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Post by stillkicking on Oct 28, 2021 9:00:05 GMT -5
Well, I for one prayed Nebraska would lose, not that I would have liked Wisconsin to win, just the lesser of two evils.
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Post by traveler on Oct 28, 2021 11:12:20 GMT -5
Only appropriate, on the approximate 10 year anniversary of the event, that NE would get mowed down. Who gave WI the keys?
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Post by stillkicking on Oct 28, 2021 11:28:28 GMT -5
I, basically root for 3 teams in women's college volleyball, good ole PSU, and whoever plays Nebraska and Wisconsin.
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Post by seeyajohn on Oct 28, 2021 13:41:59 GMT -5
I,too,consistently root against them both. But, the play during their match was super!
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Post by jojonito on Oct 28, 2021 15:04:45 GMT -5
I, basically root for 3 teams in women's college volleyball, good ole PSU, and whoever plays Nebraska and Wisconsin. Yeah, I'm like that in football. I root for the Bears and whoever plays New England and Tom Brady. It used to be I only had two favorite teams.  I have a friend whose two favorite teams are the Bears and whoever plays the Packers. |
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Post by stillkicking on Oct 28, 2021 15:49:08 GMT -5
I, basically root for 3 teams in women's college volleyball, good ole PSU, and whoever plays Nebraska and Wisconsin. Yeah, I'm like that in football. I root for the Bears and whoever plays New England and Tom Brady. It used to be I only had two favorite teams. I have a friend whose two favorite teams are the Bears and whoever plays the Packers. Well, my 3 favorite teams in football are the Steelers, and whoever plays the cheating Patriots and the Giants. |
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Post by jojonito on Oct 28, 2021 19:11:20 GMT -5
I,too,consistently root against them both. But, the play during their match was super! Hey, what do you think the difference between the WISC vs NEB and WISC vs PSU was? I'm thinking that the blocking on PSU was a big difference in that WISC was getting blocked really consistently by PSU. PSU also hit considerably better against WISC than NEB did; .185 to .148. A large part of that was Hord's great play. I'm also thinking that Hord's great play allowed the PSU OH's more leeway as WISC had to keep such a close eye on her. Then again, maybe it's just matchups.
Of course, with the volleyball associative rule, PSU should have no problem with NEB in their next match |
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Post by seeyajohn on Oct 28, 2021 21:14:27 GMT -5
Both teams were sky high for the Wisky vs Neb match. That arena is always sold out and the match was hugely important for the B1G championship. That made for bodies flying all over the place, hard hits and fantastic digs on both sides.
The difference that gave Wisconsin the win had much to do with Smrek's play. She was 12-17 .647 against Nebraska and 5-17 .000 against Penn State. Smrek was blocked four times in the PSU match (Starck solo, Holland/Starck, Hord/Pritchard and Hord/Pritchard again)
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Post by jojonito on Oct 29, 2021 4:04:37 GMT -5
The difference that gave Wisconsin the win had much to do with Smrek's play. She was 12-17 .647 against Nebraska and 5-17 .000 against Penn State. Smrek was blocked four times in the PSU match (Starck solo, Holland/Starck, Hord/Pritchard and Hord/Pritchard again) PSU's blocking seemed to show how good an understanding of the WISC offense PSU had. PSU was really well prepared. This in spite of it being the 2nd game of the weekend. I didn't realize that Smrek was blocked 4 times by PSU. |
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Post by ethankasales on Oct 29, 2021 13:26:03 GMT -5
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Post by nyline on Oct 29, 2021 20:44:34 GMT -5
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 4, 2021 18:17:35 GMT -5
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Post by traveler on Nov 5, 2021 8:30:42 GMT -5
Apparently this is a thing...to fire before the end of the season, but, OTOH, before signing day. But not in the power conferences. So far: W Oregon; SUNY; Robert Morris; Carlton (during first winning season); Washington and Jefferson; Long Beach State.
But not many women these days or POC in the B1G WVB [edit: head coaching] arena. Sad about that.
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Post by nyline on Nov 5, 2021 8:57:55 GMT -5
Apparently this is a thing...to fire before the end of the season, but, OTOH, before signing day. But not in the power conferences. So far: W Oregon; SUNY; Robert Morris; Carlton (during first winning season); Washington and Jefferson; Long Beach State. But not many women these days or POC in the B1G WVB arena. Sad about that. I think they should have dismissed University of Iowa Henry B. and Patricia B. Tippie Director of Athletics Chair Gary Barta, on the grounds that his title is absurdly long. |
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Post by traveler on Nov 5, 2021 9:55:29 GMT -5
LMAO. Could there have been a legal stipulation that he'd always be referred to as such?
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I have a friend whose two favorite teams are the Bears and whoever plays the Packers.
