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Post by cornfarmer on Oct 14, 2024 12:21:53 GMT -5
strange. Oh well. Will bravely post here. 1. Penn State 2. Pitt 3. Creighton 4. Nebraska 5. Purdue 6. Kansas 7. SMU 8. Texas 9. Louisville 10. Stanford 11. Oregon 12. Wisconsin 13. Arizona state 14. TCU 15. Dayton 16. USC 17. Minnesota 18. Georgia Tech 19. Auburn 20. UCLA 21. Florida state 22. Washington 23. Baylor 24. Utah 25. UNC You feel that nebraska played that poorly against Purdue that Creighton is now better than them? |
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Post by coachk2 on Oct 14, 2024 12:26:37 GMT -5
You made a snide comment about Purdue, so I did what I had to do. It's called "cause and effect" 🥂 actually I was very nice to Purdue. Ask coachk2 me and him had a great in person discussion where I gave massive credit to Purdue ! Now ucla pissed me off last night so I’m canceling them Very true 😳 he is getting much better about really realizing how great Purdue is playing 😂 Now they should beat UCLA Thurs night to complete his transition 😂 Boiler Up 💛🚂🏐 |
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Post by vbprisoner on Oct 14, 2024 12:26:54 GMT -5
The SMU season seems unexplainable - or at least I am open to an explanation? I think the Hawaii and LMU losses are odd based on the SMU talent, and quality wins they have achieved, but are explainable. c4ndle pointed out the 7 super seniors and they all were new to the SMU team so it may take several matches to get chemistry. First loss - 8/30 1st match of season ~ Hawaii 3-2 - Take 8 1/2 hour flight to Hawaii 8/28 and get in late afternoon. Try and get adjusted to time change and practice 8/29 and then play Hawaii 8/30. Even if Hawaii is going to be an average team... there are ranked teams that travel to Hawaii in pre-season and at least one always gets a loss. Last 10 years Baylor, UCLA, Florida, San Diego, Washington, USC, etc.. SMU had not had a game with their 8 new players yet and lost 3-2 but outscored Hawaii by double digits, out hit, dug, and blocked them but some how lost. Then play San Diego on 8/31 and win 3-1 ***Fly back 8 1/2 hours on 9/01 and get in late night to DFW and recover on 9/02 and practice. Then on 9/03 (less than 48 hours from being in Hawaii) destroy a #2 ranked Nebraska team that was in front of a crowd of over 6500 fans and anyone that was there will tell you it was about 50/50 Nebraska fans to SMU fans. This was an impressive win. Second loss - 9/7 LMU - Only way to explain this is poor scheduling with traveling to/from Hawaii and having 6 matches in 9 days and one of the nine days was an 8 1/2 hour flight back from Hawaii. After Nebraska win they had off on 9/04 but practiced; they had matches on 9/05, 9/06, and LMU on 9/07 and lost 3-2. They just ran out of steam. Third loss was to Kentucky and can't really explain that loss but Kentucky is a pretty good team and was ranked #10 at the time. SMU has swept Nebraska, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Clemson, and Syracuse. As long as everyone is healthy it will not surprise me if they beat Stanford this Wednesday. |
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Post by bigfan on Oct 14, 2024 12:29:48 GMT -5
No teams from the WCC or Big West ranked in the Top 25 but I would think maybe LMU, Washington St, Cal Poly and long Beach St would be in the Top 40.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Oct 14, 2024 12:30:41 GMT -5
strange. Oh well. Will bravely post here. 1. Penn State 2. Pitt 3. Creighton 4. Nebraska 5. Purdue 6. Kansas 7. SMU 8. Texas 9. Louisville 10. Stanford 11. Oregon 12. Wisconsin 13. Arizona state 14. TCU 15. Dayton 16. USC 17. Minnesota 18. Georgia Tech 19. Auburn 20. UCLA 21. Florida state 22. Washington 23. Baylor 24. Utah 25. UNC You feel that nebraska played that poorly against Purdue that Creighton is now better than them? creighton did better than Nebraska did against Purdue. The margins are razor thin at this point. |
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Post by cornfarmer on Oct 14, 2024 12:35:55 GMT -5
You feel that nebraska played that poorly against Purdue that Creighton is now better than them? creighton did better than Nebraska did against Purdue. The margins are razor thin at this point. fair enough. I was just curious of your thought process. |
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Post by mrshusker on Oct 14, 2024 12:54:32 GMT -5
You feel that nebraska played that poorly against Purdue that Creighton is now better than them? creighton did better than Nebraska did against Purdue. The margins are razor thin at this point. Nebraska did better vs Creighton, than Creighton did vs Nebraska. |
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Post by gobigredno1 on Oct 14, 2024 12:59:26 GMT -5
So many teams can be placed in so many different spots as each week someone may be looking strong and then the next week they don't do as much. Also everyone matches up with other teams differently then others
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Post by hornshouse23 on Oct 14, 2024 13:19:30 GMT -5
creighton did better than Nebraska did against Purdue. The margins are razor thin at this point. Nebraska did better vs Creighton, than Creighton did vs Nebraska. it went 5, was super close, and was over a month ago. As I said it’s razor thin, but the most recent comparison data point has creighton just ahead for me |
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Post by knapplc on Oct 14, 2024 13:28:54 GMT -5
This is an outrage.
