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Florida Gators ‘catfish’ story is an odd one

Great things have happened to the Florida Gators on the field this season, and fans are hoping that leads to good things off the field in the postseason. That good would come in the form of landing elite recruits.

I was doing some research into the state of the Gators’ recruiting when I came across a report from a Gators-centric website, OurTwoBits.com, saying a member of the Twittersphere had been acting as a “catfish” within Gator Nation.

The Urban Dictionary defines catfishing as “the phenomenon of internet predators that fabricate online identities and entire social circles to trick people into emotional/romantic relationships.