“I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and I hate Michigan.”

— Jerome Bettis

Jerome Bettis at a Notre Dame pep rally prior to the Notre Dame - Michigan game on September 16th, 2006.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/richard_deitsch/09/25/media.circus /index.html

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