Big Red Rock: Lawrence Phillips
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2008
- "Smack My Bitch Up" - Prodigy
Track 12 from DVD "Big Red Rock"
By OurDecay Productions 2003
1/14/2016:
There is a lot of traffic on this video right now (for obvious reasons), so I just wanted to make a couple quick statements:
1. I made this video back in 2002. While I obviously never had anything against LP, I was trying to be clever with the song selection. It was a terrible decision, and looking back, I should have used one of a dozen other songs. I very much regret going with it. The song itself is fine, but not in this context. I own my mistake of using it here. So, right or wrong...I'm going to keep this up. I'm a lot different person now than I was 14 years ago, I've grown up.
2. I will not censor or try to direct discussion one way or another. People are entitled to feel however they feel, but I will not tolerate overt racist or offensive comments.
3. The point of this video was not to celebrate a person, but to celebrate a football player. As a collegiate running back, he had few equals. He was majestic on the field, which only served to make him that much more of a compelling figure. R.I.P.
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R.I.P. Lawrence Phillips
Nigga are u serious LMAO
+William Diemert I can't believe that!! Such a great talent but had some much problems. The Devil was really inside of Lawrence Phillips!
LP was amazing. Size, Speed, Agility, Hands, Power........you name it, the man was a man among boys. Even in the NFL.....if he would've got his head together....sure fire top 10 back. To bad about his issues....I blame no one but his pathetic parents that put him through the life they did.
I would say this was a fortuitously bad choice of song for this guy's highlights...
Lmao exactly
Couldn't agree more
yes
Right
No cuz the ppl that wrote this song an the ppl that like it probably love him cuz they do it too
He was a great runner but watching this is sad as I know how it ended R.I.P.
R.I.P. Lawrence. Thanks for the memories. Husker forever.
That is a once in a generation or more kind of talent. He was one of the best. Ever. (OHIO STATE fan, BTW),
I agree he could have broken a lot of records. He was sick though. Big guys with that much power just don't run that fast. Ran like Earl Campbell but was faster.
Super appropriate song title for the video
I was thinking the same thing.. lmao
RIP, to one of the best nebraska football players of all time
What an athlete. What a school. Nebraska used to dominate college football. Today not so much.
Larry E 94-97 no program better than Cornhuskers!!!!!
What a tragic story. I remember watching him play college ball, and even then he was undraftable. When he got taken, it was not a secret that he was a massive risk, but he did have a great rookie year. It was downhill from there. I did think that when he got to the CFL he may see a way to redemption, but it only got worse. I just hope that he can find peace within himself. Just sad.
Truly a man amongst boys on the football field...
Lawrence Phillips could be either recently retired or retired soon as one of the top 5 backs in the history of the NFL right now if he grew up in a home only SLIGHTLY better than the one he did.
rip Lp best college running back I ever seen
RIP... could have been a hall of famer in the NFL... smh
+Saint Nicholas I agree! He was awesome RB! Great field vision. He did very well in the pros! I wish he could have stayed out of trouble. The Rams did everything to help him but had to cut him. I am a fan of the player, L.P. So to the RB L.P. R.I.P.
+Cheryl Greene yeah his life & pro career was cut short thanks to his off the field problems
he went to the right NFL coach I think. Dick V was the right man for the job with him. RIP LP
+Chad Shepard Yes, Dick V. hung in with him as long as he could. Hurt him so bad, he was crying when he cut him loose. Just wasted talent.
+Saint Nicholas Best huskers running back ever!! Such a damn same he had so many issues with himself!
Greatest I Back EVER for BIG RED!! Greatest talent the program ever had ..period
Imagine if his parents had given him a stable loving foundation. LP could have broke every rushing record in yards & touchdowns. He could have made millions and blessed his parents for raising him right. Rest Easy to “The #1 Best College Tailback I Ever seen”. From a former D1 running back that made it to The NFL
Very sad that his only solace came on the football field and couldn't carry over into his everyday life. RIP, very unfortunate
hands down one if the greatest running backs that I've ever seen ...so sad...
What a heartbreaking story,life can be messed up sometimes.
R.I.P. Lawrence Philips #1
Power. Speed. Agility. Bo Jackson with an attitude. One of the greatest collegiate running backs EVER.
