Dave Brandon has a Clone

Submitted by The Shredder on

At fan day I ran into the clone of Dave Brandon.

I thought I ran into Dave Brandon on the field... I did not. This was his clone! I watched a fan come and say "Hello Mr.Brandon, nice to meet you" The guy was like "Yeah I am not him.. We do look a lot alike don't we?" The fan agreed and walked off a bit embarrassed but really I thought it was him before I heard him say he wasn't. My pic isn't the best but they are freaking clones.

The Clone of Dave Brandon

The Real Dave Brandon

1464

August 15th, 2011 at 4:18 PM ^

It is, in fact, David Brandon.  Look at the shape of the earlobe in this picture compared to the picture of him on Slide 23 in this slideshow at MGoBlue.  There's a weird dent in the earlobe.   Guaranteed that is him.  Due to your encounter, I really think this puts him safely in the arrogant douchebag category.

The Shredder

August 15th, 2011 at 2:02 PM ^

I swear on my life that isn't Brandon. I can't imagine why he would send away a fan and say he isn't. 

I mean I could be wrong but just the interaction between clone Brandon and fan made it believable 

colin

August 15th, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^

everyone has a clone.  the preferred nomenclature is "doppelganger".  the rules are simple: 1) one of you (but only one) must wear a mustache or goatee at all times and 2) any face-to-face encounter must end in a battle to the death.  ye be warned.

jmblue

August 15th, 2011 at 2:15 PM ^

I'm not sure.  That guy looks a little younger than Brandon.  Here's a photo of DB from last fall:

 

It also seems hard to believe a guy as focused on PR as he is would deny who he is to a fan.  I think it may just be a coincidence.

BTW, I saw a guy that looked a lot like Mike Barwis at the garage sale.  Anyone else see him? 

UM2k1

August 15th, 2011 at 2:40 PM ^

The picture on MGoBlue.com's photo gallery is of the same guy, so if it isn't Brandon, he even tricked their own photographer.  I saw this guy talking to a group of about 10 people, right about the south 40 yd line, commenting about how cool his tennis shoes were, and that you should be able to get them from MDEN (they were white addidas runnning shoes in maize and blue).  I was struck by how tall he was in real life.  My world view is now crumbling given the interaction Shredder saw, and the fact that i am convinced this is Brandon.

Geaux_Blue

August 15th, 2011 at 3:05 PM ^

there's pictures of him posing for pictures with babies and children, it may have been an attempt at humor on his part that went badly. makes zero sense he'd be doing stuff for some people and then dick off to others.

M-Wolverine

August 15th, 2011 at 3:27 PM ^

And it's not even a defense of him. Doesn't DB come off as a guy who would try and tell a joke that would completely fall flat, not realizing before it came out of his mouth how unfunny it would be?

From the guy who dropped the MASCOT BOMB...

nut tree

August 15th, 2011 at 4:02 PM ^

For those who want to criticize Dave Brandon, you are such a joke. I have 3 kids under 10 who got up at 4:30am to drive to A2 for the garage sale. The line was so long we didn't bother waiting so we went to the stadium around 10am. They stood in line until 3:15 and didn't one signature. They were so upset and in tears. I was in Hokes line and saw Brandon pull in and park by the tunnel. He was so friendly and generous with everyone and we chatted for a minute while he signed my football. After I got Hokes signature is when I found out my kids got shut out. We went and watched the kickers hoping for one autograph but struck out again. After getting rained on and figuring out we were out of luck, I then decided to take my kids over to Brandons car to see if he would sign a poster. Dave was sitting in the car with Jan and I motioned for him to roll down the window. I explained to him what happened with my kids. He was so generous and willing to sign items and take pictures. Jan even got some mini helmets out of their car to give to my kids. Then some more families came up and Dave and Jan were so pleasant with everyone. They made my kids day and I will always remember and be thankful for their kindness and sincere desire to do what they could to make our kids experience at the Big House end on a positive note.

sheepman

August 15th, 2011 at 4:11 PM ^

This is great news. As a fellow school of education guy, I was hoping he was good with us common folk - and I think your story proves it.

 

Side note, I don't think anyone is criticizing him. Just having a dialogue. I think all of us are grateful for his love of UM and his desire to make UM the greatest athletic dept in the nation.

rocket

August 15th, 2011 at 5:50 PM ^

We had a similar encounter with Dave Brandon and found him very gracious.  We were on the field for the kicking drill and ran into him afterwards.  It started to pour and I know he wanted to get out from under it, but he stayed and signed autographs for all three of my boys as well as some other kids.  As we were walking up the tunnel I noticed he stopped to sign and take pictures with other fans.