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Post by OverAndUnder on Sept 22, 2007 23:57:35 GMT -5
So if I apply a little Pac10 logic, the fact that this was a close 5 game match means that Monday Hawai'i should come in as #6 and NMSU as #13 or something like that. or maybe NMSU drops out, hmm that is the question. hawaii MAYBE will move up. Watch the poll carefully, Wahine and Aggie fans. UH is at 13, NMSU is at 25. Washington is at 8, Oregon is at 24. UH beat NMSU in 5 close games. Washington beat Oregon in 5 close games. The situations are very similar - let's see on Monday if the winners and losers receive the same fair treatment relative to each other, regardless of whether they are WAC teams or PAC teams.
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Post by shai87 on Sept 23, 2007 0:00:05 GMT -5
or maybe NMSU drops out, hmm that is the question. hawaii MAYBE will move up. Watch the poll carefully, Wahine and Aggie fans. UH is at 13, NMSU is at 25. Washington is at 8, Oregon is at 24. UH beat NMSU in 5 close games. Washington beat Oregon in 5 close games. The situations are very similar - let's see on Monday if the winners and losers receive the same fair treatment relative to each other, regardless of whether they are WAC teams or PAC teams. hmm, yeah i believe the situations are similar. will be watching the movement on mondays poll.
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Post by italianmattd on Sept 23, 2007 0:03:40 GMT -5
how did the crowd react to Hawaii and better yet the loss? from what i understand, NMSU fans weren't friendly last year.
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Post by kolohekeiki on Sept 23, 2007 0:04:46 GMT -5
this was one heck of a match...this match definitely brought back memories of the BYU-Hawai`i match back from 1998. Glad to see the Wahine was able to pull it out at the end. They fought until the end and never gave up. Hopefully this match will help the Wahine even more knowing they can beat NMSU at home in front of a big crowd.
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Post by italianmattd on Sept 23, 2007 0:11:15 GMT -5
this was one heck of a match...this match definitely brought back memories of the BYU-Hawai`i match back from 1998. Glad to see the Wahine was able to pull it out at the end. They fought until the end and never gave up. Hopefully this match will help the Wahine even more knowing they can beat NMSU at home in front of a big crowd. Yes but let's hope they're going to refocus and they're going to grow and get better (just like last year) especially when this year's WAC tourney is in New Mexico!
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Post by kolohekeiki on Sept 23, 2007 0:14:41 GMT -5
this was one heck of a match...this match definitely brought back memories of the BYU-Hawai`i match back from 1998. Glad to see the Wahine was able to pull it out at the end. They fought until the end and never gave up. Hopefully this match will help the Wahine even more knowing they can beat NMSU at home in front of a big crowd. Yes but let's hope they're going to refocus and they're going to grow and get better (just like last year) especially when this year's WAC tourney is in New Mexico! Yes we're all hoping...hoping they didn't tire themselves out and use up all their energy because they have another big match on Monday against San Jose State. If I'm not mistaken San Jose State is pretty good and not a team to be taken lightly.
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Post by Aikea on Sept 23, 2007 0:14:56 GMT -5
When the match went to the 5th game, I felt NMSU was going to win because I figured the Hawaii players must have been fatigued from all the travel. Yesterday morning (about 9 a.m. Hawaii time), DS said in an interview that they were still in the Houston airport and after the flight they had a long bus ride to Las Cruces. I don't know how they won, but they did a great job! Let's hope they have enough energy to play San Jose on Monday!
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Post by LowVBIQ on Sept 23, 2007 0:21:19 GMT -5
When the match went to the 5th game, I felt NMSU was going to win because I figured the Hawaii players must have been fatigued from all the travel. Yesterday morning (about 9 a.m. Hawaii time), DS said in an interview that they were still in the Houston airport and after the flight they had a long bus ride to Las Cruces. I don't know how they won, but they did a great job! Let's hope they have enough energy to play San Jose on Monday! I think they will be very ready to play. It is Amber Kaufman's home town and the SJSU gym will be packed with UH fans. Last year it was awesome. San Jose will be a tough match, but the Wahine will get here tomorrow and rest.
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Post by shai87 on Sept 23, 2007 0:21:23 GMT -5
When the match went to the 5th game, I felt NMSU was going to win because I figured the Hawaii players must have been fatigued from all the travel. Yesterday morning (about 9 a.m. Hawaii time), DS said in an interview that they were still in the Houston airport and after the flight they had a long bus ride to Las Cruces. I don't know how they won, but they did a great job! Let's hope they have enough energy to play San Jose on Monday! they travel far, and yeah i thought they was gonna lose when they went to a 5th, but than again i knew hawaii would wanna win this game pretty badly. i think they will be fine on monday, kaufman and brandt are from cali so they for sure will have their family there. i think gregorys family drives to see the game too. but there is caroline blood, elise duggins, and stephanie ferrell who also live in california. i mean even though they never make the trip, maybe their family would still support the rest of the girls, if thats so that there will be tons of hawaii fans there. but anyways, how was the crowd? same as last seasons?
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Post by italianmattd on Sept 23, 2007 0:23:19 GMT -5
That's what I want to know too!
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Post by kolohekeiki on Sept 23, 2007 0:23:51 GMT -5
When the match went to the 5th game, I felt NMSU was going to win because I figured the Hawaii players must have been fatigued from all the travel. Yesterday morning (about 9 a.m. Hawaii time), DS said in an interview that they were still in the Houston airport and after the flight they had a long bus ride to Las Cruces. I don't know how they won, but they did a great job! Let's hope they have enough energy to play San Jose on Monday! I think it was all heart and will because they didn't want the same thing to happen from last year so they were determined to fight till the end. I'm really glad that we pulled out this match because I was really skeptical that we could win because of the way we've been playing. New Mexico State is an awesome team and a great addition to the WAC.
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Post by shai87 on Sept 23, 2007 0:25:18 GMT -5
That's what I want to know too! will we ever have that question answered?
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Post by kolohekeiki on Sept 23, 2007 0:31:56 GMT -5
some of the posts in this thread said that it sounded like the crowd was pretty loud as they referred to the crowd as being boisterous (sp)...i don't know if that kinda answers your question or what...and in another post it said the crowd was under seven thousand.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 23, 2007 0:35:49 GMT -5
the crowd was probably less in your face since they were in the Pan Am Arena, and not in a high school gym like last year ...
but the crowd (as far as the live video feed is concerned) was really into the match. they were loud, and celebrated every great play by NMSU and every mistake by the Wahine ...
if i remember from last year, the really rowdy/rude fans were some younger folks (probably people who weren't the typical Aggie fan, especially since they weren't playing at their usual venue).
but tonight, the fans seemed very active --- probably the usual Aggie fans. a lot of families in the crowd, it looked like ... and well apparently a bunch of couples too (since the gimmick during t/o's apparently was for the camera to zoom in on a couple, and keep filming them until they kiss ... very cute and sickening at the same time ... lol!)
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Post by 2 cents on Sept 23, 2007 0:49:00 GMT -5
Tough win but I'll take it. WAC tournament's going to be harder.
Good win Wahine!
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