[PurpleMan]

A product of Tom Osborne's filthy Nebraska football program. The precursor to Univ of Miami and now Ohio State.

[Natural Law]

He deserved it for missing the block that ended Steve Young’s career!

[GOP_Raider]

The FR College Football Ping List FReepmail GOP_Raider to be on or off this list

[A_Former_Democrat]

GO MIZZOU

[darkangel82]

And who’s your team, may we ask?

[yarddog]

I always liked Osborne until the Phillips incident. After reading what he did, I was surprised he didn't get a long prison sentence. Instead he didn't even get a slap on the wrist.

I guess once a goon, always a goon.

[Bluepool]

“A product of Tom Osborne’s filthy Nebraska football program”

Tom Osborne accumulated more football Academic All-Americans in his 25 years as coach than any other football program in the nation has produced in its history,
Larry Phillips was a thorn in his side.

[Lumper20]

Sadly, they have let scum rob gas stations. sell dope, etc.

I call myself a Nebraska grad and fan, but; I was not thrilled to see the likes of Johnny Rodgers or Danny Murtaugh, etc.

The latter was a huge man, an all America tackle in 1970 or so. He and his father beat the hell out an Omaha bar owner. They came back, only to meet a good friend. That friend lost the last qualifying fight for the US olympic heavyweight boxing team. The man who beat him was Floyd Petterson. The Murtaugh family men were knocked out cold.

[Be_Politically_Erect]

If you actually read what Tom Osborne had to say about the Phillips situation you might have another opinion.

Tom Osborne was trying to help a troubled young man but it didn’t work out. There are those that do not wish to be helped.

Now, if you want to talk about a coach doing something for a player simply to help the team then take a look at Bob Devaney and his intervention for Rogers. (btw, I still revere Devaney).

Also, you might want to look at any other myriad of big time college football programs and you’ll find much worse than what happened in regards to Phillips.

Tom Osborne gets villified based upon small information.

[kb2614]

Your timeline is off. Univ of Miami had a very bad rep long before Lawrence Philips was playing at Nebraska. Philips was at Nebraska in the mid 90’s. Miami started turning into Thug U as soon as Jimmy Johnson showed up (early 80’s).

[eyedigress]

I’m not going to flame, but when you are in the business to win and not breaking rules, That’s what you do.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

About 13 years to late for Florida. HAHA.

[Heartland Mom]

Tom Osborne is a class act. His mentoring program speaks for itself. No - everyone is not going to be helped and Lawrence Phillips is, unfortunately, one of those people. But, it is NOT because TO didn't try to help him. It is because Phillips took his natural talents (a gift from God) and squandered them. No one is to blame but himself.

[GOP_Raider]

A product of Tom Osborne's filthy Nebraska football program.

That having been said, Osborne was a GOP Congressman representing Nebraska's first district for a few terms. (I don't have Osborne's voting record in front of me, so if the rest of you want to excoriate him for that, be my guest.)

Also, I'm not sure that I would go as far as to say that Osborne's Nebraska program was "filthy". SMU, Miami, maybe Oklahoma...okay. But "filthy" wouldn't have been the adjective I would have used.

[cincinnati65]

I'm not about to jump into the middle of a collegiate football argument; however, I would offer that I am absolutely shocked that a fine young man such as Lawrence Phillips would find himself on the wrong side of the law once again.

My beeber is officially stuned.

[phoenix0468]

Whatever, Lawrence Phillips was the only “news item” to ever really come out of the Tom Osborne era. I’m an OU fan and I have more respect for Tom then I ever would for that criminal kingpin named Barry Switzer.

[Nonperson]

Did your university’s football team have a defensive unit known as the “Lynch Mob”?