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Gators pick up The Great Khali, I mean, Chris Martin

Between worrying about Maurkice Pouncey and straight cash homies, Florida has been doing work. Wednesday, the Gators picked up LB Chris Martin, who dropped California for Florida. Martin, who looks like The Great Khali, was the top linebacker in the 2010 class. 

Martin, like the other recruits Florida signed this spring, thinks the Gators could have a once-in-a-generation defense.

"I'm ecstatic to be a part of something that could be truly special," Martin said. "You see how Brandon Spikes and Tim Tebow came together with their class and said they were going to win a national championship. It's the same thing here except just a little bit of a later addition being me. I guess I am the last piece to the snowman when you're all done. I hope people will remember this class and see what we're trying to accomplish by all coming together for a common goal." 

Martin also said he left Cal because he was a local kid and there were too many distractions. He said he fell in love with Gainesville and he could handle the "distractions around the city of Gainesville." Oh really, Christopher? Gainesville can drink and do drugs just as good as a Pac-10 school!

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I'm not so thrilled about this one

Our class is stacked enough….we don’t need to be the Miami Heat football edition.
I’m not sold on a guy who has now committed to 3 teams. So we’re his third choice?

by skigator93 on Jul 22, 2010 9:09 AM EDT reply actions  

Dont hate on the 3 Kings

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""It only ends once. Everything that comes before is just progress"

by Patssuck456 on Jul 23, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

recruiting is like the transformers armada series

the autobots(sec) and the deceptacons(pac-10 and big-10) are fighting to win the most minicons(high school players) Meyer is optimus prime, Trussel is Megetron, kiffin is sideways the double crosser, Dooley is sideswipe the one not many people know about, etc etc etc. That’s the way I see recruiting in college football

People have a week dedicated to sharks, sharks have a week dedicated to Jason Heyward, let's follow in the "footsteps" of the sharks.....

by southman on Jul 22, 2010 9:34 AM EDT reply actions  

oh and the guy at Oregon is starscream a lot of people like the armada starscream

People have a week dedicated to sharks, sharks have a week dedicated to Jason Heyward, let's follow in the "footsteps" of the sharks.....

by southman on Jul 22, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

you forgot saban hes gotta be one.

and megan fox walks around with barely any clothes on…..yeah…thats my type of world!

by gatorempire127 on Jul 22, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

I couldn't figure out which one was Saban

I didn’t forget

People have a week dedicated to sharks, sharks have a week dedicated to Jason Heyward, let's follow in the "footsteps" of the sharks.....

by southman on Jul 22, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

understandable.

to be honest i have no idea which one he would be either i was kinda counting on you to do it haha

by gatorempire127 on Jul 22, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

All we need is a couple of these guys living up to their potential

for the Gators to have an outstanding defense.

If all of those guys who are top 5 at their position manage to stay that good, then watch out. The defense jumps from outstanding to shutout.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains

by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Jul 22, 2010 9:49 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

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