Opportunity is Nowhere?

#77
#77
UT's#1Fan said:
WITH THE DOORS CLOSED, you first read it as, "Opportunity is nowhere"

THEN you read, WITH THE DOORS STILL CLOSED, "Opportunity...."

THEN you read, WHILE OPENING THE DOORS, "is NOW HERE".

So this rhetoric of it not making sense because of the "Opportu" and the "nity" once the doos are open is retarded because the "Opportunity" is there once the doors are open and therefore you must read opportunity first with the doors closed.

DAMN WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS??? Posters on the main board had a field day with this y-day.
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:crazy:

You sound like a fool. Just admit that this is a stupid slogan and a fail on UT's part.
 
#78
#78
UT's#1Fan said:
WITH THE DOORS CLOSED, you first read it as, "Opportunity is nowhere"

THEN you read, WITH THE DOORS STILL CLOSED, "Opportunity...."

THEN you read, WHILE OPENING THE DOORS, "is NOW HERE".

So this rhetoric of it not making sense because of the "Opportu" and the "nity" once the doos are open is retarded because the "Opportunity" is there once the doors are open and therefore you must read opportunity first with the doors closed.

DAMN WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS??? Posters on the main board had a field day with this y-day.
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Wow. I lol'ed.
 
#79
#79
Why do we have to bring all this nonsense into things? I personally think it's intentional. With the doors open, you would still read it as "Opportunity," but then you wouldn't discern that "NOW HERE" was one word, because it's all caps. It's that simple. There is no step 1, step 2, etc.
 
#80
#80
If you have to have somebody posted at the door to explain the meaning of the slogan to the players, it's probably not a good one.

The whole opening the door scenario doesn't make sense anyway, because once you open the door, it doesn't say Opportunity Is Now Here; it says Opportu Is Now Nity Here.

Simply put, if opening the door is supposed to create a break between Now and Here, then naturally it must also create a break between the word or words above that, which is Opportunity.

Face it, it's an epic fail; easily as bad as our program picture, although at least our program isn't telling our players they're doomed to failure every time they walk into their own locker room. :whistling:
 
#81
#81
G8R8U2 said:
If you have to have somebody posted at the door to explain the meaning of the slogan to the players, it's probably not a good one.

The whole opening the door scenario doesn't make sense anyway, because once you open the door, it doesn't say Opportunity Is Now Here; it says Opportu Is Now Nity Here.

Simply put, if opening the door is supposed to create a break between Now and Here, then naturally it must also create a break between the word or words above that, which is Opportunity.

Face it, it's an epic fail; easily as bad as our program picture, although at least our program isn't telling our players they're doomed to failure every time they walk into their own locker room. :whistling:
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G.T.F.O troll. Why are there so many Gator trolls over here anyways? Ya'll must be seriously worried about us!
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#82
#82
I_Bleed_Orange77 said:
G.T.F.O troll. Why are there so many Gator trolls over here anyways? Ya'll must be seriously worried about us!
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I wouldn't say he's completely wrong. Except for it being as bad as the gator media cover, nowhere near as terrible as that abomination.
 
#83
#83
G8R8U2 said:
If you have to have somebody posted at the door to explain the meaning of the slogan to the players, it's probably not a good one.

The whole opening the door scenario doesn't make sense anyway, because once you open the door, it doesn't say Opportunity Is Now Here; it says Opportu Is Now Nity Here.

Simply put, if opening the door is supposed to create a break between Now and Here, then naturally it must also create a break between the word or words above that, which is Opportunity.

Face it, it's an epic fail; easily as bad as our program picture, although at least our program isn't telling our players they're doomed to failure every time they walk into their own locker room. :whistling:
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Here's an epic fail for you. Gatorfootballfirst75YEARS.net
Damb, that's a looooooooooooooooooong time.
 
#84
#84
How would you read it "NOW HERE" when there clearly is no space between the W and H? Granted, when the doors are opened up, sure. Opportu Is Now nity Here.
 
#85
#85
Guys, it's much deeper than anything that's been expressed thus far.

One must think about the FONT of the wording to truly understand.

The font is Impact. Obviously, this being football, the players are taught to make "Impact" with opposing players.

"Nowhere" is bold Impact font. Now this portion is where it gets really good. The players need to make "Impact" with the opposition in a BOLD manner.

Thus, resulting in the other team feeling like they've been thrust into a black-hole, or another term, "Nowhere".

Go Vols
 
#86
#86
what is up with you people? this is pretty old and I'm sure someone from UT intentionally did this. It's like looking at the glass half-full or half-empty. At the state UT is in right now, I'm not surprised everyone sees it as "Opportunity is nowhere" vs the "Opportunity is now here"

Publications | Wittenberg University
 
#87
#87
bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
Here's an epic fail for you. Gatorfootballfirst75YEARS.net
Damb, that's a looooooooooooooooooong time.
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Wow, way to take the humor right out of a silly observation. Most folks would just have themselves a little self-deprecating laugh over it, like most of us did over our goofy program picture.

As for out first 75 years of football, eh, it's nothing to write home about, for sure; 391-293-36 (.568) put us about #58 on the All-Time win percentage list.

Which makes our current standing of #16 on the list, 662-379-40 (.631), all the more remarkable. In the 29-30 years since, we're #5 on that list, going 271-86-4 (.756) during that time. So UF has jumped 42 spots in not quite 30 years. Not too shabby. We could jump both Auburn and Miami this season... we'll jump AU if we are even a single game better than them.

