CUSHING UP DAISIES

Ex-trojan’s NFL career could go six feet under, after the Juicer from Juice U. gets squeezed with a 4-game suspension for Steroids

Another trojan Award Winner who should give the Award BACK.  First Bush, now Cush.

The NFL’s current Defensive Rookie of the Year (and ex-trojan) Brian Cushing has just been suspended for 4 games for violating the League’s Steroid Abuse Policy.  Cushing was actually busted months ago, but he APPEALED the ruling, and the Appeal was just denied.

Cushing has been the subject of Steroid accusations for years.  There were actually EXTREMELY-CONVINCING before-and-after photos of him floating around the Internet while he was starring at usc… Even before that, while a prep in New Jersey, there were suspicions.  But sc took him anyway, and apparently looked the other way as he and teammates like Brandon Hancock continued to bulk up like they were the victims of a nuclear accident.  And that is giving sc the benefit of the doubt. 

A more scathing attack would claim that the Ting brothers, who also played for Pete Carroll at sc, provided direct access to the Performance-Enhancing Drugs.  The Tings’ father was allegedly one of the masterminds behind the Steroid Rage of Barry Bonds.  Also, the Tings mysteriously quit the Football team amidst swirling mistrust, after one of them was supposedly about to be declared ineligible.

When Cushing was attending the NFL Draft Combine last year before getting selected by the Texans, there was an article saying that Cushing and fellow ex-trojan Clay Matthews both tested positive for PED’s,  At the time, Pete Carroll went nuts, accusing the authors of false reporting and shameful behavior.  If Carroll wants to be mad at someone, he should try the guys who were supposed to cover up the SECOND positive test, like they apparently buried the first one.

And that was not the first time that Cushing and Matthews have been accused of being a matched pair of scumbags.  A few years ago, Matthews and Cushing (and Dallas Sartz) helped start up a WHITE POWER group on the Internet.  Since guys in White Power groups don’t need their testicles, it’s no wonder that they don’t mind when they shrivel up — as expected — from Steroid abuse.

Of course Cushing will probably tell you that the whole Neo-Nazi thing was just a little joke between friends.  Okay, so maybe these trojans aren’t really skinheads — Just guys who think that hanging Black people is hilarious fodder for humor.  It was all about CHARACTER at Carroll’s usc.  And I bet Kiffin’s standards are much lower.

And now, just what Cushing needed:  An EXCUSE for his Racism.  Since he can no longer DENY his Steroid abuse (except laughably), now he can say that the Steroids were messing with his mind.  That could also explain why he chose to go to sc in the first place (since he was supposedly already shooting up).  Or maybe they were the only school willing to ignore the obvious signs.  OR, maybe they were the only ones to ENCOURAGE it, and guarantee an unending supply and no consequences in the future.  When “Always Compete” and “Anything for the Team” and “Win at All Costs” are your mottos, Steroid Use is a huge plus.  And apparently, the “COST,” is ONLY 4 NFL games.  And there was NO cost while at sc, since schools do their own testing.  And it’s just 4 games — It’s not like he had a clean reputation to be ruined, like Manny Ramirez.  And speaking of Manny being Manny, will Cushing be any good at all if he returns to he pre-‘roid size and strength?  Will his whole body shrink like a certain part of him quite-possibly already has?  And what did his Linebacker Coach at sc, Ken Norton jr., teach him, while spending all that time with him but never noticing the freakish metamorphosis?  

And these questions apply only if Cushing actually STOPS taking the PED’s now that he’s been caught once.  He COULD still be just arrogant enough to think he can still get away with it, either by using masking agents, or by bribing NFL Officials.  Just because a trOJan is caught once, doesn’t mean that he cleans up his act.  And what does he have to lose?  It is highly doubtful that an all-natural Cushing will have a long career in the Pro’s.  Maybe he can move from Linebacker to Safety. 

You know who should be mad, besides Cushing’s Significant Other?  Ex-Oregon Duck Jairus Byrd.  Why?  Because Byrd, a Safety for Buffalo, finished second behind Cushing in the voting for Defensive Rookie of the Year.  And since it seems pretty safe to assume that Cushing was hopped up on drugs during last season, Byrd is the one who deserves that trophy, just like trojan-killer Vince Young deserves the Heisman that now erroneously resides with the soon-to-be-declared-ineligible Reggie Bush.

Below are 3 more click-to-enlarge photos, with pop-up captions, of Brian Cushing while at sc.  No Cheer photos, because I got an e-mail, possibly from a Cheer member, that made me upset, and I’m hoping for a response to my (private) reply before I post any more pics.  If I don’t get a reply, I’ll assume it was a joke, and return to normal operation, soon.

…and here is that famous before-and-after photo that convinced everyone outside of usc that the trojans still know how to Cheat On!

And one last note:  I just heard that scumbag crybaby Mark Cuban is joining forces with trojan sleazeball Joe Francis to make a Girls Gone Wild Reality Show for Cuban’s Television Network HDNet.  I’ve always said Cuban was full of it, and what more proof do you need than for Cuban to join forces with a guy accused of Abusing Children with Sex and Alcohol, not to mention Federal Tax Fraud.  That being said, I can’t wait for the first episode!!!!!  Just don’t support any of the sponsors (if there are any), don’t buy the DVD’s, and don’t tell any of the TV Ratings companies that you watched it.