Tom Osborne discusses Lawrence Phillip's death

[@ThunderPants13]

Coach Osborne was probably the closest thing to a father LP ever had.

[@mbapache64]

I don’t think Phillips ever achieved his full potential…

[@jimsty5222]

Tom Osborne is a good man. Seriously, what a genuinely good man. The amount of empathy he has...

[@quekelley5277]

Coach Osborne soul is intact. He understands the assignment. I wish his class could fall on more people in his position, cause the world would definitively be a better place.

[@grant8490]

Tom Osborne is such a class act. Wonderful human being. RIP Lawrence. Nebraska fans will never forget you. We will never forgive the evil deeds you committed, but will always remember you for what you could have done.

[@robjohnson8861]

For pete's sake, Phllip's only choked his exgirlfriend to the point unconsciousness, he didn't kill her. Osborne was so misunderstood. .......signed Joe Paterno.

[@Rcknroler913]

folks, please ignore this Rob Johnson pussy. He is a Miami fan that lives in mommy and daddy's basement stalking Nebraska football videos.

[@robjohnson8861]

@@Rcknroler913 an adult that types "mommy and daddy". Candy Ass.

[@erinshort1307]

The best college team of all time Lawrence Phillips was a part of it RIP Lawrence never forget u

[@MainManWithAPlan]

Phillips was a beast!!! Might’ve ended up the greatest RB OAT

[@jimsty5222]

Too much damage was done too early on. So tragic...so very tragic. If only he had a real dad or role model in those young and impressionable years. RIP Mr. Philips -- I hope God takes you in with mercy and compassion and gives you the peace and love you didn't have when you were a child.

[@TheRoyalBavarian]

Coach Osborne is a great man. And I am not saying that just because Iam a Nebraska football fan

[@Straw_Hat_11]

Dude that big of name doesn’t just kill himself… I was a teenager when he passed and I don’t think he killed himself to this day, someone murdered Lawrence and got away with it… he wasn’t the best person but when you’re pissed on as a kid and only know abuse because of the “men” his mom dated, rest in peace Lawrence. You will be dearly missed.

[@joeraguso5376]

Lol flat earth is more believable than this nonsense

[@mbapache64]

And there you have it….

[@mikealstott6033]

Trouble did not 'follow' him. He just kept getting into trouble and that is the truth.

[@robjohnson8861]

nope, we won't have accountability in this room when trying to hold Osborne to the real reason he played Phillp's.

[@Rcknroler913]

@@robjohnson8861 what is the real reason pussy? Certainly not to win.

[@nickpaine]

If wins mattered so much to Osborne he wouldn't have gone for two. He suspended LP. And then he helped him up. The "win-at-any-cost" slur against TO is baloney, period. No coach cared more for his players.

[@robjohnson8861]

@@nickpaine Uh, WTF! Ask the players that have the balls to admit it. Osborne pushed everything regarding integrity under the bus when he let Phillip's stay on the team after strangling his ex to the point of unconsciousness and smashing her head into a mailbox.

[@jeffbanfieldsflwr3537]

@@robjohnson8861 Have you read all of your comments? Yea, he shouldn't have played him... maybe. That's what he did and so what. You can't change the past. Osborne is a religious person, they all deviate under thier own perception of the situation.

[@kpz6600]

poor guy. usually have no empathy for people who abuse others, Lawrence phillips is an excuse cause he had no father figure and girls cheated on him. can't imagine how he went through this :(

[@joeraguso5376]

Lol what? That excuse could be said about millions of other criminals. Just admit your excuse was because he was an amazing football player on your favorite team.

[@TheAyatollahofNofappollah]

150 books in a year? BS. Maybe Cat in the Hat?

[@oldironsides4107]

Why did they put a bunch of rogue on his cheeks and dress him like the antique campbells soup kid They degraded tom here

[@stoneharper7038]

He’s as good of a running back prospect as I have ever seen, if he could have gotten out of his own way he could have been a star in the league. He was so mentally ill though and that eventually won out

[@traviskrause8509]

That was very sad he was such a great running back that's just a sad ending gods speed Lawrence!!!

[@traviskrause8509]

Its just sad how Lawrence ended up he was such an awesome talent and the players say the best running back nebraska ever had I have to agree and that's a pretty big statement considering how many great running backs nebraska had during Osbornes career!!! God bless Lawrence I hope you will fair well in the after life!!!

[@robjohnson8861]

God created him and he killed someone. Reconcile that for me.

[@traviskrause8509]

@@robjohnson8861 things happen in this world we can't control what people do! If you want to hate him that's up to you! Doesn't change what he did on the football field!!! I live by the bible too!!!

[@traviskrause8509]

@@robjohnson8861 and he got killed himself do you need more than that!!! Being full of hate is not how I refuse to live!!! It will eat you up inside!!!

[@robjohnson8861]

@@traviskrause8509 He killed two people, his cellmate and himself. Reconcile the loving god for me please.

[@traviskrause8509]

@@robjohnson8861 oh my god give it a rest Mr. Holyer than now who do you think you are god? Only god can judge and did at the time of his death!!! You know its people like you that people don't want to go to church or believe in fear of being looked down on like people like you that think the world is perfect and there are no exceptions its all black and white with no gray!!!

