I was very much alive then...football factory Oklahoma didn't "throw him out". He bolted for the USFL before he played a down for SouMiss. He got taken to the cleaners by the con man preacher with whom he entrusted his finances, but his onfield fortunes were blown with his knee. You can second guess his weight gain before the bowl game but smart people can pig out around the holidays too...this was the 80s and he was a physical freak. He would do things differently , I'm sure but he's not Lawrence Phillips.