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CBS Report: Alabama players took deer antler spray, other banned substances before 2012 BCS Championship

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CBS Report: Alabama players took deer antler spray, other banned substances before 2012 BCS Championship

Report by CBS Sports:

cbsprt.co/WsYoNM

The deer antler spray and other nonsense are banned substances, and were given out for free.  As the article notes, this will amount to nothing.

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January 29th, 2013 at 6:54 PM
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What the hell is deer antler

What the hell is deer antler spray?

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January 29th, 2013 at 6:57 PM
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January 29th, 2013 at 7:13 PM
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Full disclosure: this is not

Full disclosure: this is not my work.  I did a Google search.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:27 PM
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Weird that that picture

Weird that that picture already existed. 

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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Ray Lewis was accused of

Ray Lewis was accused of using deer antler spray first. The Bama connection came later in the day, when they realized the same company had dealings with them

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:51 PM
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Oh, OK.  Not so weird then,

Oh, OK.  Not so weird then, you're right.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:46 PM
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No it's not. It's the

No it's not. It's the internet. What's weird is that deer antler spray hasn't been Rule 34'd yet.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:14 PM
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Are you sure about that?

You must have done a very thorough and exhaustive search.  I would highly recommend cleaning your browser history.

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January 29th, 2013 at 10:50 PM
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What about deer antler

What about deer antler roll-on?? Can I still use that?

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January 30th, 2013 at 1:48 PM
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must... resist... urge... to

must... resist... urge... to google search deer antler spray porn

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:20 PM
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I think I just pissed

I think I just pissed myself

Can't stop laughing.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:43 PM
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seconds until this pic becomes an MGoUser's avatar

10...9...8....7...6...5....

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:51 PM
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Wut?

Wut?

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January 29th, 2013 at 9:06 PM
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Ask

Ask and ye shall receive!!

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January 29th, 2013 at 11:27 PM
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Winner!!

Winner!!

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January 30th, 2013 at 10:44 AM
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Extract of Deer antler, has

Extract of Deer antler, has natural growth hormone in it.  yummy.

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January 29th, 2013 at 6:56 PM
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Is that what they do in the

Is that what they do in the south?

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January 29th, 2013 at 6:58 PM
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I just don't care anymore.  

I just don't care anymore.  

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:01 PM
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I mean, when you're already

I mean, when you're already winning tainted championships, you might as well do everything you can to make sure you actually win them.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:02 PM
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I've taken it

and it does not work.  Why this is banned is beyond me.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:03 PM
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What is it supposed to do?

What is it supposed to do?

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:10 PM
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It's got a variant of HGH in

It's got a variant of HGH in it

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:13 PM
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It's got electrolytes

It's got electrolytes

It's what plants crave

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:54 PM
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I've never seen no

I've never seen no plants grow out of no toilet.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:49 PM
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Some does. There is a lot of

Some does. There is a lot of different brands and companies that distribute it. I would assume the pros use top of the line sprays. It's rediculous that its a banned substance anyway. It helps you heal from injuries and has no known bad side-effects.

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January 30th, 2013 at 3:00 AM
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January 29th, 2013 at 7:03 PM
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Form of Growth Hormone, From

Form of Growth Hormone, From http://www.deerantlerspray.org/

What is Deer Antler Spray?

Posted on March 26, 2011 by admin

Red Deer Antler Velvet is something that Asian medicine has known about for a very long time, well over 2000 years, but only lately has the Western world caught on to. Taken from mature male Red Deer, this substance is processed and used in both traditional Chinese medicine and in Western culture as a nutritional supplement. In the west it is called “deer antler spray” or deer antler velvet. No matter what the name, it is harvested from populations of Red Deer in New Zealand. These farmed deer are known to be disease free and thus provide the best quality antler velvet.

Although it has been known to work for centuries, although only in the last thirty years has science uncovered why. The active ingredient in this product is a very effective growth hormone that has great impact on the human body. While it can be taken in a powdered form, via pill or in a drink, the most popular form is in a spray. This spray is known as red deer antler spray and has a fat based delivery system that claims to deliver the hormone into the bloodstream faster and have more of the hormone where it will do the most good for longer then a pill or powder can.

