to Ga. Tech ring up almost 2000 yards, get drafted by Green Bay have 4 Pro-Bowl years and not get on the field at ND? Rice said, "He wasn't good enough" My jaw dropped.
Reggie Brooks was given a scholarship only to get Tony Brooks. Reggie forgotten.
The bus!
One of the best nicknames ever
Old school, smash-mouth football. Not for the faint of heart.
I remember watching Norte Dame during this era in the mid 90’s . This was when Norte Dame would just beat teams up. They were tough. Bettis was the fullback and Culver and Brooks split time at tail. Each of the running backs back then weighed over 225 lbs. could you imagine playing an entire game with these big bruisers punishing the defense every play?
What's a Norte Dame?
@@ericdaniel323 Why be a jerk? What's an eric daniel?
Hell no! Bettis is enough. I couldn't stand playing against speedy power backs. Smh
dont care for notre dame, but jerome was worth watching. great runner
One of Lou Somogyi, sports writer/editor's Blue and Gold magazine covers: "Good, Better, Bettis."
Football misses the fullback position.
Georgia Tech, Navy, and Army all use the fullback position quite a bit.
@@PockyCandy I should have said winning football.
Boston College, Michigan, Wisconsin, army, navy, GTech, Iowa, etc.
@@dfertefwergwergrfgwr 😂😂
No need to mention whether or not you like Notre Dame. This is about Bettis
The bus was a beast he's an animal unstoppable he did the same thing when he got to Pittsburgh
It's saying something when you have a FULLBACK on Classic TAILBACKS!!
you just dont see formations like this in college football anymore. especially with the fullback getting so many carries
James Matthews what's all the more impressive, is that as a fullback, he has no lead block!
I saw Louisiana Tech line up in the power T at some point this past season. Had to do a double take to make sure I was seeing it right.
I CANT believe how stupid the coaches are to DO this in the past; give Fullbacks the ball with a useless Tailback out of the play behind the FB! The dominant formation was what Madden used to call 'Proform' split backs; not I formation; when the FB got the ball the HB blocked. Not with 90's Notre Dame though!! You have Bettis and you don't even give him his OWN FB or at least put the HB in position to block someone? I formation running its ALREADY a disadvantage; 9 blockers because QB and ball carrier don't block; now lets make it 8 on 11? Bettis is a beast just for breaking runs in THAT stupid set up.
Walter White what you don't realize is that USELESS tailback was often Ricky Watters. The Bus pounded the middle and opened up the outside for Watters and the passing game.
Marc Edward's and the bus. You couldn't beat those two.
Not a huge Norte Dame fan but love old school football. A couple things, Irish had bad luck while Bettis was there. Always felt like his Freshman year they should of won the title vs Colorado. Rocket ran that punt back.. Bettis’s last year they lost to Stanford which snowballed them. A big reason they lost that game was Bill Walsh was the NBC analyst for a few years before taking the job in Palo Alto. Still, it’s damn impressive that Bettis avg. 5.7 a clip and I’d say 85% of his work was between the tackles. His last year he did play some TailBack to close games out.
I love the Full house and Wing T and Straight T, that the Irish used. So cool. The straight to power, lmao, love it!
Love hearing the pads poppin like in the Penn State game.
My favorite all time player and college team in football.
i love this man
The music chosen made me all dewy-eyed, like the Bus was a carriage ride in Central Park rather than a fall down an elevator shaft.
My guy had sum wheels in college he's not just fast for a big guy he's just fast period
I disagree..
Niles Keller so your faster?
Smitty werbenjarmanjensen number one I’m wondering the same lol
@@nileskeller7195 I disagree with your disagreement...
He had such great nimble feet for someone his size. It was amazing to watch him tiptoe through the hole and then hit that second gear for as big as he was. One of my all-time favorite players! But I was also a die-hard Browns fan so I loved and hated him LOL
The college football i grew up on.Thank you.Now if you do a video of Marshall Faulk at San Diego State then you're a CZcams God lol
I'll try my best to make a Marshall Faulk video. He deserves one.
Bettis my fav ND player of all time.
He was a hell of Bowler as well! Carried better than 200 Pins.
1:45 Orenthal James Simpson on the voice over commentary. Nicole was not available for comments.
This is when football was for real tough guys. Real man to man battles all over the field. Nowadays all these nerds with the analytics and fancy formations have made the game all finesse.
