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Introducing Matt Elam As Meg Ryan As Quirky Single Woman

Jan 7, 2010, 9:30 PM UTC

â†µI'm not sure why Florida State is always involved in these sorts ofâ†µthings, but they are. A couple years ago a wide receiver committed toâ†µClemson, wavered, had a signing day press conference announcing he'dâ†µstick with Clemson, then decommitted and faxed the Seminoles a letter ofâ†µintent ... an hour after signing, but not faxing, a differentâ†µletter of intent to Clemson. â†µ

â†µâ†µThe NCAA eventually upheld the first LOI and Markish Jones went toâ†µClemson, where he did not qualify. He then went to JUCO and attemptedâ†µto go to Cal; Cal’s official site has this -- and only this -- to say about that: â†µ

â†µâ†µâ‡¥AT CAL: On the roster prior to the 2009 season butâ†µâ‡¥was off the roster prior to the start of 2009 training camp.â†µâ†µâ†µAcademics were also the reason there. Somewhere in Florida, Jonesâ†µsits in a room, chewing a pencil and attempting to move on to the second question of the 2006 SAT. â†µ

â†µâ†µAll this bodes unwell for 2010 blue-chipper -- the country’s top safetyâ†µaccording to Scout -- Matt Elam. Elam was committed to Florida since earlyâ†µin this recruiting cycle until the whole Urban Meyer heart attackâ†µpsych-out. Elam switched to Florida State. And now ...â†µ

â†µâ†µâ‡¥Elam is telling reporters covering the U.S. Army All-America Bowl inâ†µâ‡¥San Antonio this week that he may switch back to Florida after having aâ†µâ‡¥long telephone conversation with Urban Meyer thisâ†µâ‡¥week.â†µâ†µâ†µOy. This conversation, by the way, is straight out of an after-schoolâ†µspecial: â†µ

â†µâ†µâ‡¥“I talked to Urban last night,” Elam told Rivals.com. “Weâ†µâ‡¥were talking about our relationship basically and he told me to haveâ†µâ‡¥trust, to have trust in him and he asked me a word that reallyâ†µâ‡¥touched me. He said, ‘Do you know what faith means?’ and he told me theâ†µâ‡¥definition. It really touched me a lot. It really touched me soâ†µâ‡¥my decision might change.”â†µâ†µ

â†µYeesh. Was Amy Grant in the room? What about Blossom? Meanwhile,â†µJimbo Fisher is scouring his office for a dictionary so that he can findâ†µdefinitions for "infarction," "manic-depressive"â†µand "crypto-papist lackey" as we speak.â†µ

â†µâ†µElam plans on making his final(-ish) decision during this weekend’sâ†µUS Army Game. Will he go with the dashing but slightly unstable Urban orâ†µthe dashing but slightly obscure Jimbo Fisher? Or could it be Markâ†µRicht, the extra we last saw thirty minutes ago? Find out Saturday! Nextâ†µup: Elam switches houses with Reggie Bush and finds true love after aâ†µnasty breakup.â†µ

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