This is a product made from Red Deer farmed in New Zealand. Male Red Deer produce antlers each year, and these antlers are removed from the animal while they are still “velvet” covered to keep the males from injuring each other.  This material can be taken from the deer just like a fingernail can be removed by certificated farmers and Veterinarians, leaving the animal unharmed. Because antlers grow at an astounding speed, the entire harvest takes just a few weeks.  After removal the velvet deer antler is freeze dried and processed into various forms from powders and pills to sprays.

Deer antler spray has been linked to a number of hormones that are proven to have positive health benefits. The most important is IGF-1. IGF-1, or Insulin-like Growth Factor-1, is the star hormone here. This performance enhancing chemical is naturally made by the body, and thus is hard to detect in standard dope-testing. It is a byproduct of HGH in the body. And where HGH is heavily controlled, getting IGF-1 into the blood through the use of these sprays is legal.  It has been proven that IGF-1 helps with muscle development and performance. It does this by transporting energy and building blocks that muscles need. More being delivered to the muscle cells mean they can work faster at healing or growing.

 

The side effect of this is that by using deer antler spray one can improve athletic performance, simulate the metabolism, improve the overall condition of the heart,  and help fight off colds and flu. By allowing the body to burn off more stored sugars and require the burning of fat stores to fuel increased muscle use, this spray can do a lot in way of rejuvenation on the body. This may help with nerve damage repair as well. Deer Antler spray has IGF II, NGF, TGF-B, EGF, FGF, and a score of other growth factors, in addition to a wide range of proteins as well.

This is a very popular nutritional supplement.  It is also nearly impossible to detect if it is being used.  This is one reason why such sport figures like Bengals safety Roy Williams feel as though they can come right out and admit using deer antler spray on a regular basis.  Mr. Williams has never come up positive on a doping test, so even though IGF-1 is a banned substance in the NFL, there is no way that a urine- based test can detect it. Coaches (like Hue Jackson), athletes (yep even the legendary Ray Lewis), who knows who else, all use this spray, and for all we know, really, there’s little harm in it.

Fact is, deer antler spray is based in medicine used in Asia for centuries. The spray is natural, discrete,  effective, and for the most part clean to use. Since it is something that naturally occurs in the body it cannot be detected by standard tests.  There appears to be limited long term risks involved in using it, although there are some well documented benefits to it.  While it might not be for everyone, deer antler spray does have positive points for those who do need it, and increasingly many people will find they do need it.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:11 PM
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Peer reviewed references or

Peer reviewed references or it didn't happen?

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:16 PM
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It happened

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v27/n2/abs/ng0201_195.html

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:25 PM
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Thanks for that.Has it been

Thanks for that.

Has it been proven to work in the form of deer antler spray?(can it be absorbed and utilized through the skin? Through the Gi tract?) or would it need to be injected to the bloodstream to have an actual effect?

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:50 PM
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Sublingually is the preferred

Sublingually is the preferred administration..

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:38 PM
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ouch

I made the mistake of clicking on that link.  Is that in English?  I feel small and dumb.  I have both an engineering (from UM) and a law degree, and I felt insignificant and unworthy to read that medical-science stuff.  Wow.

Can someone translate it?  What's it mean?

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:43 PM
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They very thoroughly

They very thoroughly explained that muscle tissue, in the presence of IgF-1 will gain mass, or at least not atrophy due to age.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:14 PM
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I knew those 5 years in grad school

would eventually allow me to shine on an internet message board someday.  That day has arrived.

It's just an abstract and not a full paper, so there's not much to it other than to say that the lab added the gene for IGF protein to skeletal muscle cells and then measured those cells for growth activity using a standard method (it's indirect-- they look for activity at a "transcription factor" called GATA-2 which ordinarily won't get turned from DNA into RNA, so when they see lots of it, they know the muscle cell is turned on).

So "localized IGF transgene expression sustains hypertrophy and regeneration in senescent skeletal muscle" is just a way of saying "we made IGF just in this one type of  non-growing muscle cell and voila, it started getting pumped up like Popeye eating spinach."

Given that they noted using "transgenic embryos," it's a good bet this was done in mice.  Yes, you probably guessed what that means.  Mice are now strong enough to take over the world.

