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Post by jsn112 on Sept 22, 2014 12:08:40 GMT -5
When have the Lions been "down"? They've never finished lower than #3 in the Big Ten and they've done that only twice. A bad year for Penn State approximates a good year for Wisconsin. Actually, I'm wrong about that. After a little research I discovered that when Penn State didn't finish first in the Big Ten, in almost every instance they still finished ahead of Wisconsin. So, a bad year for Penn State is almost always better than a good year for Wisconsin. Hey, I'm always the first to admit when I'm wrong.
Sorry I overestimated you, Wisconsin. Yes, let that be a lesson for you.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2014 12:21:46 GMT -5
Actually, I voted for UW in 5 at first. Then I looked at the two line-ups and changed my mind. Can Bates block anybody? UW was out-blocked by the Huskies 22-7, I believe. PSU can come at you in too many ways. PSU is young, but the two key freshmen have been there since January. Who knows how much training they have received during that time. Rose was not happy that the championship match last December most extended to 5 sets. I took Rosie in 4.
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Post by lionsfan on Sept 22, 2014 12:30:16 GMT -5
Rose was not happy that the championship match last December extended to 5 sets. I took Rosie in 4. It did?!
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Post by NittanyVolley on Sept 22, 2014 12:31:31 GMT -5
Actually, I voted for UW in 5 at first. Then I looked at the two line-ups and changed my mind. Can Bates block anybody? UW was out-blocked by the Huskies 22-7, I believe. PSU can come at you in too many ways. PSU is young, but the two key freshmen have been there since January. Who knows how much training they have received during that time. Rose was not happy that the championship match last December extended to 5 sets. I took Rosie in 4. Please don't shortchange Wisconsin. They were outblocked 22-7.5, not 22-7. I don't think the championship match went to 5. He was probably unhappy that it went to 4.
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Post by mikegarrison on Sept 22, 2014 12:46:14 GMT -5
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 22, 2014 15:00:27 GMT -5
Why would you let that kind of information slip? Odd. Unless they think it's unlikely fpr the tendency to repeat itself. Man, I'd love to watch this match to check that out! (That's a cry for help in case anyone can't hear it). In any case, I'm pretty sure that the UW coaching staff suspected as much and immediately starting sorting through film to isolate any tendencies/tip offs. So not sure that helps Penn State.
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Post by Wiswell on Sept 22, 2014 15:15:01 GMT -5
Maybe they are trying to help out Wisconsin against PSU as a form of revenge from the semi-final loss?
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 22, 2014 15:19:15 GMT -5
Maybe they are trying to help out Wisconsin against PSU as a form of revenge from the semi-final loss? Rose is a smart coach he will have plan. It will be a fun match.
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Post by hammer on Sept 22, 2014 15:26:22 GMT -5
Maybe they are trying to help out Wisconsin against PSU as a form of revenge from the semi-final loss? Rose is a smart coach he will have plan. It will be a fun match. He will attack the middle as much as possible based upon what happened in Seattle.
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 22, 2014 15:27:01 GMT -5
I think it's interesting how few people vote for 5 set wins by either team, but a very similar number vote for a 4 set win by either team.
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Post by bluepenquin on Sept 22, 2014 15:39:50 GMT -5
Okay - I am not buying this one. The writer doesn't say where he got this information - did the coaching staff tell him this after the match, or is he guessing? The way the article is written, we don't know that answer for sure - but the implication is the coaching staff told him this? Anyway - I decided to look at the play-by-pay on the match. According to the article - the Washington coaching staff was able to figure this out during the 3rd set. And by the 4th set was able to put in place the changes that helped lead to a Washington win. However, the blocking points by set do not support this story. Washington had 6 blocks in the 1st and 3rd sets (the two sets they lost BTW) and 5 blocks in set #2. They 'only' had 4 blocks in set #4 and 1 block in the final set. Cannot get all the information from a play-by-play - maybe Washington increased the number of touches and altered the way Wisconsin played later in the match? I think the story is a little fishy.
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Post by Wiswell on Sept 22, 2014 15:45:36 GMT -5
He will attack the middle as much as possible based upon what happened in Seattle. Interesting, looking at their last matchup in National Championship, the Badgers had 14 blocks, most of which came from the middles (but not necessarily "in" the middle). That's a really high number for them. Thomas and Chapman had rough nights that night, although PSU wasn't at the top of their game either.
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Post by mikegarrison on Sept 22, 2014 15:50:45 GMT -5
Okay - I am not buying this one. The writer doesn't say where he got this information - did the coaching staff tell him this after the match, or is he guessing? The way the article is written, we don't know that answer for sure - but the implication is the coaching staff told him this? Anyway - I decided to look at the play-by-pay on the match. According to the article - the Washington coaching staff was able to figure this out during the 3rd set. And by the 4th set was able to put in place the changes that helped lead to a Washington win. However, the blocking points by set do not support this story. Washington had 6 blocks in the 1st and 3rd sets (the two sets they lost BTW) and 5 blocks in set #2. They 'only' had 4 blocks in set #4 and 1 block in the final set. Cannot get all the information from a play-by-play - maybe Washington increased the number of touches and altered the way Wisconsin played later in the match? I think the story is a little fishy. FWIW, the author of the article is a volleyball blogger from Seattle and does have media access to the coaching staff. volleyblogseattle.blogspot.com/
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2014 15:54:19 GMT -5
Badgers were 2 points from sweeping Washington last weekend.
Badgers were 3 points away from beating Penn state in 4 games and winning national championship (set point game 2, and lead 23-20 in game 4)
Badgers lost 1 player that played significant time from last year.
The Badgers are very good team
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Post by redbeard2008 on Sept 22, 2014 16:07:21 GMT -5
Maybe they are trying to help out Wisconsin against PSU as a form of revenge from the semi-final loss? No need for a revenge scenario. The more Wisconsin wins, the more it helps Washington's RPI. They didn't let drop what the "pattern" was, however. On the other hand, I'm sure that the Wisconsin coaches had already been pouring over the tape of that match, trying to figure out how Washington did it.
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