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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 3, 2019 23:08:55 GMT -5
It appears that The PAC 12 homers on this thread haven’t seen San Diego play this season. I remember seeing the Huskies beat them pretty easily. (In SSC, by the way.)
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Dec 3, 2019 23:11:30 GMT -5
It appears that The PAC 12 homers on this thread haven’t seen San Diego play this season. I remember seeing the Huskies beat them pretty easily. (In SSC, by the way.) It wasn’t that easy. I was there watching the match in person. That 4th set was a battle.
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 3, 2019 23:13:29 GMT -5
WSU has so many frosh who start for them: Pukis, Timmer, Lusby, Williams, Jehlarova + Norville (DS). Plus McComber and Myers who sometimes sub in. They have players that come from Germany, Mexico, Czech Republic and Poland. I don't think having to go to Hawaii is going to phase them considering the maturity they have shown just to come to this country and compete at a high level. All it takes is one bowl of bad poke and Hawaii could add a whole new degree of difficulty.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Dec 3, 2019 23:15:04 GMT -5
They have players that come from Germany, Mexico, Czech Republic and Poland. I don't think having to go to Hawaii is going to phase them considering the maturity they have shown just to come to this country and compete at a high level. All it takes is one bowl of bad poke, and Hawaii could add a whole new degree of difficulty. Bad Poke is not possible in Hawaii.
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Post by baytree on Dec 3, 2019 23:52:51 GMT -5
WSU has so many frosh who start for them: Pukis, Timmer, Lusby, Williams, Jehlarova + Norville (DS). Plus McComber and Myers who sometimes sub in. They have players that come from Germany, Mexico, Czech Republic and Poland. I don't think having to go to Hawaii is going to phase them considering the maturity they have shown just to come to this country and compete at a high level. I agree with that. I'm very impressed with how well this team has gelled with so many frosh from so many places and so little time to work together and learn WSU's gameplay, being in college, being in the USA, etc. But I think their play has been uneven this season. That's not surprising: most good frosh players are great one minute and making a freshwoman mistake the next. I've seen it with Kipp at Stanford, Owes at USC, Kubik at Nebraska, Hellivg at Hawaii, and from other players on many teams just this season. It's pretty remarkable that WSU has been able to accomplish as much as they have this season IMO.
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Post by trojansc on Dec 3, 2019 23:55:33 GMT -5
It appears that The PAC 12 homers on this thread haven’t seen San Diego play this season. I’m in the middle on this one — my team lost to both of them. Not sure how to feel!
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Post by haw2991 on Dec 4, 2019 1:05:26 GMT -5
It appears that The PAC 12 homers on this thread haven’t seen San Diego play this season. I remember seeing the Huskies beat them pretty easily. (In SSC, by the way.) From what I remember, that match could have easily gone to 5. I think the final score was 29-27 in set 4?
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Post by haw2991 on Dec 4, 2019 1:06:20 GMT -5
All it takes is one bowl of bad poke, and Hawaii could add a whole new degree of difficulty. Bad Poke is not possible in Hawaii. Times Supermarket.....
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Dec 4, 2019 1:07:00 GMT -5
Bad Poke is not possible in Hawaii. Times Supermarket..... Times is good.
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Post by haw2991 on Dec 4, 2019 1:14:18 GMT -5
I guess it depends on what store you go too. I use to work at the Kunia branch and sometimes I felt like I was eating rubber seawater. Tanioka's is pricey but the way to go...
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 4, 2019 1:36:32 GMT -5
I remember seeing the Huskies beat them pretty easily. (In SSC, by the way.) From what I remember, that match could have easily gone to 5. I think the final score was 29-27 in set 4? Lots of things "could have" happened in this world.
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Post by haw2991 on Dec 4, 2019 2:19:47 GMT -5
From what I remember, that match could have easily gone to 5. I think the final score was 29-27 in set 4? Lots of things "could have" happened in this world. True. And the Huskies "could have" won that match easily but they did not.
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Post by raian13 on Dec 4, 2019 2:38:59 GMT -5
It appears that The PAC 12 homers on this thread haven’t seen San Diego play this season. I remember seeing the Huskies beat them pretty easily. (In SSC, by the way.) Without WCC frosh of the year Grace Frohling.
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 4, 2019 2:44:23 GMT -5
OK, congratulations folks. You successfully derailed the conversation away from the original issue. When BiK said that the "PAC-12 homers" hadn't seen San Diego this year, he seems to have forgotten that San Diego played a couple of PAC-12 teams this year already. Since that made his statement untenable, the conversation immediately shifted to something that was purely a matter of opinion, whether the 3-1 defeat of San Diego by Washington was in fact "easily" accomplished or whether it difficult.
I fell into the trap. For a while. Congrats.
Now, back to WSU and San Diego (who we have seen play....).
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Post by noblesol on Dec 4, 2019 7:59:49 GMT -5
Both WSU and USD at their best are capable of competing with the best, and both at their worst will lull their opposition into thinking all they have to do is lob the ball over and they'll self-destruct. Both teams you can't be sure what you'll get from set to set. But, USD played three tough matches already at the SSC this year, all against tournament teams, and they are a better team now. That, and there will probably be a pretty good following of USD fans that make the trip; it's an easy direct flight from Lindbergh Field. Lots of San Diegans regularly make the trip to Hawaii, and they acclimate easily and quickly, practically a second home environment for them. So, I'm going with USD, probably in four but could easily go five.
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