The *OFFICIAL* Brandon Spikes thread (merged)

#827
#827
HawaiiVol said:
Yeah, because the situations are completely identical. Right?
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Press is press. Number #1 in the BCS defending champs, front and center in the media.

Even when the media was lambasting Kiffin for his mouth you were all proclaiming how beneficial the media attention was and how brilliant he was for orchestrating it all. The situations need not be identical- there's no such thing as bad press.
 
#828
#828
Mr. Two Bits said:
Press is press. Number #1 in the BCS defending champs, front and center in the media.

Even when the media was lambasting Kiffin for his mouth you were all proclaiming how beneficial the media attention was and how brilliant he was for orchestrating it all. The situations need not be identical- there's no such thing as bad press.
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If you can't see the difference in bad press between the 2 situations, there is no helping you.
 
#833
#833
HawaiiVol said:
Yeah, accusing others of wrong doing and being wrong is a parallel to trying to cause bodily harm. Flawless logic.
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Please tell me you are not this dense. I'm referring to the negative press and not he actions that generated the negative press.

Oh, and for the record it was falsely accusing others of wrong doing among other things.
 
#834
#834
Mr. Two Bits said:
Please tell me you are not this dense. I'm referring to the negative press and not he actions that generated the negative press.

Oh, and for the record it was falsely accusing others of wrong doing among other things.
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Outstanding. The actions are what generated the press, so you can not leave that out of the equation. Well, you can if you're a gator I suppose, and you're trying to rationalize the whole escapade into being a positive to rival fans.

I said that before.
 
#836
#836
Mr. Two Bits said:
Please tell me you are not this dense. I'm referring to the negative press and not he actions that generated the negative press.

Oh, and for the record it was falsely accusing others of wrong doing among other things.
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Lane was getting press for being brash and cocky. There has been nothing like that associated with this incident.
 
#837
#837
Mr. Two Bits said:
Press is press. Number #1 in the BCS defending champs, front and center in the media.

Even when the media was lambasting Kiffin for his mouth you were all proclaiming how beneficial the media attention was and how brilliant he was for orchestrating it all. The situations need not be identical- there's no such thing as bad press.
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This again \/

VolDad said:
I didn't know your program had sunk to the point that you needed it. I guess that you, being more of an insider, would know best how much and what kind of publicity UF needs. IMO – it is indeed a sorry program that could not rely on last year’s NC for cred. I guess that's what decades of sucktitude does to a program.
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#838
#838
HawaiiVol said:
If you can't see the difference in bad press between the 2 situations, there is no helping you.
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There is no helping him. He's a no-life no-class gator troll with nothing better to do. Just extend your pity and move on...

Here comes his crap about BCS number 1 defending champion drivel in 3...2...1...
 
#839
#839
SpaceCoastVol said:
There is no helping him. He's a no-life no-class gator troll with nothing better to do. Just extend your pity and move on...

Here comes his crap about BCS number 1 defending champion drivel in 3...2...1...
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Since you asked... Yes, pity me for my trips to Glendale and Miami to see my team win two BCS titles in the last 3 years.
 
#843
#843
Mr. Two Bits said:
It's not a joke, and you should be ashamed for reading it that many times.
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You are right. Since the MODs won't banish your skanky trollish ass from our boards, we have to self police. You are now officially ignored. I would wish you a good life, but since you are so pathetic and sad, and obviously don't have one.. I will bid you adieu.
 
#844
#844
Jim Rome just talked about how ridiculuous this whole episode is. It seems like urbie's love is going south. :)
 
#845
#845
On PTI Wibon just said, when referring to Spikes self imposed penalty, “When he went to his coach who would do anything to play him because he doesn’t want to lose; and the SEC which would do anything to keep Florida from losing…”

Perception is reality.
 
#847
#847
VolDad said:
On PTI Wibon just said, when referring to Spikes self imposed penalty, “When he went to his coach who would do anything to play him because he doesn’t want to lose; and the SEC which would do anything to keep Florida from losing…”

Perception is reality.
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I heard that too. I think urbie has had his fifteen minutes in the sun... good riddance.
 
#849
#849
Bianchi on Gators' PR masterstroke: Turn Brandon Spikes from villain to martyr

Admittedly, it was an absolute public relations masterstroke by the University of Florida when Brandon Spikes "volunteered" to sit out the entire game Saturday against Vanderbilt (what a sacrifice!), but please tell me you're not falling for it.

This was clearly UF's orchestrated attempt to diffuse a public relations nightmare and -- as every PR specialist will tell you -- try to turn a negative into a positive. Why else would Spikes, for the first time this season, actually decide to address media members who cover UF on a daily basis?

“I really don’t want to be a distraction to the team," Spikes said upon announcing his decision in the aftermath of his highly publicized face-gouging incident against Georgia."I want the guys to prepare without any negative things going on. I’m just trying to stay out of the way and just motivate the guys."

See how this works? Spikes, with one statement, goes from dirty player to sympathetic figure.

Brilliant, but predictable.

Excuse me for my cynicism, but I've seen UF pull the martyrdom trick before.

I take you back a few years ago to when then-UF Coach Ron Zook was getting barbecued after his mediocre first season at Florida. It was then that the school conveniently let it leak out that Zook turned down a contract extension because he didn't feel as if he deserved it it.

"We're going to do it the right way -- we're going to earn it," Zook said.

. Zook, at least temporarily, was transformed from embattled coach to unselfish martyr. It wasn't until later that we found out no contract extension had actually been offered. It was just a PR ploy to take some of the heat off of the Zooker.

Likewise, this is a PR ploy to take some of the heat off Brandon Spikes and Urban Meyer.

The Gators may be able to hoodwink all of you Johnny-Come-Latelies, but not ol' Mikey here.

Remember this, dear readers: "You can fool the baker and get a bun, but try to fool me and you get none!"
 
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