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Post by skolgophers on Sept 24, 2024 18:52:18 GMT -5
Hopefully they give us an alternate channel to watch the start. Fully expecting Purdue and PSU to go at least 2.5 hours.
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Post by maigrey on Sept 24, 2024 18:57:17 GMT -5
Hopefully they give us an alternate channel to watch the start. Fully expecting Purdue and PSU to go at least 2.5 hours. They may or may not - if you download the fox sports app, you will be able to see it there from the beginning. |
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Post by robtearle on Sept 24, 2024 19:08:16 GMT -5
Usually busses I believe. I couldn't find a "bright line" policy in re fly v. bus. This is the official UW travel policy as far as I can tell:
I. Transportation ...
B. The safe and efficient transportation of student-athletes is one of the Department’s top priorities. Travel to all away competitions will be done as a team, in a UW-provided mode of transportation.
A bonus fun fact from The Travel Policy:
II. Team Lodging ...
B. Each student-athlete or student worker must be provided a bed for their exclusive use ...
Go Badgers
Realizing that Ann Arbor is a somewhat longer trip, there was a Saturday match in 2021 when UW played Michigan at 4:30 PM. I was watching the stream hoping for a quick three sets, because the football team had a 7 PM kickoff, and my plan was hop on my bicycle and be to Camp Randall after VB in time for kickoff (I live pretty close by). Third set is close and I'm starting to sweat. But the Badgers finish it off 26-24. So I'm in the stadium, middle of the second quarter, and coming up the aisle I see Dana Rettke. Who I had been watching play VB in Ann Arbor maybe than two hours before! So either Dana really is superhuman, or they flew to Michigan that weekend. :-) |
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Post by badgerbreath on Sept 24, 2024 19:23:53 GMT -5
I couldn't find a "bright line" policy in re fly v. bus. This is the official UW travel policy as far as I can tell:
I. Transportation ...
B. The safe and efficient transportation of student-athletes is one of the Department’s top priorities. Travel to all away competitions will be done as a team, in a UW-provided mode of transportation.
A bonus fun fact from The Travel Policy:
II. Team Lodging ...
B. Each student-athlete or student worker must be provided a bed for their exclusive use ...
Go Badgers
Realizing that Ann Arbor is a somewhat longer trip, there was a Saturday match in 2021 when UW played Michigan at 4:30 PM. I was watching the stream hoping for a quick three sets, because the football team had a 7 PM kickoff, and my plan was hop on my bicycle and be to Camp Randall after VB in time for kickoff (I live pretty close by). Third set is close and I'm starting to sweat. But the Badgers finish it off 26-24. So I'm in the stadium, middle of the second quarter, and coming up the aisle I see Dana Rettke. Who I had been watching play VB in Ann Arbor maybe than two hours before! So either Dana really is superhuman, or they flew to Michigan that weekend. :-) My impression is based on interviews with the players discussing things that happened on the trip to and from MN. I'm not sure it happens every time, like it might be a different story middle of the school week, but they have def taken the bus more than a few times. |
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Post by JT on Sept 24, 2024 19:32:39 GMT -5
So I'm in the stadium, middle of the second quarter, and coming up the aisle I see Dana Rettke. Who I had been watching play VB in Ann Arbor maybe than two hours before! So either Dana really is superhuman, or they flew to Michigan that weekend. :-) “There is no Dana. There is only Zuul!” |
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Post by dbro1970 on Sept 24, 2024 19:38:00 GMT -5
Before I saw - and recognized the benefits of - using a pair of Ls for serve / receive, I thought that what you said was the only half-useful reason for utilizing two Liberos. It seems like a potentially risky move, though, to tie up a good serving sub to just one position, for just the benefit of a substitution-savings. Once a 'small' has come in to serve in a set, they're locked into the role for the set; they can't serve sub for a middle, and then also for a left; eg. And you can change your libero designation(s) from set to set. But I'm not talking about someone who would otherwise be used as a DS - GG, in Wisconsin's case. Maile Chan, for example, or the #3 setter, Morgan Van Wie could be a libero-SS, if their serving is enough better (no idea if they are; both have served in matches but only once (?) each). Van wie serve looked really good i thought. |
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Post by Pepperjack on Sept 24, 2024 19:54:38 GMT -5
Does anyone know if Wisconsin flies or buses to Minnesota? Usually busses I believe. Anna a posted a pic of the bus today |
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Post by robtearle on Sept 24, 2024 20:19:53 GMT -5
Usually busses I believe. Anna a posted a pic of the bus today But a bus not on a highway, or in the parking lot at the Field House, etc. Could just as easily be a bus at the airport as anywhere else. |
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Post by Burly Ives on Sept 24, 2024 20:23:07 GMT -5
Hopefully they give us an alternate channel to watch the start. Fully expecting Purdue and PSU to go at least 2.5 hours. Fox Sports app because even though some cable companies have alternate Big Ten feeds I haven't seen them get used in years. Espn is nice and provides an alternate linear option for games with a late start, fox does not. |
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Post by JT on Sept 24, 2024 20:23:09 GMT -5
Added links to the pre-match articles, and the Badger audio broadcast as well (100.5FM, which is also broadcast on the internet)
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Post by Pepperjack on Sept 24, 2024 20:57:49 GMT -5
Anna a posted a pic of the bus today But a bus not on a highway, or in the parking lot at the Field House, etc. Could just as easily be a bus at the airport as anywhere else. Why would they fly to Minnesota?? |
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Post by robtearle on Sept 24, 2024 21:10:10 GMT -5
But a bus not on a highway, or in the parking lot at the Field House, etc. Could just as easily be a bus at the airport as anywhere else. Why would they fly to Minnesota?? On a Wednesday night, for a single match? Because it's five or so hours each way, mid-week. Why WOULDN'T they fly? |
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Post by Pepperjack on Sept 24, 2024 21:13:39 GMT -5
Why would they fly to Minnesota?? On a Wednesday night, for a single match? Because it's five or so hours each way, mid-week. Why WOULDN'T they fly? One of the only drivable matches imo |
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Post by robtearle on Sept 24, 2024 21:24:41 GMT -5
On a Wednesday night, for a single match? Because it's five or so hours each way, mid-week. Why WOULDN'T they fly? One of the only drivable matches imo Sarah Franklin's instagram has a 'story' showing the same bus, photo taken out of the window of a plane, with the wing 'pointing' at the bus. www.instagram.com/stories/sarah.franklin13/3464507195183842514/ |
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Post by Pepperjack on Sept 24, 2024 21:36:19 GMT -5
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