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Post by psumaui on Sept 19, 2014 16:00:23 GMT -5
Micha with another Ace to tie her back up with Bricio with 31!
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Post by c4ndlelight on Sept 19, 2014 16:00:41 GMT -5
This is a down year for the B1G, and outside of Stanford does PSU face another top 10 team at all for the rest of the season with the exception of Wisconsin. I think Nebraska will drop out of the top 10 unless they upset Texas which sounds unlikely. The schedule for Penn State looks really weak. They are literally killing these lesser teams. They'd be killing some greater teams too.
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Post by MTC on Sept 19, 2014 16:03:11 GMT -5
Why is Frantti struggling so much against a short team?
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Post by volleyfan24 on Sept 19, 2014 16:07:01 GMT -5
This is a down year for the B1G, and outside of Stanford does PSU face another top 10 team at all for the rest of the season with the exception of Wisconsin. I think Nebraska will drop out of the top 10 unless they upset Texas which sounds unlikely. The schedule for Penn State looks really weak. They are literally killing these lesser teams. They'd be killing some greater teams too. I don't know if I agree I mean they took Stanford to 5 and did sweep UCLA but its really hard to gauge where this team is at. They looked impressive in the weekend they spent out in California but geez to this point a lot of other teams have played better more challenging schedules. They have literally only one good win UCLA. A team like FSU could make an argument to be ranked higher than them. I can see that Russ maybe recognized his team was young and didn't want to push them too much but where are they in the RPI.
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Post by gnu2vball on Sept 19, 2014 16:08:14 GMT -5
We'll see in Badgerland.
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 19, 2014 16:08:37 GMT -5
Why is Frantti struggling so much against a short team? I was thinking same thing
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 19, 2014 16:14:52 GMT -5
Lee was pretty good in that game and Whitney and grant were killing it
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Post by gogophers on Sept 19, 2014 16:20:40 GMT -5
This is a down year for the B1G, and outside of Stanford does PSU face another top 10 team at all for the rest of the season with the exception of Wisconsin. I think Nebraska will drop out of the top 10 unless they upset Texas which sounds unlikely. The schedule for Penn State looks really weak. They are literally killing these lesser teams. How many top 10 teams do you expect the Big10 to have normally? Usually, during the season it's Nebraska and then maybe one other team hanging around the 10th spot. If someone gets hot in the tournament, as Michigan did in 2012 and Wisconsin last year, you might end up with someone who wasn't in the top 10 at regular season's end leapfrogging their way in and adding to the total. But often, for large parts of the season, it's been two top 10 teams for the Big10. Nothing new. Don't discount Nebraska so soon. Didn't it lose to Auburn in the opening match last year? (or year before; the years blur) I mean, upsets happen in the pre-conference part of the season, even to top 10 teams. They shouldn't happen to #1, 2, or 3, but once you get to the 9 or 10 spot you're talking about teams that are very good but hardly invincible. I say the same about Illinois and Purdue. Both are obviously capable of having a bad night. But there is a lot of talent there, and in the next two months, no one should be surprised if that talent rises to the fore. If one or the other of those teams knocks off Wisconsin or PSU, you'll be hearing talk about how the early season losses were just one of those unfortunate speed bumps.
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Post by NittanyVolley on Sept 19, 2014 16:39:08 GMT -5
The Washington injury situation is starting to smell a lot like the Prieto injury situation a couple of years ago.
Do anyone know if she even dressed or warmed up today?
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Post by lionsfan on Sept 19, 2014 16:43:18 GMT -5
They'd be killing some greater teams too. I don't know if I agree I mean they took Stanford to 5 and did sweep UCLA but its really hard to gauge where this team is at. They looked impressive in the weekend they spent out in California but geez to this point a lot of other teams have played better more challenging schedules. They have literally only one good win UCLA. A team like FSU could make an argument to be ranked higher than them. I can see that Russ maybe recognized his team was young and didn't want to push them too much but where are they in the RPI. You're being way too critical of the schedule. Stanford, UCLA, Kansas and even American are not pushovers in any sense. What do you think the schedule should have been? Yes, other teams have tougher ones. But many don't. Many are similar, like Texas and Washington. Penn State will not fail at the end of the season because of their pre-conference schedule.
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Post by MTC on Sept 19, 2014 16:44:24 GMT -5
This is a down year for the B1G, and outside of Stanford does PSU face another top 10 team at all for the rest of the season with the exception of Wisconsin. I think Nebraska will drop out of the top 10 unless they upset Texas which sounds unlikely. The schedule for Penn State looks really weak. They are literally killing these lesser teams. When the top 10 Teams don't want to play at Penn State it results in the schedule looking the way it does. Penn State will have to wait until the tournament to meet any other top teams not in the Big Ten. IMO it evens out in the end.
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Post by lionsfan on Sept 19, 2014 16:46:56 GMT -5
The Washington injury situation is starting to smell a lot like the Prieto injury situation a couple of years ago. Do anyone know if she even dressed or warmed up today? I was sadly thinking the same thing...how far in the season do we go before we realize, it ain't happening? Then again, say she's 100 percent midway through the conference season...maybe she goes in then. I really wanted to see her play at Wisconsin; but if she doesn't get any match time in this weekend, I find it hard to believe she'll be relied on in what will most certainly be a very hostile environment on Wednesday. If she isn't ready this weekend, she won't be ready Wednesday.
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Post by MTC on Sept 19, 2014 16:50:14 GMT -5
The Washington injury situation is starting to smell a lot like the Prieto injury situation a couple of years ago. Do anyone know if she even dressed or warmed up today? I think the 7:30 match against DePaul will be an indication of Haleigh Washington's status. I have no inside information but I know PSU will take the safe route with all injuries.
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Post by gnu2vball on Sept 19, 2014 16:51:20 GMT -5
The Washington injury situation is starting to smell a lot like the Prieto injury situation a couple of years ago. Do anyone know if she even dressed or warmed up today? It's a fine line. The kids are kids and you want to respect their privacy. On the other hand, we live in a world in which professional teams put out weekly injury reports. Tough to balance want to and need to know.
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Post by knowname on Sept 19, 2014 16:51:29 GMT -5
The Washington injury situation is starting to smell a lot like the Prieto injury situation a couple of years ago. Do anyone know if she even dressed or warmed up today? Hypothetically, if she doesn't play the rest of the season, does playing in one set burn a season, or would PSU have to apply for a medical redshirt?
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