The Brandy Show - Conversations with...Jim Betts

Growing up in Detroit and its challenges

Jerome's decision to turn down Michigan and Michigan State and go to Notre Dame out of high school

Those college days at ND and his record against Michigan

Getting drafted by the Rams in the NFL

Learning about the game in the NFL

The move to St Louis and  the disappointment in management  that had him seriously considering retirement

Getting a new start and new career in Pittsburgh

He was talked out of retiring the year the Super Bowl was in Detroit by his team mates

The magical run to the Super Bowl, and his fumble that nearly derailed it

The impact of team mates like Ben Roethlisberger and Hynes Ward on his career and final year

Going back to Notre Dame after football to complete his degree for his Mom

How he continues to help others with his own foundation that grew from his experience as a youngster in Detroit

We talk abut the current change of environment in collegiate athletics with NIL, Transfer portal, etc

Bruce talks about his impact on the Chris Weber post game story after Webers "time out" in the NCAA title game

Bruce was in the middle of the Gary Moeller to Lloyd Carr transition in football which was a dicey moment for Michigan football

The idea of a crisis manager doubling as a sports information director is appropriate in Bruce's situation

The politics of an athletic department and it's beaurocracy

Managing the always volatile Bo Schembechler in the early years with the media

His well thought out advice and counsel to players, coach's and athletes over the years have helped many

The innovations Bruce helped develop to pave the way for the technological explosion in covering cololege sport

The incredible growth of the media and it's mutation since the internet explosion and it's influence over college athletics

Radio and television impact over the years

Detroit Lions hopes in 2023

The kicking game and the NFL pressure cooker for kickers

The failure in San Francisco in the playoff that had Monte Clark praying on the sidelines

The current NFL and the improvement in the kicking game

The difference when he went to Dallas from his time in Detroit

The players he played with and their efforts to be great

The coaches he played for and their styles..what worked and what didn't

Why even take the Michigan Athletic Directors job...Hackett was retired when he accepted the position.

Comments on his predecessor, Dave Brandon

The timing of leadership

The importance of integrity

Jim Harbaugh on his radar immediately

The difficulties and requirement in hiring a Divison 1 head football coach

The nature of loyalty

Topics explored include college athletics

How playing football under Bo Schembechler aided in his progression to CEO positions

The Ford Motor Company

The automobile indistry

The emergence and future of the electric vehicle revolution

Steelcase and it's evolution when that business changed

CEO strategies and planning

The immense importance of computer chips and that industry and where it is primarily located

Gazing into the future as a CEO guiding a company into a changing and uncertain business climate

A July 7th, 2023 event to raise awareness and funds for autism at Webers Inn in Ann Arbor.

Jake Moody talks about his most pressure-packed kick in college.

Jake Moody discusses the trust between a kicker and coach.

Jake Moody talks about the practice and process a kicker must master to become one of the best in the country.

 Moody talks about the draft and his conversation with the 49ers when drafted and how he was surprised by it

Xavier DeGroat talks about his reaching out to Jake to help his cause.

DeGroat talks about the trials and tribulations of growing up on the autism spectrum.

DeGroat talks about his motivation to help others on the spectrum with his foundation

The Jimmy Hoffa disappearance is still an open case

Bo Schembechler was front and center in cleaning up steroid abuse, and crooked sports agents

The messages Greg imparted on Michigan Football teams when asked to address the team by Coach Schembechler

The GM executives family kidnapping

Tracking down an armed killer near Escanaba

The Ann Arbor Veterans hospital poisoning homicide cases

The beginnings of investigating internet crimes

Today's collegiate athletics is so different than the past...something the FBI might investigate then, is accepted today

Is today's FBI as trustworthy as in the past? The agency has taken some hits, and Stejskal defends it.

Betts frankly talks about a young black man's options out of high school in the mid 1960's

The University of Michigan's unique draw that appealed to Betts, and ultimately  got him to Ann Arbor

Trying to keep the dream alive of playing quarterback as a young black athlete in the mid 60's

Relating to  his head coach Bo Schembechler who challenged Betts, and who Betts challenged right back

Finding compromise between protesters and the administration during contentious times

After graduation, finding a job at Michigan football as an academic counselor

Bets take on todays world of NIL and Transfer portals

We talk about the amateur boxing ranks

The life of a young boxer without any amateur experience.

The tough road of a young pro..how to schedule fights

Hanging out with world champions like Hilmer Kenty, Milton McCrory, Thomas Hearns and others

Being managed by James Toney and Jackie Kallen

A statue for Thomas Hearns

The renewal of the Kronk Gym and it's legacy

We discuss Title IX and its effects on womens athletics

We talk about her favorite players and favorite teams.

Her start at MSU and then becoming an icon at Michigan.

We talk about transgenders competing against women.

We discuss rule changes she advocated to make womens softball a better game.