Glad I've been around to see all of it; I'd really be depressed if all my team's glory and tradition had taken place before I was even born.

Through UT's first 75 years of football, they were #11 on the list, going 423-185-42 (.683). And in the 44-45 years since, they were also #11 on the list; going 366-155-11 (.698) during that time.

All told, that moved UT to #9 overall on the All-Time win percentage list; so UT has jumped 2 spots in not quite 45 years. Also not too shabby considering it's harder to make significant jumps the higher on the list you get.
 
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#88
#88
hxh103 said:
what is up with you people? this is pretty old and I'm sure someone from UT intentionally did this. It's like looking at the glass half-full or half-empty. At the state UT is in right now, I'm not surprised everyone sees it as "Opportunity is nowhere" vs the "Opportunity is now here"

Publications | Wittenberg University
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Yep, except in the original the words were all together without any spaces, nor any breaks caused by opening the doors.

So in the original form it is "OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE"

As a visual aid for a discussion on perspective, attitude, outlook in life, it works in this form and only this form. Once they put it on the door and put spaces between the first 3 words, they mucked it up.
 
#89
#89
G8R8U2 said:
Through UT's first 75 years of football, they were #11 on the list, going 423-185-42 (.683). And in the 44-45 years since, they were also #11 on the list; going 366-155-11 (.698) during that time.

All told, that moved UT to #9 overall on the All-Time win percentage list; so UT has jumped 2 spots in not quite 45 years. Also not too shabby considering it's harder to make significant jumps the higher on the list you get.
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Basically all I got out of this post was: "Yes, UT's historical dominance far exceeds UF's, but we've been good for several decades."

Not a knock, just sayin' the last part of your argument makes no sense.
 
#90
#90
Thrasher865 said:
Basically all I got out of this post was: "Yes, UT's historical dominance far exceeds UF's, but we've been good for several decades."

Not a knock, just sayin' the last part of your argument makes no sense.
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The last part of my argument probably makes no sense to you because it's not an argument.

It's simply an observation and recognition of a rather amazing change in stature for a program.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a more impressive move in the history of college football; although FSU's jump from the first half their program's history to now is pretty impressive too.

Through 1976, 30 years (they used to be the state's All-girl's school, so they've only been playing football since 1947), they were #61 on the list. They're now #11; so they jumped 50 spots in 34 years.

Guess Bobby's fear of playing in the SEC, rejecting the SEC offer to join, and decision to join the ACC instead really paid off.

In any event, now that we're totally off-topic, I'll let this one die off.
 
#91
#91
Another example on how Dooley is 1000x smarter than the ones calling it stupid.

1) there is a separation and it lies in the opening of door
2) it's a perspective exercise to encourage positive thinking even though it is easy to think negative.
3) positive thoughts lead to positive outcomes way more than negative thoughts lead to positive outcomes.
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#93
#93
HSVol said:
This isn't a screw up. At all. It's very deliberate. And it's a pretty simple concept.

How do people overcome mediocrity? Do you go after your dreams or do you wait for your dreams to come to you? Do you believe in being lucky, or do you believe that people make their own luck? That phrase is all about killer instinct. Those who seize opportunity are successful.

Really, this is pretty brilliant. I love it. Let people ridicule this. I think great leaders and achievers espouse this ethos and it should be ingrained in a true competitor.

It's not a screw up. It's a deliberate test of one's mindset.
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This is exactly right. And anyone who wants to bet otherwise, I'm in. :hi:
 
#94
#94
There is no way to argue that this was intentional. Either it's simply a screwup in the spacing of "Now Here" or it's a reference to the Wittenberg article and the screwup would be putting spaces between the individual words. Either way, it's a screwup.
 
#98
#98
utvols88 said:
1) there is a separation and it lies in the opening of door
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As has already been discussed, if the opening of the door causes the intended separation, then it also cause the word "opportunity" to be split up, which makes no sense at all.


2) it's a perspective exercise to encourage positive thinking even though it is easy to think negative.
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The perspective trick only works if it's printed as "OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE." By leaving out spaces, it forces the brain to recognize the individual words. Depending on one's perspective, they'll either recognize "NOWHERE" or "NOW HERE" at the end. If you actually put spaces in the phrase, then you eliminate the perspective.
 
#99
#99
bUTrosbUTrosVOLie said:
Here's an epic fail for you. Gatorfootballfirst75YEARS.net
Damb, that's a looooooooooooooooooong time.
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You know you're right...Our first 75 years were terrible. And you guys were amazing icons and one of the greatest FB programs around...


But, guess who leads the all time series in wins? I'll give you a hint, it's not you
 
#100
#100
bamawriter said:
There is no way to argue that this was intentional. Either it's simply a screwup in the spacing of "Now Here" or it's a reference to the Wittenberg article and the screwup would be putting spaces between the individual words. Either way, it's a screwup.
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It has been a bad day. First I open this thread in the morning and see an embarrassing mistake that makes the Tennessee athletic department look foolish. Then I open this thread this afternoon and see a silly argument about if it is intentional (if the doors open...if the doors closed...). Now, a bama fan, a feaking bama fan, is the one making the most sense in the thread. How far have we sunk as a program when a bama fan is explaining it to us rather than laughing so hard he can't type?
 
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