"smack my bitch up" isn't the best song to put in Lawrence Phillips's highlight video.
Wow! The run @2:30 elite level footwork . My favorite RB growing up. LP had Barry Sanders like footwork. LP had the best two step move at the point of attack to make guys miss , big play college RB. Elite level skills set for a great RB
Bro one of the best runs I’d ever seen yo footwork was legendary
Rest Easy LP #1
Being an Iowa Hawkeye fan, I hate the Cornhuskers. It's in our blood to hate them. But I gotta say, that Phillips team was the best to ever play college football. I've never seen a team destroy people like that. Truly unstoppable. Even us haters had to marvel.
I needed to see this video after hearing about LP's death. What a pleasure it was to watch him play in Lincoln, and I wish that Tom Osborne had started him instead of Calvin Jones in the 1994 Orange Bowl.
i feel old. i remember. watching in play.
Without a doubt, the greatest college running back I've ever seen.
Andrew Hilger no Barry Sanders what rock u been under for the past 30 yrs
Sanders did to everyone what Phillips did to MSU and the Gators. His college highlight reel is just a bit longer
Lord be with LP
I Irony of the song choice can't be a simple oversight.
TheEdub1 i hear what you are saying, and i'm not going to deny it(even as much as i'd love to believe every single one was dope free) but you also have to take into consideration at how ahead of the curve Nebraska was in the strength and conditioning back then. the big colleges of today had to catch up with that
RIP. Guy had size, power, and speed.
RIP Larry.
Shake, power, speed, and hands... no wonder the Rams thought Jerome Bettis was expendable... my God, how could they have used this brother up and never get him any help.
Rest in Prison! 1975-2016 Lawrence Phillips
Dude was a great college running back. He made his own choices, what he did was most certainly his fault.
Concur
R.I.P.
Fun RB to watch. I wish things had worked out better for him.
R.I.P
He was freak of nature in college football.
A sad end to a sad life
He was mentally ill. Not his fault what he did. So sad to hear he passed before he could get any help. RIP to him and all his victims.
+Ethan C its tragic, to bad Obama didn't help him.
bullshit , a grown man given a million chances to succeed that gets a hard on beating on women n kids . was able to maintain a hectic schedule while mowing down chicks , doing commercials & so on . so mentally I'll ? sure "Dr. knownada".
Dahoss ok using your logic I'm going to claim temporary insanity for the 20 seconds it will take to beat the shit out of you . How bout dat skipper ?
+Dahoss Good one, man. :)
Rest in peace. You really could have made better choices, man.
I knew lawrence pretty well, he was a good kid who wanted attention all the time, shame though, this cat needed meds,......badly. He definately was abused as a kid, I was too so I know what it means, no excuse though, he fucked up his life.
RIP/////
how appropriate is the music?
Demons are now gone RIP
I'm from Nebraska and Philipps was very special. However, there is a saying that you can take the boy out of the hood but you can never take the hood out of the boy. He let his 12 year old self run his life.
bump for killing cellmate
John Smith Classic Larry!
All ways number #1 RIP LP
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God damn, he was so fucking talented. Puts the N in Nowledge no doubt
RIP to that man LP.
rip big mam
This dude would have been Marshawn Lynch x3 if he played longer in the NFL. Sad life story.
Da Tube Not even close. LP was an awesome back in college who ran behind some of the best lines ever. Don't forget that Ahman Green essentially did the same when he got on the field. Marshawn was just on a different level running. Did the same stuff on the field as LP but at CAL. A much better all around player who played all facets of the game well. I think that if LP has had his head on straight, he might have prolonged his career, definitely, but not been better than Lynch.
My could-have-been-Marshawn-before-Marshawn award goes to Onterrio Smith.
The realist in college football
RIP
I heard he's a youth minister now! What a class act!
Lol
rip big man
@shattstar03: Wow, you figured it out. Congrats ;)
I just find out he died and I got so sad, I still remembering him when he played in Barcelona Dragons for NFL Europe, he was so amazing, long time ago i was upset when I heard from an american guy that he was on jail, but is so sad he is dead now...
Man phillips was a beast! To bad he had to many problems. Didn't he and Scott Frost fight cause coach Frost was trying to protect phillips girlfriend from getting beat
RIP LP
Great college football player ..... not a good person ..... sad and very predictable ending to his life ....hope and will rest in peace ....