[@KevinAdams-c9w]

Lawrence Phillips was a pariah on college football. During his junior season he was found guilty of assault & attempted murder by pulling his "girlfriend " down a flight of stairs by her hair. And what did the great tom osborne do? Quote: " The best place for this young man is on the football field." Really!!?? At that moment, i lost all respect for osborne & nebraska football. All osborne was interested in was winning a national championship. I could care less if the great nu nevrrs wins another game.

[@traviskrause8509]

Thats just so sad that somebody couldnt get through to that guy such a waste of a great talent!!! God bless lawerence phillips rest in peace!!!

[@robjohnson8861]

I have wet dreams about women, myself.

[@jimsty5222]

Too much damage was done too early on. So tragic...so very tragic. If only he had a real dad or role model in those very young and impressionable years...

[@normanolsen]

please...a lot of that shit was over looked, he got questioned by the alumni aboutwhy he was suspended for that many games

[@RDCards]

RIP

[@colderbeer]

Rest in hell

[@jeffdavis7073]

@@colderbeer Hell is here on Earth, he's at peace now.

[@traviskrause8509]

What controversy he was disciplined and the best players play end of controversy!!! Deal with it

[@robjohnson8861]

And Paterno said he did was required of him regarding Sandusky, correct? God, you are such a sellout to the game of football....signed OJ.

[@traviskrause8509]

@@robjohnson8861 what Paterno did or didn't do isn't a question I can answer I wasn't there you think you know it all and critisize the ones you don't like who's the sellout !!! Know what your talking about with fact before you open your mouth!!!

[@robjohnson8861]

@@traviskrause8509 Ha. None of us needed to be at PSU to accurately assess Paterno's piss poor response. Joe Pa and the horse doctor will always be linked together in shame. Ut oh. Who the F do you think can be looked at as the first significant leader at NU that helped cultivate the culture below? I mean in the end, by letting Phillips back on the team, what was Osborne's message to every player that considered Neb then and now. Right. Women don't matter. I wonder how his children and grandchildren truly feel about him. From 4 days ago. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Michigan on behalf of students at Nebraska and Michigan State, alleges Nebraska “fostered a culture in which female victims are discouraged from reporting sexual assaults, sexual harassments, stalking and other forms of gender discrimination when those acts are perpetrated by male student-athletes in order to protect UNL, the male athletics programs, male student-athletes and the NCAA, at the expense of female victims.” www.si.com/extra-mustard/2020/05/02/nebraska-football-players-assault-allegations

[@traviskrause8509]

@@robjohnson8861 allegations don't mean shit unless it's proved how many times have people made allegations out of pure hatered because they didn't get what they wanted you can go on and on with bullshit like this !!! I promise Osborne is very much loved by his family!!! I suppose you believe. Everything on the news is accurate to! Who was the offensive coordinator when devany coached ya eaxactly Osborne end of story bud!!!

[@robjohnson8861]

@@traviskrause8509 So Osborne suspended Phillips for 6 games on allegations alone. Really? You believe that? No, you don't for a fucking moment. Frost was there. The foundation for abuse toward women began or wasn't stopped at that point. You can claim to know how his family really feels about Osborne's decision regarding Phillips? UNBELIEVABLE! No, really, it's total horseshit for you to purport to know how his family truly feels. Do me a favor, ask 5 women about your last stern response. Ask them if you appear to believe that the lawsuit are allegations based on hate vs believing that the women's claims could have any merit at all.

[@JRFrancisco20088]

Osborne ran a clean program but he kept getting beat by thugs in bowl games so he fought fire with fire. Nothing deeper than that.

[@brianlohse6801]

He reminds me of Adrian Peterson

[@Shahmar]

AP before AP.

[@JohnDoe-gk7ok]

One guy abused his children, the other abused women.

[@juansaenz4113]

All we do is enable if we dont hold up a mirror to the person that needs to find themselves the most. Osborne did that child a disservice when he didnt kick him off the team, just because he doesnt play football doesnt mean you cant have an impact on his life. And afterward tom Osborne has the audacity to tell this kid itd be better if he went to the NFL, he pretty much handed him the tools for his demise, and for what? A national championship? His legacy? Is that more important than a life?

[@bigkfromtx9526]

😢😭

[@TheCream14]

All this crap about "give the young boy another chance". Osborn bailed out too many Nebraska players from jail during his tenure. Well documented. He's still win at all costs.

[@chrismarch6644]

you forget when he was benched there was a freshman by the name of ahman green

[@richnat]

How many "win at all costs" coaches stay in touch with a troubled ex-player for decades after his playing days?

[@brianh4669]

Yeah f*ck off! If you knew anything about the man you would not say that vial shit. How many people do you help?

[@robjohnson8861]

@@richnat "How many "win at all costs" coaches stay in touch with a troubled ex-player for decades" Guilt for using Phillips probably had nothing to do with that. Nah, not at all.

[@Rcknroler913]

For every LP I can give you 10 Brook Berringers and 10 Aaron Grahams.