I for one welcome our new murine overlords.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:24 PM
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I only have my Bs in biology

I only have my Bs in biology so my experience with research is limited... What are your experiences with transgenic vs just adding the substance? Ie. if the researchers in the study above had added IgF-1 rather than having it expressed as a gene, would the results have been different?

Edit- biology, not bology. Autocorrect never works when u wish it would.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:36 PM
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It's no secret

that IGF-1 or HGH or other substances will increase lean muscle. Your point about bioavailability is spot on. The amount of the hormone and it's method of administration (and absorption) is what matters.

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January 30th, 2013 at 12:00 AM
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Ok so will the spray

Ok so will the spray work??

Serious question because i was planning on starting to weight train again. I'd buy some of this if I knew it was real but this just sounds like a 2010's version of snake oil.  

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January 30th, 2013 at 7:15 AM
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I just bought some.

Because I don't give a shit?

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January 30th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
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The real questions are:

1. How much IGF1 is in what you are buying. These kind of products generally don't have great quality control and are mostly "fillers" (inert substances).
2. How will the drug be applied. A spray could work if formulated correctly to penetrate the superficial tissues (epidermis and dermis) but would have a mostly local effect on the underlying skeletal muscle. A cream or ointment would probably work better because of increased contact time. An oral formulation could also work but you'd need a bigger concentration and have to worry about first pass metabolism.

So, yeah, it could work but only if formulated and applied correctly and used in conjunction with a strength training program.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:42 PM
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A fine question.

Most likely, simple exogenous (i.e., free-form protein just kinda dumped on the cells) addition of IGF-1 would give you some measurable effect on a simple in vitro cell-culture assay, assuming the muscle cells have a surface receptor for the stuff.  

But in the mouse model they're using in the paper, you can't really pump IGF into the mouse for that long, and even if you did, you could get effects all over the organism depending on bioavailability, not just the muscle.  What they did was much cleaner and fancy: put the gene for the expression into the embryo under the control of a muscle cell promoter, so it only turns on in muscle cells and you can isolate the effect.  That's more of a gold-standard approach; the quick-and-dirty proof-of-concept would be what you describe, just feeding the stuff to the cells.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:52 PM
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Well put...

Was going to respond but I couldn't have explained it better.

I did a lot of research in on skeletal muscle during undergrad. If your'e curious, Ron Allen at Arizona has done quite a bit of work on the effects of growth factors on skeletal muscle growth and development. Here are two more relevant abstracts:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2918032

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2180733

 

 

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:30 PM
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Consult your physician

Apparently one side effect is an inability to edit your own writing.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:13 PM
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What a complete hunk of junk this is.

I don't even know where to begin.  Despite the lousy writing that might suggest otherwise, I can assure you a scientist did not write this.  

What the fudge does "certificated farmer' mean, anyway?

ARRRRRRRGGGGHHHBULLSHITPSEUDOSCIENCEARRRRRRRGGGHHH

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:17 PM
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Right, they just let anyone

Right, they just let anyone publish in Nature Genetics I think.

Different types of science have different communication standards. In a journal like Nature Genetics, an author isn't writing to their mom, they are writing to another top expert in their own field. What pray tell makes you think a scientist didn't write this?

Edit, nevermind, you replied to the weird website copy/paste post. Carry on.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:29 PM
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Are you serious?

You think "deerantlerspray.org" is run by the journal Nature Genetics?

The Nature group of journals are some of the highest impact-factor journals in the world.  See that abstract cited a few posts down? (or up, depending on your settings)  Read that abstract.  That's written by a qualified scientist in a Nature journal.

How about the most painfully obvious stupidity in the whole thing-- that deer antler spray "can't be detected" because it is naturally occuring in the body.  In whose body?  Deer?  If you have a non-human protein floating around in a human, it's not that hard to detect it, assuming the excretory or immune system hasn't cleared it already as a protein from a foreign animal that is not known for homogeneity to humans and wouldn't have a cognate cellular receptor in a human, much less one localized to myocytes (muscle cells).  

Oh, my head.

