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dingyibvs;1648747; said:
Seriously? I'm the dense one? You're the dense one to suggest that 3 and 4 are even options. It's obvious that your hatred for Meyer and UF is clouding your reasoning, so let me take them out of the equation.

Let's say you got suckered into some scam money-making scheme, say a pyramid scheme or something. You found out the truth, and now you have the 4 options you listed above.

1) Take out your money ASAP or at least cut your losses and admit to your friends and family that you got duped.

2) Do the same thing except making up another reason for your failed investment.

3) KEEP YOUR MONEY IN and claim to everyone else that it in fact is a legit scheme.

4) KEEP YOUR MONEY IN and deny that you were ever in it.

Can you honestly tell me that options 3 and 4 are sane? Recruits decommit from schools and give other reasons to avoid embarrassment(like not having an offer in the first place, or not having the grades to keep the offer, or bad off the field behavior got the offer withdrawn, etc. etc.) ALL THE TIME. Why can't Floyd do it?
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you win the lottery. you tell people about it. $$ leeches start to come on you and try to get a piece of your "pie". you deny you have won anything. Which part of this reasoning don't you understand?? it's obvious that your "man crush" for meyer and uf is clouding your reasoning.

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osu.edu ROCKS!!!
 
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sflbuck;1648905; said:
I actually like UM and I really not that upset that SF chose UF. I am only making a point about human nature. I contend that most people will not opening admit things that put them in a bad light. In fact most people will bend the facts and rationalize the circumstances in such situations. Recent history is replete with examples that prove my point. I guess you must be the exception to the rule. When you make a mistake or do something that might cause embarrassment, you let everyone know.
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Did you not read option #2? I think most people would choose option #2, some who don't care for embarrassment would pick option #1, but NOBODY that's sane would pick #3 or #4. I thought this was pretty darn obvious.
 
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osu_edu;1649009; said:
you win the lottery. you tell people about it. $$ leeches start to come on you and try to get a piece of your "pie". you deny you have won anything. Which part of this reasoning don't you understand?? it's obvious that your "man crush" for meyer and uf is clouding your reasoning.

:osu2:

osu.edu ROCKS!!!
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Dude, seriously? That's such a terrible analogy. Allow me to break it down for you:

$$ leechers is the only problem in your analogy, and denying the story will make it go away. In Floyd's case, as is in the pyramid scheme case, embarrassment isn't your only problem. Denying the story will avoid embarrassment, but it won't take away the fact that Floyd's biggest (alleged) reason for picking UF is no longer there(along with signing up with a supposedly degenerate lying coach, if the story is true), or the fact that you're losing a bunch of money in a scam.

While no analogy is perfect, yours leave out an important portion of the situation, which is that there are two detrimental factors involved--embarrassment and having the perceived advantage of the school Floyd picked taken away, which is paralleled in the pyramid scheme analogy by embarrassment and losing money. Both Floyd(if the story is true) and the guy who's scammed, need to find a way to avoid BOTH of those detrimental factors, and thus simple denial is not enough. Floyd would also need to sign somewhere else, and the scammed guy would also need to withdraw his money or cut his losses.
 
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Posted on Sun, Jan. 31, 2010
Sharrif Floyd relieved recruiting is over
By Mike Jensen
Inquirer Staff Writer

Every recruiting trip, Sharrif Floyd got the VIP treatment. He'd earned it. After tearing apart the competition at various scouting combines, the George Washington High senior was generally rated the top defensive tackle in his class nationally.

When Floyd visited one big-time football school, the defensive-line coach even carried his bags.

"Don't get used to this," George Washington head coach Ron Cohen remembers telling Floyd. "If you go to this school, I wouldn't want to be you the first day. You'll pay the price, believe me."

Floyd plans to sign a letter of intent Wednesday with Florida - choosing the Gators over Ohio State, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with serious recruiting heat also coming from Southern California and Penn State, and dozens of other scholarship offers.

Consider Floyd an expert on the recruiting process, on the tricks of the trade that coaches use as well as all the peripheral craziness - like the claim that Florida coach Urban Meyer had a dream that he was coaching Floyd, that he told Floyd the dream was a sign from God.

"That never came out of my mouth, and never came out of his mouth," said Floyd, who made a point of tracking down the source of the rumor.

The hardest part of the whole process?

"Not committing early, sticking it out to the end," Floyd said as he sat in Cohen's office last week at George Washington. "Because you get a lot of phone calls - a lot of reporters, a lot of 'we want you' type of speeches. Going through it as long as I did, I'm happy I did, because you can sniff out a lot of B.S., and there's a lot of it in this game.''

Although Floyd announced his decision earlier this month, two Florida assistant coaches visited the school on Wednesday. These days, oral commitments aren't always worth much. For instance, USC tried to get back in with him this month after Lane Kiffin took over for Pete Carroll.

"They said, 'Sharrif, come on, come be the best defensive tackle in California, and maybe the country. Come start for us,' " Floyd said. "The whole nine yards. But I didn't pay it any attention. I let them go through the whole spiel. I didn't disrespect them. They're doing their job. I understand that.''

There was reason for other schools to test Floyd's commitment to Florida since Meyer had originally announced last month that he was stepping down for health reasons, before the Gators' coach switched to taking a leave of absence. Now, Meyer seems to be back full time.

When Meyer had announced he was stepping down, Floyd already had made up his mind that he was going to Florida, although he wouldn't announce it for two more weeks. Floyd didn't tell anybody but his closest circle that Meyer's move made him switch gears. He decided he'd go to Ohio State, he said. But he didn't announce that either. And the more he thought about it, he said, the more he didn't want to choose a school based on a head coach.

"I switched back,'' Floyd said. "I'm going to be a Gator, with or without Coach Meyer. I love the guy. But if he's going to leave because of his health and no other reason, I respect that. I agreed with the fact that he was going to take that leave of absence, but that's nothing to worry about now. He's back in the office, and coaching the spring game.''
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Sharrif Floyd relieved recruiting is over | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/31/2010
 
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If I remember correctly, Floyd was all but committed to OSU the week before the Army Bowl. One of the reasons he was going to choose OSU was because of what happened with Urban last year. It was Urban who called Floyd about the "dream" he had and that he was committed to coaching the Gators...It was then that Floyd changed his mind at the last minute. But all I got to say it BIG HANK!!!!!
 
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bucknut502;1830661; said:
If I remember correctly, Floyd was all but committed to OSU the week before the Army Bowl. One of the reasons he was going to choose OSU was because of what happened with Urban last year. It was Urban who called Floyd about the "dream" he had and that he was committed to coaching the Gators...It was then that Floyd changed his mind at the last minute. But all I got to say it BIG HANK!!!!!
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I know it's a pipe-dream at this point, but it would be a hoot if we ended up with both of them. Would certainly help make the whole breaking in a new QB thing in '12, a lot easier.
 
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