My favorite running back of all time might wear #6 this semi pro season
Hey, after your season, I'll make a highlight video of you, if you can send links to some of your games.
The only player I ever saw who at one point had more tds than yards lol
You are the MAN!!!!
thanks for the compliment, but there are several other youtubers who are better at making videos than I am.
+PockyCandy Possibly true, but you make the videos a lot of other CZcamsrs don't: The old school RB's!! I've been searching for years for a lengthy Jamal Lewis, Ricky Williams, Jerome Bettis, etc. highlight videos! You brought it to life, that's why I have much love for you man! Don't compare yourself to nobody else, keep doing YO thang! ✊🏾
Human battering ram. Wearing out the opposing defense. Beat my Gators in the Sugar Bowl back in the day.
THANK YOU WHY HAVEN'T YOU'VE GOTTEN NOTICED!!!GREAT VID!
What tailback would you like to see next?
+PockyCandy Dante Hall, Sirr Parker, Warrick Dunn, Clinton Portis, Willis McGahee, Maurice Clarrett, Greg Jones, Leon Washington, Landanian Tomlinson, Marshall Faulk, Amos Zeroue, Avon Coulborne
Between Amos Zeroue, Avon Coulborne, and Noel Devine, I'd say that West Virginia tailbacks tend to have the coolest-sounding names of any school.
true
Korede Folorunso I looked through your list and found two that I like. I'm working on Marshall Faulk and Willis McGahee videos right now. Not sure which one will be released and which one will be stashed for the next semester yet, though.
A True all around Fullback
I love Bettis and he’s one of my earliest notre Dame memories, but did we really need all the 3-4 yard plays?
Jerome Bettis is a hall of fame human being, and I truly believe it’s because he went to Notre Dame!
Not even close (and arguably classist/racist just because he was from Detroit). He was always a good person.
The unis tho...classic
I miss these days
Bo Jackson, Hershel Walker, Ricky Williams, Marcus Dupree, Jerome Bettis, Earl Campbell, Ernie Davis....dudes that nobody wanted to tackle one-on-one!!!!!!
That Florida game was a killer for the Gators. I was in my sophomore year...
Jerome Badass!!!!
Still vividly remember the game he obliterated Florida in the Sugar Bowl.
That O line tho!!!
Yeah he proved it in NFL with a good O line or a bad O line that is why he is in the hall of fame, he was a one of a kind at his position, a great man on and off the field
Stanley Bryson yessir I wouldn’t try to stop his shine but my highschool teammates might think I’m the next Jerome bettis in making
Fun to watch Bus run !!! Maybe if you get a chance a RIcky Watters one would be sweet !!!!
Bettis was all about Notre Dame. Watters was all about Watters.
Kept watching the tailback and they kept on giving it to the fullback.
Man ole man.midwest football
It's hard to tackle a hard-running 250 pound back when the OL is opening holes you could drive a Peterbilt through.
The shoulder pads players used back then were so big. Lol
The collisions were harder and more frequent back then. Almost a different game today.
Cant stand ND but Bettis was a monster back then for the Irish. That 1992 ND/PSU game really hurt.
Anybody remember that bowl game he drug 3 or 4 defenders on his back into the end zone like 20 yards? It was against Texas or Tennessee I can’t remember
Most nfl could never match this physicality across the board I see safties and corners in every clip banging pads that’s special you can hear these plays on my tv
Hey can you do a maurice jones drew college highlights
Maybe. There's a glut of early-to-mid 2000's halfbacks who also need their own video.
the bus was a beast
I hate when people tell me im to big to play a certin postion. i play tight end and im 5'9 at 13 and 185 so people tell me im to big... but when its a 1v1 gusse who wins... Me.
FOR ALL Y'ALL BIG MEN DON'T LISTIN TO WHAT NOBODY SAYS. YOU CAN PLAY ANY POSTION YOU WANT!!!!
roger craig would be sick
can you do Charles Woodson
My Lord!!!!! @1:38 the entire Dfence is there to stop him.
This has to be said, Lou Holtz did not use him properly. Just think what Bettis would've done with a lead back blocking for him!
I think that he would've been great with at halfback, with fullback in front of him too, since he'd be have more room to build up speed.
And he'd have been much better as a fullback in Oklahoma's wishbone as well. Defenses would've been so distracted trying to account for everyone else in the 'bone that Bettis would've had huge lanes to run through.
