 At WSU, Floyd was known for sitting with students in the student sections of basketball and football games.He gave out his personal cell phone number to any student who asked for it – once famously to an entire group of student reporters at the WSU student newspaper, The Daily Evergreen, during a meeting with them.Buttons were created by University of Missouri students bearing the phrase "I [heart] E-Flo" in 2005, and a similar version of the "I [heart] E-Flo" buttons were created by students at Washington State University on social media to support Floyd in his fight with cancer.