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Post by naujack85 on Sept 17, 2024 10:06:12 GMT -5
Yu channels her inner Arina. Harvey joins the party. Stanford in 4 please I expect a Stanford win. I hope Nebraska makes me come correct, but Miner is proof of how a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ setter (Spicer, Lloyd, Poulter) can significantly elevate a team and make her hitters All-Americans. The real question is…do I bring my USA volleyball (with autographs from legends like Gamova, Tom, Hooker, Arrighetti, Boskovic, Sheilla, KYK, Zhu, and Ognjenovic) to the match tomorrow to ask Miner to sign after the match or wait until after her first inevitable start for Team USA? 🤩 Gotta have that indie clout before she makes it big "I've liked her since her first album 😒"
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Post by Sbilo on Sept 17, 2024 10:22:58 GMT -5
I mean, this will be played at Nebraska. That home crowd will help the huskers take this match. So I expect a Nebraska win.
For Stanford, are we going to finally see Blyashov play? Let’s see..
Kami Miner is a star and while Nebraska has an all-star line up (of 3 number 1 in their respective classes in their team and all of those #2, #3 and so on), I think she will make this match very interesting..
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Post by stanfordvb on Sept 17, 2024 10:32:50 GMT -5
He is an undergrad student at Nebraska… if he was a D1 men’s player… he’d be at a school with a D1 men’s program. It's probably true that he's not (didn't see it), but like, there are a lot of "D-I"-level men's players not at D-I programs or who don't play because of lack of $$$ and opportunities. They either go to ole State U and give up the sport or end up on the roster at random bible colleges they would never otherwise step foot on. this is the dark side / error within title IX imo…. Puts a chokehold around almost all potential growth of ncaa mens volleyball
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Post by leftcoaster71 on Sept 17, 2024 10:36:25 GMT -5
Stanford in 5. Nebraska ends up bringing knives to a hair dryer fight.
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Post by belgianhusker on Sept 17, 2024 11:33:37 GMT -5
I'm hoping for : - 5 sets of amazing volleyball in which both sides need to dig deep
- Crazy floor defense and long rallies
- At least 35 kills by Andi Jackson hitting .850
- Merritt on fire
- At least a full set of Taylor Landfair. Would love to see her against elite opposition.
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Post by Big 🔴 Energy on Sept 17, 2024 12:06:14 GMT -5
I expect a Stanford win. I hope Nebraska makes me come correct, but Miner is proof of how a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ setter (Spicer, Lloyd, Poulter) can significantly elevate a team and make her hitters All-Americans. The real question is…do I bring my USA volleyball (with autographs from legends like Gamova, Tom, Hooker, Arrighetti, Boskovic, Sheilla, KYK, Zhu, and Ognjenovic) to the match tomorrow to ask Miner to sign after the match or wait until after her first inevitable start for Team USA? 🤩 Gotta have that indie clout before she makes it big "I've liked her since her first album 😒" See, you get it! 🥲 I do have a signature from Rhamat on the same ball from 2017, thinking she was going to go big professionally. No regrets, though, as there are plenty of indie bands and groups I follow that haven’t gone mainstream that are still gems to me. Rhamat will always be that 💎.
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Post by maigrey on Sept 17, 2024 12:16:21 GMT -5
Gotta have that indie clout before she makes it big "I've liked her since her first album 😒" See, you get it! 🥲 I do have a signature from Rhamat on the same ball from 2017, thinking she was going to go big professionally. No regrets, though, as there are plenty of indie bands and groups I follow that haven’t gone mainstream that are still gems to me. Rhamat will always be that 💎. I say, if it will make you happy to have the signature, go for it. Really the question is, would you regret not having it more than actually having it?
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Post by Big 🔴 Energy on Sept 17, 2024 13:11:41 GMT -5
See, you get it! 🥲 I do have a signature from Rhamat on the same ball from 2017, thinking she was going to go big professionally. No regrets, though, as there are plenty of indie bands and groups I follow that haven’t gone mainstream that are still gems to me. Rhamat will always be that 💎. I say, if it will make you happy to have the signature, go for it. Really the question is, would you regret not having it more than actually having it? For sure, the ball is here on my desk at home, and whenever I’m having a meh moment at work, I look at it and smile with nostalgia. Rhamat’s signature in particular reminds me of NCAA volleyball from the mid-2010s, which had so many great teams and players from that decade. 💎🏐✨
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Post by haterade on Sept 17, 2024 13:39:01 GMT -5
It's probably true that he's not (didn't see it), but like, there are a lot of "D-I"-level men's players not at D-I programs or who don't play because of lack of $$$ and opportunities. They either go to ole State U and give up the sport or end up on the roster at random bible colleges they would never otherwise step foot on. I also think the serving game between men and women are so different that it's hard to replicate really good women's serves with men even if they are D1 level players. Most men aren't high velocity float servers. Men's serves tend to me much more about spin. This is key as well. It’s not easy to play to a competitive level but not all out. We’ve had various levels and abilities of practice players over the years and the team’s serve receive is not correlated with their ability. And Jordan isn’t going to use the last quality swings of her life in a practice setting.
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Post by eastbeachwestcoast on Sept 17, 2024 13:49:27 GMT -5
I watched Stanford play against UCSB last week and was not very impressed by that team that showed up, they were not playing very inspired or clean. I was also struck by how short the team is overall minus the two middles. However, how they showed up against Texas was a different team. I’m interested to see how they fare in the Bob.
I’m hoping for Nebraska in 4 if Bergen can exploit the slower block of Stanford with her arsenal of hitters I could even see it going 3.
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Post by badgercard on Sept 17, 2024 14:31:29 GMT -5
Wow are there that many husker fans on VT for many of those votes going to nebraska beating probably the best team in the nation rn lmao Definitely more NE fans than Stanford. most Stanford fans are on their breathing machines in the old folks home- not on VT
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Post by blue10 on Sept 17, 2024 14:40:40 GMT -5
Definitely more NE fans than Stanford. most Stanford fans are on their breathing machines in the old folks home- not on VT that is insane to say when their opponent is like the poster child of team with old ass fans
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Post by badgercard on Sept 17, 2024 14:43:34 GMT -5
most Stanford fans are on their breathing machines in the old folks home- not on VT that is insane to say when their opponent is like the poster child of team with old ass fans not entirely, Nebraska's became very likeable with the younger crowd. (the joke is that i'm a Stanford fan)
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Post by azsker on Sept 17, 2024 15:45:24 GMT -5
most Stanford fans are on their breathing machines in the old folks home- not on VT that is insane to say when their opponent is like the poster child of team with old ass fans …don’t allow decades of season ticket holders that haven’t given them up confuse you. Nebraska has fans of all ages, and I’d argue the state does better at getting their youth to love volleyball more than any other state.
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Post by rjaege on Sept 17, 2024 18:29:41 GMT -5
most Stanford fans are on their breathing machines in the old folks home- not on VT that is insane to say when their opponent is like the poster child of team with old ass fans Definitely some rivalry smack talk going down here
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