Bettis Joins NBC Sunday Night Studio Crew (1 Viewer)

[crowe1130]

Jerome Bettis was briefly interviewed during the olympics coverage tonight and revealed that he'll be joining NBC's new crew for Sunday Night Football next season.

The Bus is actually very well-spoken, so Sunday nights shouldn't be as painful to the ears and senses as they've been in recent years. We'll see what he brings to the table in terms of analysis.

Jerome Bettis joined NBC on Sunday as a studio analyst for Sunday night football games.

"I am looking forward to this new opportunity and to still be involved in the game I love," Bettis said.

The former Pittsburgh running back retired after helping the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in the Super Bowl this month in his hometown of Detroit.

His first game will be in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Sept. 7, when the Steelers receive their Super Bowl rings.

"It will be the proudest night of my life," Bettis said. "I will finally get my ring and I will start my new career in television in front of all the Steelers fans."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/foot.../bettis.nbc.ap/

 

[Bri]

a few days ago he was negotiating with fox, interesting

 

[SoloMatisse]

Im not so sure that's a done deal, now that Ricky Williams is apparently on the open market....I can see him in a studio....heard theyve got some pretty mean catering lined up before the show...

 

[djcolts]

I think he has a chance to be good at this - but one can't tell until he's in front of the mic. I thought Deion Sanders and Shannon Sharpe would be good, and Troy Aikman would be awful - and it was just the opposite.

 

[kupcho1]

Will they cut to his parents in the studio audience during the show?

That would be cool.

 

[nightshift]

way to go BUS!

 

[Franknbeans]

 

[ren hoek]

I think he's going to really, really suck.

And this is coming from someone who thinks that Rod Woodson does a fantastic job on NFL Network.