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Post by houstonbear15 on Oct 14, 2024 13:37:32 GMT -5
strange. Oh well. Will bravely post here. 1. Penn State 2. Pitt 3. Creighton 4. Nebraska 5. Purdue 6. Kansas 7. SMU 8. Texas 9. Louisville 10. Stanford 11. Oregon 12. Wisconsin 13. Arizona state 14. TCU 15. Dayton 16. USC 17. Minnesota 18. Georgia Tech 19. Auburn 20. UCLA 21. Florida state 22. Washington 23. Baylor 24. Utah 25. UNC Baylor (10-6, 2-3) over Utah (15-2, 5-1) is an interesting choice, especially after Utah just beat BU pretty handily. Tbh, I was pretty surprised to see Baylor ranked at all in the VT poll after 3 straight losses, but I did have them at #25 myself. |
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Post by babyhusker on Oct 14, 2024 13:44:40 GMT -5
strange. Oh well. Will bravely post here. 1. Penn State 2. Pitt 3. Creighton 4. Nebraska 5. Purdue 6. Kansas 7. SMU 8. Texas 9. Louisville 10. Stanford 11. Oregon 12. Wisconsin 13. Arizona state 14. TCU 15. Dayton 16. USC 17. Minnesota 18. Georgia Tech 19. Auburn 20. UCLA 21. Florida state 22. Washington 23. Baylor 24. Utah 25. UNC Why Purdue over Kansas when Kansas beat them less than a month ago and hasn’t dropped a match since? |
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Post by mrshusker on Oct 14, 2024 13:45:55 GMT -5
Nebraska did better vs Creighton, than Creighton did vs Nebraska. it went 5, was super close, and was over a month ago. As I said it’s razor thin, but the most recent comparison data point has creighton just ahead for me Nebraska did better than Creighton did against Louisville. Your rankings are your rankings, I was just pointing out that to me H2H > comparing same opponents. |
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Post by WahineFan44 on Oct 14, 2024 13:54:18 GMT -5
creighton did better than Nebraska did against Purdue. The margins are razor thin at this point. Nebraska did better vs Creighton, than Creighton did vs Nebraska. Nebraska beat Creighton in five at home. It could of went any other way. I would of had nebraska at 2 still, but its not inconvevable to have them ranked lower than creighton. This season teams are so tight, even the team we THOUGHT was unbeatable lost |
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Post by jwvolley on Oct 14, 2024 14:00:42 GMT -5
Nebraska did better vs Creighton, than Creighton did vs Nebraska. Nebraska beat Creighton in five at home. It could of went any other way. I would of had nebraska at 2 still, but its not inconvevable to have them ranked lower than creighton. This season teams are so tight, even the team we THOUGHT was unbeatable lost It is absolutely inconceivable to have them ranked below creighton lol. Nebraska has the head to head over creighton for the billionth time Nebraska swept Louisville in Louisville, who’s creighton’s only other loss Nebraska has less losses Nebraska has way more top wins (8 ranked wins versus 3) and creighton doesn’t even have the opportunity to get more from this point on bc of their conference |
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