This is all you need to know about Tom Osborne

[MikeWaters]

In 1995, Nebraska tailback Lawrence Phillips climbed to the third story of a building to sneak in through a sliding door and attack his ex-girlfriend (at the apartment of current Oregon assistant Scott Frost, no less). Phillips was accused of dragging the woman down three flights of stairs by her hair. He eventually pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault. Nebraska coach Tom Osborne reinstated Phillips after six games. Shoot, Coach Kelly, you held LeGarrette Blount out of 10 games for sucker-punching that mouthy Boise State player. Phillips wound up starting the Fiesta Bowl, and Nebraska rolled to its second consecutive national title. Osborne took heat at the time for reinstating Phillips, but guess what happened? Five years later, Osborne got elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After three terms, he came home to run Nebraska's athletic department. Did the six-game punishment straighten out Phillips? Not exactly. In 2005, he was accused of choking his girlfriend. Later that year, he was accused of driving a vehicle into three teens because of an argument over a pickup football game. Phillips was convicted of both crimes. He's now appealing his 31-year prison sentence, saying he didn't get a fair trial.

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