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Post by hornshouse23 on Sept 16, 2024 13:12:27 GMT -5
I'm not seeing Wisconsin and Kansas over Texas. Texas handled Wisconsin pretty easily and Kansas's schedule has been good but not comparable to Texas's. But I'm glad Arizona St didn't drop much after getting swept by a strong Nebraska team. Let me help you see Wisconsin over Texas. Wisconsin lost to the then No. 1, No. 4, and No. 6 teams. They beat a ranked TCU and Baylor teams. No losses to unranked teams like Texas has. Also, Wisconsins loss to Louisville was on a very bad serving night for them. The loss to Texas was in four sets, the first went to 30 points and the second was pulled out by Texas late. Wisconsin had injuries, including one to Julia Orzol that required them to start a true freshman at OH1 in all three of their first three matches and also an injury to Anna Smrek. And, they were experimenting with using two liberos, which has since been put aside in favor of the true freshman Lola Schumaker playing full time as libero. People are looking to those first three games and thinking Wisconsin isn't that good this year, and this Badger fan is going to be so happy when they show they are still a factor. See it however you want, but all you did was make excuses for why Wisconsin was terrible for a few weeks, and inconsistent. You can use those same one-offs to defend any team. |
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Post by Reach on Sept 16, 2024 13:32:04 GMT -5
Strange that Stanford is getting less number 1 votes than PSU and isn't closer to Pitt in that category. Seems like Stanford keeps winning against top opponents when others aren't.... cough cough, Pitt.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2024 13:36:42 GMT -5
We typically do not move teams down if they have not lost, so I'm wondering why Pitt was moved down by several voters. Penn State moved down by 1 and swept all 3 matches this past weekend. I'm fine with it, however; I prefer going into the Wed. match vs. Pitt as the underdog. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2024 13:42:02 GMT -5
I'm not seeing Wisconsin and Kansas over Texas. Texas handled Wisconsin pretty easily and Kansas's schedule has been good but not comparable to Texas's. But I'm glad Arizona St didn't drop much after getting swept by a strong Nebraska team. Let me help you see Wisconsin over Texas. Wisconsin lost to the then No. 1, No. 4, and No. 6 teams. They beat a ranked TCU and Baylor teams. No losses to unranked teams like Texas has. Also, Wisconsins loss to Louisville was on a very bad serving night for them. The loss to Texas was in four sets, the first went to 30 points and the second was pulled out by Texas late. Wisconsin had injuries, including one to Julia Orzol that required them to start a true freshman at OH1 in all three of their first three matches and also an injury to Anna Smrek. And, they were experimenting with using two liberos, which has since been put aside in favor of the true freshman Lola Schumaker playing full time as libero. People are looking to those first three games and thinking Wisconsin isn't that good this year, and this Badger fan is going to be so happy when they show they are still a factor. That's a lot of excuses packed into one paragraph.    |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2024 13:42:18 GMT -5
The weekly 'outrage' post is getting old. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2024 13:45:08 GMT -5
Strange that Stanford is getting less number 1 votes than PSU and isn't closer to Pitt in that category. Seems like Stanford keeps winning against top opponents when others aren't.... cough cough, Pitt. Since last week, Penn State lost 9 first place votes, Pitt gained 5, and Stanford gained 2. Pitt has yet to lose a set, but I hear you. |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 16, 2024 14:45:52 GMT -5
adding to the chaos... here's my ballot. (i wasn't able to vote the past 2 weeks while traveling, so there was a lot of 'data' to take in to be able to jump in and vote again ... )
Rank Week 3
1 Pittsburgh
2 Stanford
3 Penn St
4 Louisville
5 Nebraska
6 Purdue
7 Wisconsin
8 Creighton
9 Kansas
10 Oregon
11 Kentucky
12 Arizona St
13 TCU
14 Minnesota
15 Texas
16 Georgia Tech
17 SMU
18 Baylor
19 Florida
20 Auburn
21 Tennessee
22 Florida St
23 Washington
24 Hawaii
25 Marquette
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Post by blue10 on Sept 16, 2024 14:50:07 GMT -5
Strange that Stanford is getting less number 1 votes than PSU and isn't closer to Pitt in that category. Seems like Stanford keeps winning against top opponents when others aren't.... cough cough, Pitt. I do not understand the Pitt hate 😭 their schedule hasn’t been THAT bad lol…. Oregon and usc on the road and they killed both. They also deserve some benefit of the doubt considering they have gone to straight 3 final fours so it’s not like it’s some Mickey Mouse pretend team… they literally haven’t dropped a set this season and have MURDERED everyone in their path so far including some teams Stanford dropped sets too. Like say what you want about the wins but like they sure are PLAYING like a top team |
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Post by JJVb on Sept 16, 2024 14:50:39 GMT -5
BYU should not be ranked imo. They have no ranked wins and lost to USD. So why ya'll ranking them lol. Other teams like Washington are more deserving at this time.
