Brian, Cushing the USC monster linebacker who will be eligible in the upcoming NFL draft, needed Pete Carroll, his USC college coach to defend him this weekend. Carroll -- who has a reputation for closely monitoring things like Reggie Bush's cool house -- defended Cushing and his other monster linebacker Clay Matthews after a report of positive tests were reported on one unverified web site.
The NFL rumor mill is at full tilt this time of year.
So much so that USC Coach Pete Carroll apparently thought it necessary to quell the attention sparked by a blurb that linebackers Brian Cushing and Clay Matthews tested positive for steroids at the NFL scouting combine in February.
A one-sentence report from NFLDraftBible.com, which is not affiliated with the league, started the buzz. The agency representing Matthews apparently responded to the report.
Here's what Carroll had to say in a statement released on USC's website.
"These rumors are absolutely false," Carroll said. "If they were found positive, Clay and Cush would have been notified three weeks ago, which they weren't and all of the NFL teams would have been notified too, which they weren't."
Carroll said he spoke with the NFL testing service and verified that both players tested clean.
"They're both men of outstanding character and they never tested positive for anything here," Carroll said. "This is an [sic] major example of irresponsible reporting, and the site that published this report should be ashamed of themselves."
A (sic) interesting comment from an (sic) Carroll. Who knows how often athletes are dope tested in the NCAA? It could be another Tony Mandarich case where steroid use is denied until the player needs a book deal. Again this report is hearsay.
"I don’t understand where it is coming from," Cushing told me. "I was tested last December at USC and passed, one of several tests I have passed. I was tested this morning here at the combine and those results should be out in a couple of weeks to a month, I believe. I think people are trying to find something, anything, that would detract from what I have done on the field. You learn in life if it’s not one thing, it’s the other. I hope once I pass the test here that this will be put behind me. I’m really hoping for that."
Barking Carnival and Hornfans carried threads on the Cush.
Well, if he passed a drug test last December, he must be clean...
I don't see how anyone can think otherwise (if Cushing is the guy on the right in the picture above). You aren't going to get that kind of muscle without using 'roids. And what of Pete Carroll? His players sure are big boys. Notice how he just keeps saying that the players passed their drug tests.
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"You aren't going to get that kind of muscle without using 'roids."
First of all, there are some people who can get to that size without steroids. People love to assume that they can look at a person and tell whether they are using steroids. The funny thing is there are some people who most people would not think are on steroids or PEDs but are.
While I doubt that Cushing is 100% clean, I am not so quick to speak in absolutes. Now if you said that "he carries a lot of muscle for a natural" then that might be true. Unless I see his lean body mass displayed through DEXA or hydrostatic weighing, I do not know how much of that is muscle or fat. His shirt is also sweaty which could mean he is pumped from a workout.
I feel that steroid use is out of hand, especially among OTC sources that general consumers use; however, this blog and some of the posters just seem far to quick to assume that someone physically superior to them is on steroids. I guess blogging isn't so much about avoiding bias and this is one of the better sources of doping news, so I guess I will have to put up with the opinions that go along with it.
Posted by: Student | 04/10/2009 at 16:29
You'd be surprised what supplements can do.
Me, I try to keep my weight down, but riding a bike, I've often needed some recovery after say, a 30 mile bike ride but if you start feeding your body proteins, often you will pack on the extra weight, some is muscles but I really think a lot of it goes to fat too.
Furthermore, when I'd start riding the bike, at first, I'd just reward myself when I got home after a fairly long ride with Soy Milk, not the ideal protein for men but in a few cases people would say, I had muscular legs, all from climbing hills, etc. and the soy milk, I didn't even go into the isolyte wheys and all that. Ever wonder why your everyday variety of cyclist is often said to have "tree stumps" for legs? Not in even talking about your top flight riders.
I see some weightlifters at the gym, I've got to believe they are clean and are mainly drinking those protein shakes and the like and are big in a few places, chest, etc. I've stopped buying recovery drinks with whey and because I find that whey just assures weight gain. Good for a lineman, good for a homerun hitter.
Posted by: Chas. | 04/10/2009 at 20:37
It is difficult if not impossible to make a clinical diagnosis with only remote visual inspection, but based on the pictures I have seen I would be curious to see what his HgH levels are. Not just because HgH does not show up on the test panels they currently run for PEDs, but because of what I see as symptomatic acromegaly. HgH often causes the lower jaw and hands to continue growing, even in post pubescent adults with mature growth plates.
Again, not conclusive, but the gynecomastia and acromegaly are legitimate symptoms of a pituitary issue or PED usage.
Posted by: Bill | 05/01/2009 at 07:41
What I'm about to ask is not a rhetorical question...I'm really not trying to make a point here.
Is Cushing suggesting that this reporter just randomly drew a name out of a hat to assign a failed steroid test to?
I'm not saying that Cushing did or didn't use steroids. I'm just trying to figure out what Cushing thinks re: someone making these accusations about him based on nothing. Seems a little too random if you ask me.
Posted by: Jase | 05/01/2009 at 10:10
dude, my roommate in college went to highschool with him and they were friends. my roommate told me he def was on roids
Posted by: eels | 09/15/2009 at 00:07
Looks like a positive test from the HOuston Texans will be released soon. The NFL is claiming that CUshing tested positive and the info will be made public after the superbowl. HE will be looking at a 4 game suspension, and a tarnished reputation.
Posted by: NFL SOURCE | 02/11/2010 at 12:31
Cush has allegedly been juicing since junior year of high school at Bergen Catholic in New Jersey. His muscle mass is utterly ridiculous and take nothing away from his work ethic, but he without a doubt had to have used something en route to the NFL to help develop that mass.
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Posted by: AJ | 05/10/2010 at 08:12
Brian Cushing WAS the local Park Ridge kid who made it big, stud at BC, stud at USC, cheater in the NFL. It was only a matter of time before the steroids caught up with him. We all knew he was using them, along with HGH, as the bitch-tits and forehead horns obviously detail. Notice the similarities in the foreheads and chests of Cushing and Taylor Mays, also a former USC player and first round pick. Watch as they either find a different way to cheat, or their bodies break down, can't heal as fast and they lose the all important burst. Brian Cushing you have joined the annals of players I use as an example for my son... of who not to mirror.
Posted by: Scott Louis | 05/11/2010 at 17:29
I am so disappointed that Cushing kept the reward of AP "Rookie of the Year". He should be punished by what he did, while the fact is not.
At least, you should apologize for his activity to fans!!
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