There are moments you will wish you could hit pause and somehow change the story you know is coming. Those times when it appears Lawrence Phillips can still be saved.
Like when his old high school coach looks into the camera and explains the lone question he remembers Phillips asking Tom Osborne when Nebraska's legendary coach appeared for a recruiting visit.
Even when you know how the last chapter reads, you momentarily see it: a chance, hope. There are clips of him running through and around helpless defenders back in West Covina, California. That part is something close to artwork.