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Post by Hawk Attack on Oct 12, 2017 1:13:07 GMT -5
We were at the match. We sit behind the scorer's table. I saw the touch live, and saw it again on the monitor that shows the video angle as the official is reviewing. She didn't take long to overturn the call. This wasn't a fishing expedition. The evidence was there. You notice that the Huskers didn't challenge or protest or anything. The touch happened. 100% agree. We too were at the match sitting right on the net. It was pretty obvious there was a touch. I'm really surprised the refs didn't see it Live. Regardless, you saw it on the face of the Nebraska blocker. When they huddled, you knew the call would be overturned. It was one of the quicker replay reviews all year. I'm really surprised people would question it. Perhaps the BTN didn't have the angle they showed on the big screen. It seemed pretty obvious it was a touch. I know the Nebraska team acted like they expected it to be overturned. You could see it on the BTN broadcast too, the male accouncer sounded like he saw it but then got talked out of it by the Michigan grad. I think it was the radio folks who might’ve had a poor angle of it. |
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Post by brybast on Oct 12, 2017 4:08:41 GMT -5
The broadcasters emphasized that the officials have access to additional camera angles. We're not in a position to call it egregious. I've often wondered why TV doesn't have access to the cameras that the refs see. Surely someone at BTN is smart enough to figure out how to do that. It's quite possible that consolidating the camera sources available to officials and broadcasters will be a later step in the implementation process of the challenge system. Last year only a small minority of schools had the system available. This year it's most schools, but it's clearly still very much a work in progress. I'm sure the decision-makers in the NCAA would love to have a system like the FIVB's, which was only developed over a long process of testing (and at great expense). |
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Post by rainbowbadger on Oct 12, 2017 5:02:28 GMT -5
100% agree. We too were at the match sitting right on the net. It was pretty obvious there was a touch. I'm really surprised the refs didn't see it Live. Regardless, you saw it on the face of the Nebraska blocker. When they huddled, you knew the call would be overturned. It was one of the quicker replay reviews all year. I'm really surprised people would question it. Perhaps the BTN didn't have the angle they showed on the big screen. It seemed pretty obvious it was a touch. I know the Nebraska team acted like they expected it to be overturned. You could see it on the BTN broadcast too, the male accouncer sounded like he saw it but then got talked out of it by the Michigan grad. I think it was the radio folks who might’ve had a poor angle of it. The radio broadcasters sit in the upper deck and don't have a monitor of the TV broadcast, so yeah, unless it was egregious, they'd've missed it. |
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Post by plm on Oct 12, 2017 5:57:11 GMT -5
Foecke didn't have the best match I have seen from her, but Clark helped in that by digging some rockets. Foecke actually had one of her best matches this year by hitting .242. Except for the Rutgers match when she hit over .500 Foecke hasn't hit this well since she hit .242 in the 2nd match against UCLA on 9/9. |
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Post by bkedane on Oct 12, 2017 6:19:05 GMT -5
So shocking that for this match Sheffield stuck with what he's judged to be his best lineup. I thought he'd switch to a lineup preferred by volleytalk experts based on their extensive observations of the team.
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Post by wiscvball on Oct 12, 2017 6:24:42 GMT -5
I don't recall the Badgers running Duello in the middle once on a two ball. Anyone else? That's a play they had beat to death before this match and tonight they were much more intentional about keeping her on the right side and using her there.
Never seen Hilley backset as much in a match as tonight.