How fitting that you choose "Smack My Bitch Up" for a video about Lawrence Phillips. Haha
LP - the most talented I-back ever at Nebraska. I hate to hear that you got a ten year bid, LP. Stay up, son!
I felt so bad for him
Song selection is in really poor taste.
haha... cast: lawrence phillips (a host of broken ankles). funny shit. LP was probably(is in my opinion) the most talented back we've ever had here at nebraska. granted i didn't get to see the real old generations of husker football. but i have a hard time believing anyone was more talented way back in the day
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Dang.....I miss the homie
Some of the comments reflect some are suffering from Trauma and some seem like a lost cause. May peace find the applicable.
I was a huge LP fan but its so obvious that he was on steroids like a lot of Nebraska players back then. Look at him as a freshman and sophomore then look at him as a junior. Regardless the man was filthy and definitely would have won the heisman over Eddie George.
I hope Bob Stoops takes Joe Mixon aside and shows him the stories of Phillips and Maurice Clarett.
Thats interesting, because a young lady smacked him first. joe was wrong but i m almost certain you dont even know a handful of real men who just walked away from that incident. i truly hope joe mixon can become a better man because of that situation but a lady cant respond in that manner at all.
Darren Jones I get what you're saying. My main point is that Mixon needs to see/hear what happens when talent goes to waste because you put yourself in questionable situations in the first place. Now, instead of being a sure bet first rounder, he is going to plummet. Clarett himself would be the first to tell Joe the same thing. In the era of social media, all high-profile athletes, male or female, need to be especially mindful of their actions, because almost everything ends up on camera these days. One false move can cost you a lot of money (Mixon), or end your career (Rice).
Marcus Licinius Crassus , you are exactly right. its a very thin line to navigate for these young people. i remember dez bryant a few years back with sketchy traits at ok state. they did a helluva job insulating him and i hope that these big universities start more baby sitting when necessary. some of these guys arent ready initially, so with that, i agree with on that
Smack my bitch up tho?? Great music choice for his highlight reel lol
Cornhusker to Convict.....good choice.
@akweasel
I guess people don't have their own volition, we're all just a product of our surroundings..
@bojipounder Watch this vid again numbnuts, he's got seven TDs in this clip alone that come after contact. LP was AP with extra baggage, and without that he would've smashed the League.
That was my guy. What ashame
@Shnoz2000 that's why he's spending 31 years in jail for doing that. No really he's in jail for 31 years for beating his girlfriend.
He ran Ray Lewis over and told him he had to hit him harder because he was ready to die on the field. He was a great football player.
And yes. That includes Rozier and Rogers... they won the Heisman but Lawrence was head and shoulders above them. I saw Mike's career. Grear back but Lawrence was BETTER
LP could ball....also had alot of demons
such a troubled boy
poor LP. . . . . . .
dummy through his life away
@spinasweetness: lol, not sure what chord I struck to receive that reply, but you obviously know nothing of LP's life and situation. Take care.
Lmao nice song choice.
Now that we know more about concussions, could his troubles have been caused by the constant beating and blows to the head?... we didn't know that before, we just called him a thug.. now the NFL is hiding the trauma these athletes go through... just saying.. we got a new movie about it now..
These kids start playing the game in the pop Warner pee wee leagues you fool... "be Gone!!!" stop waiting my time idiot,
A bigger version of Johnny Rodgers.
lol @ Cal Jones being better than LP. Not even close.
Looking at LP's stats is worthless. Those teams were so good that LP was often pulled at halftime.
5/9/2024 As good as L.P. was I consider Roger Craig a bit better.
wowww smh.
ummmm....maybe change the song? "Smack my bitch up"? really?
smh
Clever use of music.
... "smack my bitch up"?.. really?
Calvin Jones was better than LP. LP was good, but overrated. Look at the numbers.
Adrian Peterson level gifts. Poor song choice.
That was one roided up team.
+Mark Pringle I don't know about that. There strength and conditioning program was second to none during this period of time. I can remember the size I put on in college and I went to Central Michigan and the one thing I can remember is always being hungry from practice, strength and conditioning etc. I lifted a lot all through high school but in college it's a whole different story in the winter months.