jimmy12 wrote:It has to be Gabe King.... I am serious... It fits the need on the D-Line..(he was projected as en ed but has the body to be a DT). His girlfriend goes to Oregon. He lived in Eugene for 6 months prior to choosing Cal. He also seemed to talk to JHop quite a bit. This is the only one, in my mind, that makes sense. What other kid gets homesick the during the first 3 weeks of being away. It would also be newsworthy because of the way he chose Cal and now chooses to come back. This would also, likely, signal the potential signing of Chris McCain in next year's class. (regardless of what he has said about the Ducks and Lache).
1. His girlfriend goes to Oregon State.
2. His schollie was taken away because he was playing games with the staff.
3. He isnt coming here.
4. He can barely make it into Cal, it isnt 100% if he is even able to go there or not.
5. He isnt coming here.
6. See #3 and #5.
HomeFieldAdvantage wrote:BFeldmanESPN - Wow and now bluechip DE-LB recruit Chris Martin is transferring from Cal the school announces.
Could this be it?
Martin, who finished his high school career in Aurora, Colo., says he decided to transfer because there are too many distractions for him in the Bay Area.
"My decision to transfer definitely does not reflect on the football program or the academics at Cal," said Martin. "Rather, I feel like for me to focus and truly reach my potential I need to leave many of the distractions I have here at home in the Bay Area. I need to venture away from home and start my college career somewhere else where I don't have those distractions."
Doesn't fit JHop's hints, but he's been released from UW and if I recall it was down to UW and us.
That'd certainly be interesting! (Not that I think it's going to happen).
Middleton's leaving UW? He's one of their better players, 1st team all Pac10 according to a few different places.
95.5 reporting that he's been kicked off the team for violating team rules...
Also, back to the Martin thought, MOPS just posted this on his twitter: @Prehmmr Chris Martin leaving Cal is very interesting. He committed very early in process. He was high on UO at one point.
I could see Martin ending up at Oregon State. Small town, probably remote from the home town distractions they are trying to get him away from. Excellent record with LBs going to the NFL and Riley's saintly reputation. Let's cross our fingers that this does not happen. If he needs to be isolated from distractions Pullman is even more remote than Corn Valley.
Of course if he went to UO, I nominate Tony Dungy as the 2010 class dad for field trips and such. I hear he packs a mean sack lunch. (j/k).
Middleton or Martin would be huge gets...lets hope we land both because they are both very talented! I know with Middleton we were in it until the end but Martin I don't know.
HomeFieldAdvantage wrote:BFeldmanESPN - Wow and now bluechip DE-LB recruit Chris Martin is transferring from Cal the school announces.
Could this be it?
Martin, who finished his high school career in Aurora, Colo., says he decided to transfer because there are too many distractions for him in the Bay Area.
"My decision to transfer definitely does not reflect on the football program or the academics at Cal," said Martin. "Rather, I feel like for me to focus and truly reach my potential I need to leave many of the distractions I have here at home in the Bay Area. I need to venture away from home and start my college career somewhere else where I don't have those distractions."
GrandpaDuck wrote:I could see Martin ending up at Oregon State. Small town, probably remote from the home town distractions they are trying to get him away from. Excellent record with LBs going to the NFL and Riley's saintly reputation. Let's cross our fingers that this does not happen. If he needs to be isolated from distractions Pullman is even more remote than Corn Valley.
Of course if he went to UO, I nominate Tony Dungy as the 2010 class dad for field trips and such. I hear he packs a mean sack lunch. (j/k).
Woah there. There's no way this kids going to cornvalley or pullman. There's a big difference between just getting away from distractions & actually moving to one the crappiest towns on the west coast. We would be a beautiful fit though. We've moved to the 3-4, I'm sure a big reason he chose Cal & we're in a low key area thats still close enough to home that he can have his fam visit but not be caught up in the distractions from home.
And I'm with you on the Tony Dungy nomination. I don't think we'd have any problem with these kids getting into trouble.