PockyCandy I love your channel! Thank you for making these clips! Can you do Russell White from Cal? Ricky Whittle from Oregon? And Lee Becton from Notre Dame? Thanks! Keep up the great work!
AnotherSKYWALKR His last year Reggie Brooks was ridiculous though
If only.. He might have made it to the NFL, he might have won a superbowl even, perhaps a dream, the hall of fame! Oh wait.
Facts
Who is here from protect our parks 9 😂😂
Bro what about Tyrone Wheatly .. great videos!
Before he got hurt in Sr. Year Tyrone had a combination of size,power, and sprinter speed I have never seen.
9:46 This is what happens when you simply touch Jerome Bettis.. Whoop! Lol
He was the #1 LB in the country his Sr year
Please do one on Rocket Ismail.
My was my favorite player in the 1980s , he could do everything but catch the football. Just joking, he was like 4.2 plus ,40
@@lloydkline3265 I knew a walk-on who told me that when they watched kick-offs to Rocket of the previous game film, the fuse was lit and the whole team go "Sssssssssssssssssssss"
@@jinglejuggs69 the rocket was a super great college football player,,,should have won the heisman trophy,, jerome bettis from metro detroit,,
Shane Gillis brought me here.
lmao
Some synergy story here ...I was a QB in junior football (you can look it up) London Ontario league ...I think I was 12 ...we had a running back named Bets ...he was an Italian kid ...he was our best player ...leagues best player ...his body size, was like double, other kids in league ...he could run ...oh yah ...Bets went onto play for Catholic Central in London ...prominent high school 🏫 🏈
At 8:33 shows the power of the Bus, IMO. Number PSU #35 bounces right off him, LOL.....
Bet on Bettis.
Six for six, baby.
If Jerome was 250lb in these highlights. What did he weight in the pro's? 300+?
The best is when they had Bettis as TB and the FB was half his size.
Damn they had him at FB??
Just like the old school dude
@5:01 what in thee hell is Lou Holtz doing in the stands?????? My goodness he has a great team there but come on Lou they still need you.
Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy Rudy! ! ! !
I never bet against Bettis, and my accounts are sufficient.
I have a vague memory.of Bettis breaking a.lomg run and taking hit.after hit and breaking tackles up until the moment he broke the plane and scored. I re8him.laying in the end zone.as.if he had been knocked out. But i can't find it. Dies anyone remember that or is it a false memory?
Fuckkk. Shane brought me here and first montage of highlights is against UofM🙄
Jerome AKA the bus He was big and strong he ran like Earl Campbell
6th all time yardage in the pros, he was no fluke
I Bettis ND wins Championship with this kid.
Yoi and double yoi
Kevin McDougal was a better QB. Hometown hero 954
Betis didn't play QB, so...
Brady Quinn>Rick Mirer>Kevin McDougal
DO LADANIAN TOMLINSON
Thats smash mouth football
He's a fullback..
Its RIDICULOUS that Bettis is lined up as a Fullback with a HB Behind him that's out of the play; one less blocker. It took the Steelers to use him the right way. He left the Rams after they wanted him to be a FB like college. Now seeing this video I understand where the stupid idea came from; having Bettis and ANOTHER ball carrier in the backfield, Notre Dame made it work, why can't LA Rams? Well obviously it didn't work. We all know without having to check reference; because I have no memories of the early 90's Rams except that 49ers called them 'same old sorry ass Rams' when they moved to St Louis; got Mike Martz as offensive coordinator and after 3 years of Vermeil and Martz proceeded to turn Kurt Warner into a Hall of Fame candidate while blowing out the Niners into a 2nd place team fighting for Wildcard births.
In Notre Dame's defense, they often used their fullback like a Wishbone FB, where he would be the first part of an option play (like Earl Campbell or Georgia Southern's Adrian Peterson). Because it was an option a lot of the time, one of the unblocked defenders would be optioned off, negating the lack of blocking.
However, the same could not be said for the T-formation that Notre Dame would often run Bettis out of on short yardage situations. But it looked really unique, so I don't have a problem with that.
@@PockyCandy Ray Burris was also a "go to" guy in short yardage T-Formation, I don't ever recall him coming up short.
ya know, I almost felt bad for Penn state that day. He was just running people over.
haha
Notre Dame and Penn State should play each other every year again. Very underrated rivalry.