|
Post by destrier on Feb 28, 2007 10:24:20 GMT -5
I don't think Nebraska's even the favorite unless Houghtelling returns 100%, and that's always a big if after shoulder surgery. Will she be playing in the spring tournaments?
|
|
|
Post by flatlander on Feb 28, 2007 10:24:26 GMT -5
No one in the nation has more firepower than the Huskers in 07. Firepower matters not a whit if you don't have the passing and the defense to run a varied offense. Just ask Nebraska 2005 and Penn State 2006.
|
|
|
Post by flatlander on Feb 28, 2007 10:28:32 GMT -5
Now, if Cook surprises me and keeps the 5-1, then Nebraska's my favorite to win it all. I still stand by my depth comment, but a 5-1 does not expose Nebraska's weaknesses the same way the 6-2 does.
|
|
|
Post by prosem on Feb 28, 2007 10:55:47 GMT -5
No one in the nation has more firepower than the Huskers in 07. Firepower matters not a whit if you don't have the passing and the defense to run a varied offense. Just ask Nebraska 2005 and Penn State 2006. And the team they ran into was the Washington Huskies which I believe will have a better season than most think here. Mainly because they dont just reley on big studs and play a more team game.
|
|
|
Post by Keystonekid on Feb 28, 2007 14:12:35 GMT -5
Flatlander, what teams are going to their bench in a final? I am pretty sure, your going to go with a Pavan or Houghtelling in that situation, over an unproven player still developing. You go with the horses that got ya there.
|
|
|
Post by pedro el leon on Feb 28, 2007 15:02:33 GMT -5
Firepower matters not a whit if you don't have the passing and the defense to run a varied offense. Just ask Nebraska 2005 and Penn State 2006. And the team they ran into was the Washington Huskies which I believe will have a better season than most think here. Mainly because they dont just reley on big studs and play a more team game. dude, the huskies are only returning three all-americans and maybe the best returning libero in the nation.... how can they contend?
|
|
|
Post by Keystonekid on Feb 28, 2007 15:16:49 GMT -5
"How can they not contend"? by rolling over like a wet dog, like they did in the final.
|
|
|
Post by Keystonekid on Feb 28, 2007 15:17:46 GMT -5
What are those weaknesses flatlander?
|
|
pantherfan
High School
Leave it better than you found it!
Posts: 5
|
Post by pantherfan on Feb 28, 2007 17:20:28 GMT -5
If you look at talent that was out there this past year on Stanford, Texas and PSU...it was young. Nebraska was the old lady of the group. Now, you give those young guns another year, and the Nebraska team may still be the odds favorite. But I don't think you can just give them the trophy....the NCAA's is WAY up in the air. Stanford will bring back an amazing group. Hear Janet O is hitting better than most men do on A MEN'S NET!! Imagine her on a girls. Faucette and Hodge....wow...unreal! Hooker and Engle...tough to play against. SO my prediction would be: One of the best NCAA tournaments in history!
|
|
|
Post by bigfan on Feb 28, 2007 17:25:24 GMT -5
Nebraska will not repeat. Klineman of Stanford will make Sarah Pavan look like yesterdays news. bigfan, you are so "provocative". Your bombast is easier to take when the Huskers are the hunted rather than the hunter. And as the hunted, the level of play needs to be elevated even that much more, as you get everyone's best shot, and motivation needs to be manufactured so you can continually strive to improve. Winning a national championship is a great thing; but where do you go from there? Can you continue to improve or will you regress? And will that proposed 6-2, which I am not a fan of, maximize your team's talents? Nebraska will not repeat
|
|
|
Post by bigfan on Feb 28, 2007 17:28:32 GMT -5
....the road to the championship will definitely go through Stanford and I predict that this match will take place in the finals.... I do agree with once i n a while
|
|
|
Post by bigfan on Feb 28, 2007 17:30:41 GMT -5
Nebraska will not repeat. Klineman of Stanford will make Sarah Pavan look like yesterdays news. Bigfan, I haven't figured out who you root for? Which are your favorite teams? Pac-10....Hawai`i
|
|
|
Post by bigfan on Feb 28, 2007 17:34:37 GMT -5
"How can they not contend"? by rolling over like a wet dog, like they did in the final. Pavan has had her day in the sun....Nebraska will be fat and happy....no repeat .....do not even compare them to the awesome USC squads that graced us earlier in this decade.
|
|
|
Post by flatlander on Feb 28, 2007 18:25:43 GMT -5
Flatlander, what teams are going to their bench in a final? I am pretty sure, your going to go with a Pavan or Houghtelling in that situation, over an unproven player still developing. You go with the horses that got ya there. Ummm, how about Gates? Cooper was struggling mightily, and Gates provided a big spark. How about Griffin into serve for Pavan in the semi? (Although that may have been an unintended substitution...) The next rotation was the one where Pavan got pissed and served 10 points in a row. In 2005, Cook had no one other than possibly Mancuso who could provide a spark off the bench. The talent drop-off was too significant. And I'm huge fan of Pavan and Houghtelling, but both of them could really have used a couple of points to re-group/get collected after getting schooled by Washington's serve and block, respectively. Your addition of the word "unproven" answers your own question, KK. I didn't qualify my statement with that word. Assuming that the top teams do a good job of getting their best bench players playing time during the season (which, admittedly, is a big "if"), I would hardly call those players unproven. Maybe not as experienced but hardly unproven. I think Stanford's current advantage is more talent at the bench level. At this point, for example, I would put Waller (if she stays at RS) over Licht and Okogbaa over Gates. (IMHO, Waller played better than anyone on Stanford's team in the 2006 final.) Now, my opinion about Stanford's superior depth may change depending on how each school's incoming freshman class develops in the fall.
|
|
|
Post by flatlander on Feb 28, 2007 18:27:41 GMT -5
What are those weaknesses flatlander? Didn't say what I meant very well. I should have said, the 6-2 CREATES weaknesses for Nebraska that the 5-1 does not. (E.g., Pavan in middle back, Griffin setting, no Holloway offense, no Pavan BR RS hitting, etc.)
|
|