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Post by vergyltantor on Sept 16, 2024 14:51:50 GMT -5
The weekly 'outrage' post is getting old. 👎👎👎 |
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Post by dbro1970 on Sept 16, 2024 14:53:50 GMT -5
Let me help you see Wisconsin over Texas. Wisconsin lost to the then No. 1, No. 4, and No. 6 teams. They beat a ranked TCU and Baylor teams. No losses to unranked teams like Texas has. Also, Wisconsins loss to Louisville was on a very bad serving night for them. The loss to Texas was in four sets, the first went to 30 points and the second was pulled out by Texas late. Wisconsin had injuries, including one to Julia Orzol that required them to start a true freshman at OH1 in all three of their first three matches and also an injury to Anna Smrek. And, they were experimenting with using two liberos, which has since been put aside in favor of the true freshman Lola Schumaker playing full time as libero. People are looking to those first three games and thinking Wisconsin isn't that good this year, and this Badger fan is going to be so happy when they show they are still a factor. See it however you want, but all you did was make excuses for why Wisconsin was terrible for a few weeks, and inconsistent. You can use those same one-offs to defend any team. As you do for Texas, I was giving the other side. |
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Post by jwvolley on Sept 16, 2024 14:59:32 GMT -5
We typically do not move teams down if they have not lost, so I'm wondering why Pitt was moved down by several voters. Lmao @ Hornshouse liking this post when last year he was ok with the idea of ranking a multi-loss Stanford above a Nebraska team that 1. Was undefeated 2. Had beaten Stanford on Stanford's home court |
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Post by hopefuldawg on Sept 16, 2024 15:03:00 GMT -5
See it however you want, but all you did was make excuses for why Wisconsin was terrible for a few weeks, and inconsistent. You can use those same one-offs to defend any team. As you do for Texas, I was giving the other side. Texas lost two 5-set games against teams who are/were ranked and played well against other top teams, were swept by a team everyone considers to be in the top 3, and beat Wisconsin. No excuses. |
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Post by hornshouse23 on Sept 16, 2024 15:03:39 GMT -5
We typically do not move teams down if they have not lost, so I'm wondering why Pitt was moved down by several voters. Lmao @ Hornshouse liking this post when last year he was ok with the idea of ranking a multi-loss Stanford above a Nebraska team that 1. Was undefeated 2. Had beaten Stanford on Stanford's home court I was critical of that Nebraska team last year because they were pulling out shaky wins and dropping sets to teams they had no business being competitive with. They played down a lot last season, and that was my observation. Pitt hasn’t lost a set, so I don’t see the need to leapfrog them, sorry. |
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Post by jwvolley on Sept 16, 2024 15:13:16 GMT -5
Lmao @ Hornshouse liking this post when last year he was ok with the idea of ranking a multi-loss Stanford above a Nebraska team that 1. Was undefeated 2. Had beaten Stanford on Stanford's home court I was critical of that Nebraska team last year because they were pulling out shaky wins and dropping sets to teams they had no business being competitive with. They played down a lot last season, and that was my observation. Pitt hasn’t lost a set, so I don’t see the need to leapfrog them, sorry. You were critical because you had an agenda. It is incredibly difficult to do what Nebraska did for much of last year. In any case, the OP seemed perplexed why someone would move down a team who hasn't lost a match. I found it funny to see you liking that post.  |
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