AP Steroid Story

[Brasky]

AP News: AP IMPACT: Steroids loom in major-college football

For all we know the shit is running rampant.

 

[Brasky]

The AP's analysis corrected for the fact that players in different positions have different body types, so speedy wide receivers weren't compared to bulkier offensive tackles. It could not assess each player's physical makeup, such as how much weight gain was muscle versus fat, one indicator of steroid use. In the most extreme case in the AP analysis, the probability that a player put on so much weight compared with other players was so rare that the odds statistically were roughly the same as an NFL quarterback throwing 12 passing touchdowns or an NFL running back rushing for 600 yards in one game.

In nearly all the rarest cases of weight gain in the AP study, players were offensive or defensive linemen, hulking giants who tower above 6-foot-3 and weigh 300 pounds or more. Four of those players interviewed by the AP said that they never used steroids and gained weight through dramatic increases in eating, up to six meals a day. Two said they were aware of other players using steroids.

"I just ate. I ate 5-6 times a day," said Clint Oldenburg, who played for Colorado State starting in 2002 and for five years in the NFL. Oldenburg's weight increased over four years from 212 to 290, including a one-year gain of 53 pounds, which he attributed to diet and two hours of weight lifting daily. "It wasn't as difficult as you think. I just ate anything."

Oldenburg told the AP he was surprised at the scope of steroid use in college football, even in Colorado State's locker room. "College performance enhancers were more prevalent than I thought," he said. "There were a lot of guys even on my team that were using." He declined to identify any of them.

 

[bamabear82]

Bama's clean.

 

[HawkeyesRuleURFace]

WVU is clean...have you seen those fags tackle?

 

[Kid Vicarious]

Why are people surprised? Pros use the stuff to get that edge and that big contract. Why wouldn't a College player use the roids to get that first contract.

 

[OregonDucks]

Bama's clean.

According to Colin Cowheard this morning Saban cleaned all that shit up when he arrived. Supposedly when he got to Bama there were 30 some players using, and 6 weeks later they tested again and everyone was clean.

Is anyone surprised? Hell, we allow BASEBALL players to juice, it makes a shit ton more sense why a football player would juice compared to fucking slow ass bazZzzZzeball.

 

[ArrogantBAMAFan]

According to Colin Cowheard this morning Saban cleaned all that shit up when he arrived. Supposedly when he got to Bama there were 30 some players using, and 6 weeks later they tested again and everyone was clean.

Is anyone surprised? Hell, we allow BASEBALL players to juice, it makes a shit ton more sense why a football player would juice compared to fucking slow ass bazZzzZzeball.

YOU FACE!

 

[Brasky]

According to Colin Cowheard this morning Saban cleaned all that shit up when he arrived. Supposedly when he got to Bama there were 30 some players using, and 6 weeks later they tested again and everyone was clean.

Is anyone surprised? Hell, we allow BASEBALL players to juice, it makes a shit ton more sense why a football player would juice compared to fucking slow ass bazZzzZzeball.

Oh well if Cowherd said it, it must be true.

 

[757Hokie83]

Bama's clean.

 

[theboardref]

I don't get how this is a story... I was playing high school ball and probably half the kids were juicing up.

 

[theboardref]

According to Colin Cowheard this morning Saban cleaned all that shit up when he arrived. Supposedly when he got to Bama there were 30 some players using, and 6 weeks later they tested again and everyone was clean.

Is anyone surprised? Hell, we allow BASEBALL players to juice, it makes a shit ton more sense why a football player would juice compared to fucking slow ass bazZzzZzeball.

I got to see PAC 12 baseball up close and personal, and I see why you would think it is boring. PAC 12 might as well be called the little league of the NCAA. More stall tactics than a coach trying to run out a time limit for his 10 year old team. It is annoying and pathetic as hell.

 

[OregonDucks]

baseball in general is boring. I don't understand why MLB players juice, you stand out in Right Field and don't move for 1 hour before you ever see any action. Yet somehow their bodies need steroids to "recover"

 

[Red_Alert]

baseball in general is boring. I don't understand why MLB players juice, you stand out in Right Field and don't move for 1 hour before you ever see any action. Yet somehow their bodies need steroids to "recover"

What part of the 'performance enhancement' attribute of steroids did you miss?