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yostmatt
02-20-2006, 11:10 AM
Looks Like Jerome Bettis is now a Pre-Game show guy for NBC starting this fall for Sunday night games.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11452491/
jsmeeker
02-20-2006, 11:14 AM
yup. He was interviewed by Bob Costas last night on NBCs Olympic coverage, and they announced it there.
yostmatt
02-20-2006, 11:22 AM
I missed the interview. :( I think he will do well at it, he has a great personality.
TomK
02-20-2006, 12:36 PM
Nice of NBC to waste 5 minutes of Olympics time to introduce Jerome Bettis.
Meathead
02-20-2006, 12:51 PM
Nice of NBC to waste 5 minutes of Olympics time to introduce Jerome Bettis.

Nice of Jerome Bettis to bring 5 minutes of airtime to the Olympics to wake everyone up from the ice dancing coma they were in.
newsposter
02-20-2006, 12:58 PM
Why do they wait so long to get the rings? I'd wanna show it off right away
Meathead
02-20-2006, 01:01 PM
Why do they wait so long to get the rings? I'd wanna show it off right away

They have to design them. That would be bad karma (see Earl) to design your Super Bowl ring before you actually play in the Super Bowl.

Plus, they make about 150+ rings at an approximate cost of $15-20,000 each (that was the cost of last year's ring). That means they need to procure enough gold, identically cut diamonds, and other materials before they can even start.
Mr. Soze
02-20-2006, 02:45 PM
Nice of NBC to waste 5 minutes of Olympics time to introduce Jerome Bettis.Yeah, it takes away from all those gripping features.
5thcrewman
02-20-2006, 03:13 PM
Well that explains why he was on with Matt & Katie this morning. I was hoping they were going to name him as her replacement!
Meathead
02-20-2006, 03:25 PM
Well that explains why he was on with Matt & Katie this morning. I was hoping they were going to name him as her replacement!

We could only be so lucky. My wife insists on watching that show in the morning. I tell her that Katie C's left wing arrogance is like nails on a chalkboard to me & the last thing I need to wake up to.
TAsunder
02-20-2006, 03:27 PM
Nice of Jerome Bettis to bring 5 minutes of airtime to the Olympics to wake everyone up from the ice dancing coma they were in.

What coma? I just left it on fast forward during those things.
Bierboy
02-20-2006, 04:00 PM
What coma? I just left it on fast forward during those things.You must get through each event in seconds, then! (with the exception of ice hockey....where there are absolutely NO commercials, features, etc., until the end of each period)
Meathead
02-20-2006, 04:44 PM
What coma? I just left it on fast forward during those things.

The hardest part about the olympics is that it is a straight 3-4 hour block with no real semblence of order. If I want to see the bobsled & speed skating, I have to watch...only to see 2 hours of ice dancing & curling before they show 15 minutes of real sports.

Fast forwarding works if you start watching at 10PM EST. Even if you start 30-60 minutes into the recording, you will catch up to live TV really fast.
5thcrewman
02-20-2006, 04:50 PM
Maybe they think that Shani would've talked to Jerome?
DevdogAZ
02-20-2006, 05:48 PM
Maybe they think that Shani would've talked to Jerome?
LOL!! :up: :D :D
ducker
02-21-2006, 09:55 AM
hm... Bettis.. he talks alot but as far as the content???? then again I guess many of the sports guys don't exactly have a ton of content in what they have to say.
lambertman
02-21-2006, 02:01 PM
he's already better than Michael Irvin.