NFL Draft Bible: Two USC LBs Test Positive for Roids at NFL Scouting Combine

They sure continue to recruit high character guys across town.

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The best part

is that on that site’s top banner, they have a picture of Cushing. Its okay though, Petey was just too busy “testing” Sanchez that he didn’t have time to test for things that actual matter.

by bruinponcho on Apr 3, 2009 12:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

like a vulture over these kid’s careers by promulgating unsubstantiated rumors, but this report by the same guy reporting on Cushing and Matthews above is being substantiated by ESPN. Seems like he knows something?

I still think we need to proceed carefully on this because rumors can kill these kid’s careers—rumors maybe not so much spread by individual posters—but by the groundswell (which we are a part of) that inevitably follows such things as these of a sensational nature.

by Bruins102NCAA on Apr 3, 2009 12:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

the list of people who tested positive

will be released to the public in the coming weeks, sometime before the draft. So we’ll find out for sure soon. But i can’t remember a time where a positive report was falsely reported from the combine.

by bucknellbruin on Apr 3, 2009 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not really a career killer tho

Luis Castillo tested positive during the combine and was still drafted in the 1st rd by the Chargers. Shawne Merriman and Julius Peppers both tested positive during their playing days and weren’t much worse for wear.

It’s only baseball where people have pretended to care about steroid use.

by insomniacslounge on Apr 3, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cushing

on roids has been rumored for years. If confirmed, I’m not the least bit surprised.

by BlueReign on Apr 3, 2009 8:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

sarcasm alert

I’m shocked.

Anybody that read those articles in the Trojan Times and other MSM outlets touting Cushing’s incredible physical transformation had to be skeptical in the age of Roids. The human body simply does not transform like that through natural means.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Apr 3, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

by uclabruin34 on Apr 3, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think I heard a rustling...

must have been his nuts shriveling.

But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.

by tasser10 on Apr 3, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And the plot thickens

First, a few denials: Matthews lawyers-up and Petey protects the program (you are going have to google that because I don’t link to those sites. Something like “SC Rips Shit”)

Mark Humenik, Vice President & General Counsel Athletes First fired off what to the layman looks to be a threatening letter but is otherwise filled with nothing of real substance. First he begins by threatening the supposed sources of the initial story, the NFL club and other insiders that provided the information. Then, after a bit of defensive language about not being notified by the NFL of any positive results, he states “govern yourself accordingly.”

I imagine nobody wants a letter like this. However, we have had plenty of discussion on here about “public figures” and “actual malice” to know by now. They really can’t do anything to the website. I had to laugh at this letter just a little bit. It does seem to be an overreaction to a tiny blurb and coupled with Petey’s statement, I think that they are taking these little rumors way more seriously than they should.

Also, if this is true, it may hurt their stock considerably. I believe that Castillo tested positive for Andro, which is not as bad as testing positive for more powerful steroids. Furthermore, he did some things to soften his fall.

by Bruins102NCAA on Apr 3, 2009 3:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm confused

Doesn’t a willingness to take steroids move a player up in the draft?

by bornagainbruin on Apr 6, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always had a stock response to a letter warning me to "Govern myself accordingly."

I always asked the other side to please tell me how they think I should be governed, and to please tell me if there was any legal authority for the proposition that their understanding of how I should govern myself was in fact how the law said I should govern myself.

In fact, when I was a baby, I sent a nasty letter to a distantly connected subsidiary of one of my firm’s biggest client insurance companies. A few weeks later, the senior partner asked me into his office and asked me to tell him what “govern yourself accordingly” meant. I had no idea what he was talking about, so he showed me a copy of my letter, which had made its way up the line and then back to my boss. I of course responded the way I learned from Ralph Kramden: “Homma homma homma.” So I stopped sending that kind of letter. What my boss told me was that it’s always a mistake to let your adversary hear your saber rattle. If you’re going to draw, do it quickly and deliver a killing blow straight to the heart. If you’re not going to draw, then don’t make any noises about it because noise without the draw of the sword makes you look silly. I ended up adopting sort of a middle of the road position on that strategy.

by Fox 71 on Apr 6, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs