McNair: "In the draft, we’ll be looking at linebackers"

[mussop]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Plus anyone who is closely connected to any big time college program will tell you the politics of playing time is a real animal. For a walk on to get any significant playing time at any division 1 school is hard enough, to walk on and beat out the super gold chips that attend USC is a monster most player never break through.

And I do not care what the official stance is but these players have alumni "advocates" for a lack of a better name and there is a prestige things fore their players to be playing. Do not kid yourself that this is not happening at UCS, it is.

When a team has guys like Dallas Sartz, Keith Rivers, Rey Maualuga, and Cushing on it, any playing time is hard earned. This kid pushed a HS blue chip to the bench, it may have taken him some time but he still did it.

And performed well when he did do it.

By the way nice points.

[Keith]

It wouldn't make it easier on Matthews to break through as a walk-on either if a teammate (allegedly) used steriods to gain an advantage.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/story?id=...s&confirm=true

http://grg51.typepad.com/steroid_nat...cushing_i.html

No positive tests though, which is really unfair to Cushing, but man, speculation on this has been rampant.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by Keith

It wouldn't make it easier on Matthews to break through as a walk-on either if a teammate (allegedly) used steriods to gain an advantage.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/story?id=...s&confirm=true

http://grg51.typepad.com/steroid_nat...cushing_i.html

No positive tests though, which is really unfair to Cushing, but man, speculation on this has been rampant.

I heard a rumor that there were positive test at the combine involving two first round candidates. I saw it in a couple of places, but this is the first source I could find this morning:

http://gridironfans.com/forums/latest-nfl-headlines/92949-possible-positive-drug-test-results-nfl-combine.html

[edo783]

Originally Posted by papabear

I heard a rumor that there were positive test at the combine involving two first round candidates. I saw it in a couple of places, but this is the first source I could find this morning:

http://gridironfans.com/forums/latest-nfl-headlines/92949-possible-positive-drug-test-results-nfl-combine.html

Yup, I saw that few days ago on I think ESPN.com. No one has been outed yet though.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by edo783

Yup, I saw that few days ago on I think ESPN.com. No one has been outed yet though.

It's absolutely 100% unfair to him, but know the first player to pop in my mind, and I'm sure many others minds too, was Cushing.

[edo783]

Originally Posted by papabear

It's absolutely 100% unfair to him, but know the first player to pop in my mind, and I'm sure many others minds too, was Cushing.

Me to. Oh well, thats part of the fame stuff. Some is good, other isn't.