 

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:30 PM
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Yes, I saw the link to Nature

Yes, I saw the link to Nature Genetics and I thought you were replying to that post. My bad for getting confused as to what post you replied to. Chill out and enjoy this kitten fight.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:39 PM
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I only enjoy pics

of certificated kittens.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:58 PM
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Send me $25 immediately, along with a SASE,

and I will send you the fighting kitten certificate. If you require a specific certification, I can offer that service as well for a small additional fee.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:59 PM
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Smart man. Kittens depreciate

Smart man. Kittens depreciate pretty fast...

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/consumerist/2009/08/pre-owned_cats.jpg

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January 29th, 2013 at 9:04 PM
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Localized?

It would be interesting to know if IGF-I from the topical spray would actually make it into the bloom stream in detectable amounts.

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January 30th, 2013 at 1:31 PM
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depends if you are

an early bloomer or a late bloomer.

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January 29th, 2013 at 11:57 PM
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O_o Da

O_o

Da fuqqqqqqqqqq..................

LOL wow.  I have now heard everything.

Is this real life???

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:05 PM
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Well

Apparently a male stripper was among the folks who gave the players this deer antler spray.

No wonder 'Bama won, Their players were taking illegal animal spray from male strippers while the other team was mourning fake dead girlfrends.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:06 PM
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One of the finest posts I've

One of the finest posts these sweet eyes have ever seen.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:13 PM
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Roll Tide.

Roll Tide.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:15 PM
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Good joke, but this is the

Good joke, but this is the year prior.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:20 PM
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No way that a Les

No way that a Les Miles-coached team featuring Tyrann Mathieu didn't have a few fake dead girlfriends somewhere...

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:18 PM
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Was Craig James involved?

Was Craig James involved?

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January 29th, 2013 at 9:31 PM
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Allegedly

Allegedly

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January 29th, 2013 at 9:54 PM
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Craig James

Best not to bring him up.  Otherwise somebody is sure to make a post about Craig James allegedly killiing five fake on-line hooker girlfriends using red deer antler spray while at SMU.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:31 PM
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Oh it's from last year?  I

Oh it's from last year?  I retract my statement then.  That post sucks.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:12 PM
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Persistence Indeed...

Active link to the story, if I am correct - (LINK)

"An Alabama official told SI that S.W.A.T.S. had been sent two cease-and-desist letters by the program, and Auburn and LSU have sent similar letters -- letters the company displays in its offices -- after similar run-ins with the company."

Why do I have this image of this company's sales training being something out of  Mel Brooks' "History Of The World: Part I"? 

Be correct. Be polite. Push the deer antler spray - we're stuck with it.

 

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:18 PM
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It's my understanding that it

It's my understanding that it will amount to nothing because there isn't really anything to pursue. The university has been pro-active about keeping these guys away from their players, so there's no institutional issue. And the players involved, as I understand it, aren't on-field contributors, plus we're talking about snake oil remedies like deer antler (yes, contains small amounts of IGF-1, but tiny amounts that would do nothing even at 100x the dosages given to the players), light beams, and holographic stickers.

Aside from the total weirdness aspect, there really isn't anything to see here from a competitive standpoint. At least that's what I've gathered from reports that actually follow up with who did what and what these things supposedly do.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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Well if the players are

Well if the players are taking banned substances, they are ineligible, no?  And if they are ineligible, the win should be vacated.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:59 PM
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How about we just go with no

How about we just go with no national champion?

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:20 PM
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I'd rather it be deodorant

I'd rather it be deodorant and dandruff shampoo.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:25 PM
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I hear human horn is an aphrodisiac

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:33 PM
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Guard: Remove pants!

Fry: Wait! Listen. I'm usually the first guy to toot my own lower horn--
Bender: I'll say! Wooo!
Fry: But in this case I-I just don't think it'll do any good.
Bender: That's what she said! Wooooooo!

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:38 PM
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I'm glad

someone saw the episode and got the reference.

+1 to you!

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:29 PM
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Antler Spray

A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:41 PM
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P.O.E.

I almost guarantee no one under 30 yrs old gets that most excellent use of a movie quote.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:57 PM
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God I love Dr.

God I love Dr. Strangelove.



"Sir, you can't let him in here. He'll see everything. He'll see the big board!"



But I must confess, I'm 47 years old.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:13 PM
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31 here

And even I know that you can't fight in a war room.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:21 PM
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I did

BUT HE CAN SEE THE BIG BOARD

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:30 PM
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23 and I loved it. Boom.

