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Post by Makawao on Mar 1, 2004 18:45:26 GMT -5
Better than going to the movies...tough match. Emotion the double edge sword I think got the best of UH. They got spanked in game 1 like I have never seen. That is not how the #1 rank team in the nation plays. Ouch...The BYU games is really going to determine If UH makes or breaks it...
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Post by warriordudette88 on Mar 2, 2004 1:18:23 GMT -5
As far as the comments on Pena... my assessment is that in Saturday's match the UH fans wanted to cheer or jeer about something. Little was going right for them, and, wanting to be an effective 7th man, they boo'd him everytime he went back to serve. There was a lot made of it in the local papers. Even the TV announcers made note of it. Pena comes to play. He is an emotional player and is always talking and cheering. Nowhere did I ever see or hear about him making any gestures to warrant it. It seemed to me they just wanted to try to upset his game. It only resulted in him serving two key aces that were shown on the sport highlights later in the news shows. I took it as a sign of respect (in a weird way) to Pena. I'd bet he'd say the same. They think enough of him to know they have to upset his game. It didn't work. GloryB, I know Pena well enough to know he would not flick off anyone. Your comment "sounds like something..." is just plain wrong. What the heck compels you to say something so disingenous on a board like this when you have no reason nor proof to put that out there. Please post responsibly. whether or not pena did anything, with the rivalry such as it is, the fans are waiting for them to do anything that will justify a boo. i guess he just got lucky on saturday.
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Post by lalalaluuuke on Mar 2, 2004 15:13:46 GMT -5
I listened to the matches on KKEA-Scott Robbs. Boy he could sure teach some of the other broadcast announcers a thing or two. (Though I am certainly grateful for their broadcasts.) It's just nice to know what happened instead of hearing them scream for 7 seconds. Listening to both coaches, it sounds like they were both disappointed that their teams didn't play up to their potentials. That's what happens though when you play another top team. Both averages tend to drop. Props to UCLA for the split at Hawaii. It is certainly one tough place to play. I think Hawaii did a good job of stepping up after playing a weaker schedule up to that point. Fortunately for them they played these games at home or I think they might have lost the first night too. As a BYU fan of course, I was hoping for the split.
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Post by cougarize on Mar 2, 2004 15:41:09 GMT -5
As a BYU fan of course, I was hoping for the split. As another BYU fan, I was hoping for the split too!
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Post by roy on Mar 2, 2004 17:36:58 GMT -5
I listened to the matches on KKEA-Scott Robbs. Boy he could sure teach some of the other broadcast announcers a thing or two. (Though I am certainly grateful for their broadcasts.) It's just nice to know what happened instead of hearing them scream for 7 seconds. Listening to both coaches, it sounds like they were both disappointed that their teams didn't play up to their potentials. That's what happens though when you play another top team. Both averages tend to drop. Props to UCLA for the split at Hawaii. It is certainly one tough place to play. I think Hawaii did a good job of stepping up after playing a weaker schedule up to that point. Fortunately for them they played these games at home or I think they might have lost the first night too. As a BYU fan of course, I was hoping for the split. Both coaches were disappointed because the volleyball wasn't the greatest. You can tell when two good teams go at it and each starts to prevent the other from running their game. Unfortunately, this wasn't it. There were some great plays and both teams did a decent job of keeping each other in check, but both teams also shot themselves in the foot. As I said earlier, either team could have swept the other that night. Neither team really did a great job with crisp plays all night long. I expected it from Hawaii, as they are a young team who is playing their someone in the current top 5 for the first time. I expected a bit better from UCLA, who has already played the likes of Long Beach and Pepperdine. It is still pretty early in the season, so both teams have a lot of time to work on their game.
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