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Post by Wiswell on Oct 12, 2017 6:59:21 GMT -5
That was clearly not a touch. I was at the game. It was a touch. |
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Post by Wiswell on Oct 12, 2017 7:00:32 GMT -5
Congrats to Badgers. It is a shame on that overturn and carry. A 5th set would have been fun. Makes up for the missed two on Neb. |
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Post by Wiswell on Oct 12, 2017 7:45:14 GMT -5
Man. It would have been depressing around here if the badgers had lost. I'm glad they won, if only because I don't have to lift everyone's spirits anymore. I'm glad you don't have to pick us up off the floor. ;) Have to say the fans did a better job this evening too...only got quiet at the end of the 3rd when the wheels came off. Otherwise, an intense crowd that pushed when things got tight. Yay, Badger fans!...so glad the students showed up! My ears were ringing for the next 2 hours. I was worried they would be that way for hours. To the Husker fans in my section, thanks for coming. Hope we treated you ok, although you did block my view on set point of set 3. ;-) |
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Post by Wiswell on Oct 12, 2017 7:51:02 GMT -5
So shocking that for this match Sheffield stuck with what he's judged to be his best lineup. I thought he'd switch to a lineup preferred by volleytalk experts based on their extensive observations of the team. Well actually he did change the lineup a little. Dodge appears to be hurt, which may explain her play of late, so Bell came in for Gillis in the first couple sets to serve. Later it was A-mac. Gillis came back in after the serve. She was targeted on SR and did admirably. As an aside, Clark is so-so on serve receive, which is a surprise. |
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Post by SportyBucky on Oct 12, 2017 7:53:42 GMT -5
This was a good match. Badgers served tough. Note that in set 3 when we stopped making service errors, the Huskers had their way with things. We stopped serving aggressively. I'll take higher errors if it gets us aggression from the service line. We'll get it dialed in. Props to Syd for running a gutsy offense and setting the risky sets. Props to Gilly for handling her business in serve receive. Props to Bates for being a rock on the court. HUGE props to Madison for blocking well and hitting smart. I'm glad the Huskers didn't just roll over. I'm glad they put up a fight. The Badgers needed to prove to themselves that they could come back and dig deep and win in these situations. On Wisconsin! Here is something to think about since I don't have to be positive anymore. First, the badgers won set two going away with only 7 kills. That is really strange. Second, in each of the last two sets, Neb hit ~0.370. So the late game defensive woes are still there. The block disappeared again. I'm thinking its either exhaustion, or lack of adjustment from the block. What was different is that UW hit almost 0.380 in that last set. That is grit right there - at least on the offensive side. When one aspect of your game is not working - or you're taking the best shot the opponents give, you give back.
So my take is that there are still problems, as there are on the husker side of the net, but props to the team for fighting through them tonight.Our inability to block, I believe, is a direct result of better passing, worse serving. Hunter has three options on every play and it's near to impossible to close the block witohut guessing. |
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Post by SportyBucky on Oct 12, 2017 7:56:49 GMT -5
So shocking that for this match Sheffield stuck with what he's judged to be his best lineup. I thought he'd switch to a lineup preferred by volleytalk experts based on their extensive observations of the team. It's not as if Sheffield didn't make changes. Maybe it was based on ME's injury, but I think Dodd's defense and ME's just plain lack of speed are known. There's just not much he can do about it. Maybe Gillis is an option if we hide her a few rotations. Maybe Sheffield lit a fire under Duello's butt and told her to start playing like she was going to be riding the bench. Who knows. Just glad the lineup worked, other than the passing woes. |
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Post by SportyBucky on Oct 12, 2017 7:58:46 GMT -5
With replay, players don't typically walk away from a play convinced of a touch without there being one. There are now consequences. The real question is whether the video angle and resolution pick it up.
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Post by BuckysHeat on Oct 12, 2017 8:14:01 GMT -5
Our inability to block, I believe, is a direct result of better passing, worse serving. Hunter has three options on every play and it's near to impossible to close the block witohut guessing. As somebody else pointed out the serving game was not as tough in the third set, Wis was sending every serve right down the middle and Hunter was getting great options. I know I complain a lot about that many missed serves but it seemed the Badger were playing it safe in the third and the result was a 25-17 set loss. Once again though, Minnesota is able to put a lot of pressure on the receivers without having a 15% error rate (or a 28% in the first set for Wisc). However it was a wash as Neb had as many net calls and missed serves combined as the Badgers had serve errors in the first 2 sets. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Oct 12, 2017 8:46:34 GMT -5
So shocking that for this match Sheffield stuck with what he's judged to be his best lineup. I thought he'd switch to a lineup preferred by volleytalk experts based on their extensive observations of the team. Well actually he did change the lineup a little. Dodge appears to be hurt, which may explain her play of late, so Bell came in for Gillis in the first couple sets to serve. Later it was A-mac. Gillis came back in after the serve. She was targeted on SR and did admirably. As an aside, Clark is so-so on serve receive, which is a surprise. hmmm.... I thought Clark passed fine, but she got aced down the line a couple of times in a row, and that kind of stuck out. I still feel she bump set behind the 10' line too often, once or twice Gillis had started leaning toward he approach to the net and had to back up. |
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