23 and I loved it. Boom.

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January 29th, 2013 at 9:27 PM
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24, and I've watched that

24, and I've watched that movie at least half a dozen times.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:56 PM
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By God, you're right

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:11 PM
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Jack D. Ripper
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January 30th, 2013 at 10:07 AM
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Not only that

...but they're going to have to answer to the Coca Cola company.

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:53 PM
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So can I get this at Lowes?

So can I get this at Lowes?

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:17 PM
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No, but it's available at Costco, Rite Aid, and Staples

$39.95 for six ounces. You can also get a European version at Williams-Sonoma for $59.95 for four ounces.

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January 29th, 2013 at 9:28 PM
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Link?

Link?

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January 30th, 2013 at 2:08 AM
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Do you work at all of those

Do you work at all of those places?

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January 29th, 2013 at 7:54 PM
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"deer antler spray"

Surely that's already a euphemism for...something.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:03 PM
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No Sex Panther jokes? Really?

No Sex Panther jokes? Really?

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January 29th, 2013 at 9:18 PM
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Thank you

I wonder if 60% of the time it works every time and if it smells like Bigfoot's dick.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:17 PM
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Who isn't taking deer antler spray?

Who isn't taking deer antler spray? To the gentleman whose daughter was writing a paper on the success of the SEC, you can now add deer antler spray.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:18 PM
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Let Me See If I've Got This Right.

First, they spike LSU's Gatorade and a Honey Badger goes bat-shit crazy?

Then they substitute it for Te'O's GF's spray tan, causing her to become invisible and eventually expire?

Imagine the justice we could weild with such a weapon.

Sparty and ohio tears would quench the parched thirst of many a midwestern farmer's plot.

Kickstarter anyone?

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:25 PM
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There's an old saying I

There's an old saying I believe that goes something like this. If you ain't spraying deer antler velvet on you then you ain't trying.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:29 PM
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;)

They waz uszing Buck Horn spray and now....Roll Tide.

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:40 PM
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Any links to this?  Usually a

Any links to this?  Usually a link is added to the main post

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:44 PM
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Roll Kim!

http://jezebel.com/5835035/north-korean-womens-soccer-team-all-hepped-up-on-deer-hormones

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January 30th, 2013 at 12:17 AM
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LOL best part of that

LOL best part of that article:

"The North Korean soccer association attempted to cover its ass by claiming that its deered up athletes were undergoing a traditional Korean treatment given to people after they are struck by lightning. Yes, they expected FIFA officials to believe that five members of the team were simultaneously struck by lightning and had to receive treatment that just happened to have a performance enhancing side effect."

(Please click through and give them a page view.  It's pretty funny.)

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January 29th, 2013 at 8:47 PM
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alabama's DOOOMMMED!

alabama's DOOOMMMED!

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January 29th, 2013 at 9:31 PM
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If aOSU gets wind of this,

If aOSU gets wind of this, they might start mistakenly spraying themselves with deer urine. If their basketball team ever plays Fairfield Unviersity (Stags) the result would be hysterical/banned in 12 countries. Mmmmm, doe urine.

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January 29th, 2013 at 10:05 PM
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Other 'Roid Observations.

Polaroids are not photos taken  in arctic regions.

Hemorrhoids are a pain in the  ass.

Steroids are a part of the asSEC.

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January 29th, 2013 at 11:53 PM
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Cosign this comment

This blog is truly outstanding

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January 29th, 2013 at 11:51 PM
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Thankfully, I'm not an ND fan

I'd be pissed. Seriously, if Denard could have thrown a ball because if a banned substance, wouldn't you have been pissed?

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January 30th, 2013 at 12:08 AM
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DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY

Abuse of this substance is extremely serious, and should not be taken lightly.  It has been known to result in serious issues such as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe_HxauaW-I

Stop the joking please!

 

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January 30th, 2013 at 12:12 AM
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So what your saying is the

So what your saying is the secret to EsEeSee football is deer piss, Evian and copper bracelets? Packaged and sold by a male stripper to buff young men? Hmm.

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January 30th, 2013 at 12:13 AM
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'you're'

'you're'

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January 30th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
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So what this really means...

So, in the end, what this all comes down to is that....Notre Dame is really the National Champion?

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