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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 11, 2023 16:00:26 GMT -5
Now you’re just being an ass and dramatic for no reason But go off I guess Is my entertainment not a reason? You’re not a Texas fan. You have no love for us. When you get “concerned” for athletes and the effect all of this has on them on Texas threads, you’re going to get pushback. If you don’t like the form that pushback takes, too bad. This whole conversation has a different tenor without your involvement. Which is not to discourage you from participating. But you getting all defensive is hilarious to me. Like this was going to go a different way. I had no problems up until you went from having a civil debate to unneeded sarcasm. I took everyone’s comments, I responded politely and admitted I should have worded things clearer. There is a time and place for sarcasm, throwing shade I do it all the time. But I also get called an ass all the time. Of which I will also call you an ass, because that’s what you were in the above. An ass
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Post by stevehorn on Dec 11, 2023 16:00:39 GMT -5
Caffey seemed obvious. She didn't even decide to leave Nebraska until the summer when you think we already had all of our ships committed. You could speculate about several players being the other one, but Ewert being the one is just as reasonable as several other possibilities. You got any inside dope on which two this year. We are in the same situation where there appears to be 14 obvious scholarship players with only 12 ships available. No. But I don’t see this roster with 14 obvious scholarship players the way I did last year. I feel confident Barnes is using the same program Caffey and Ewert did. She graduated in the spring from A&M-CC. Enrolled in some kind of graduate certificate program for the fall, and then she’s gone after the one semester. I don’t know who the other uncertainty would be. But no, I don’t have any inside scoop on this roster. It was pretty much a one time thing regarding Ewert and Caffey. There are 18 players on the roster. To me, there are four obvious non-scholarship players - Barnes, Miller, Crownover, and Heinrich. That leaves 14 with 12 ships available.
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Dec 11, 2023 16:01:46 GMT -5
I was told by someone who would know that I trust, that Ewert and Caffey were the two players of the obvious 14 scholarship players that were NIL only. She attended Texas for a single semester and earned a graduate certificate. I’m sure the tuition costs were significantly reduced compared to taking classes towards a degree. Caffey seemed obvious. She didn't even decide to leave Nebraska until the summer when you think we already had all of our ships committed. You could speculate about several players being the other one, but Ewert being the one is just as reasonable as several other possibilities. You got any inside dope on which two this year. We are in the same situation where there appears to be 14 obvious scholarship players with only 12 ships available. These 10 are on scholarship: Nya, Devin, Jordyn, Jenna, Madi, Kaylei, Mari, Sydney, Emma and Ella. We know that Kenna, Marina and Reilly are walk-ons. That means there are 2 schollies left, so three of these five are not on scholarship: Molly Carissa Auburn Asjia Bella My guess is Molly, Carissa and Asjia. Molly because when JE announced that she was returning (early 2022 season at Point Texas), he made a comment about finding NIL money for her, and Carissa because she's a Texas resident with in-state tuition. Asjia because she announced her return very late in the 2022 season when allocations had been made, and it's not like she needs a schollie, LOL. I also think it's less likely that someone out-of-state would be a walk-on, but that's just me.
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Post by outlaw on Dec 11, 2023 16:06:36 GMT -5
Caffey seemed obvious. She didn't even decide to leave Nebraska until the summer when you think we already had all of our ships committed. You could speculate about several players being the other one, but Ewert being the one is just as reasonable as several other possibilities. You got any inside dope on which two this year. We are in the same situation where there appears to be 14 obvious scholarship players with only 12 ships available. These 10 are on scholarship: Nya, Devin, Jordyn, Jenna, Madi, Kaylei, Mari, Sydney, Emma and Ella. We know that Kenna, Marina and Reilly are walk-ons. That means there are 2 schollies left, so three of these five are not on scholarship: Molly Carissa Auburn Asjia Bella My guess is Molly, Carissa and Asjia. Molly because when JE announced that she was returning (early 2022 season at Point Texas), he made a comment about finding NIL money for her, and Carissa because she's a Texas resident with in-state tuition. Asjia because she announced her return late in the season, and it's not like she needs a schollie, LOL. I think it's less likely that someone out-of-state would be a walk-on, but that's just me. I feel pretty safe in saying that Auburn is on scholarship. If we follow the tested rule of signing day posts for scholarship signees, she's on scholarship.
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Post by slxpress on Dec 11, 2023 16:07:49 GMT -5
No. But I don’t see this roster with 14 obvious scholarship players the way I did last year. I feel confident Barnes is using the same program Caffey and Ewert did. She graduated in the spring from A&M-CC. Enrolled in some kind of graduate certificate program for the fall, and then she’s gone after the one semester. I don’t know who the other uncertainty would be. But no, I don’t have any inside scoop on this roster. It was pretty much a one time thing regarding Ewert and Caffey. There are 18 players on the roster. To me, there are four obvious non-scholarship players - Barnes, Miller, Crownover, and Heinrich. That leaves 14 with 12 ships available. Yeah. You’re right. I don’t have any insight, though. Generally I let my curiosity disappear for these things and accept the not knowing.
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Post by slxpress on Dec 11, 2023 16:12:01 GMT -5
Is my entertainment not a reason? You’re not a Texas fan. You have no love for us. When you get “concerned” for athletes and the effect all of this has on them on Texas threads, you’re going to get pushback. If you don’t like the form that pushback takes, too bad. This whole conversation has a different tenor without your involvement. Which is not to discourage you from participating. But you getting all defensive is hilarious to me. Like this was going to go a different way. I had no problems up until you went from having a civil debate to unneeded sarcasm. I took everyone’s comments, I responded politely and admitted I should have worded things clearer. There is a time and place for sarcasm, throwing shade I do it all the time. But I also get called an ass all the time. Of which I will also call you an ass, because that’s what you were in the above. An ass By time and place for sarcasm do you mean all the time and everywhere? Because that’s my general philosophy. You’re taking this awfully personal for a pattern of behavior I pretty much display to everyone. And I don’t think calling me an ass is all that fruitful. If it makes you feel better, have at it. I had a laugh at your expense. I’m sure I’ll do it again. Especially when I know you’re going to go off the rails like this. This is great fun!
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Post by stevehorn on Dec 11, 2023 16:12:36 GMT -5
These 10 are on scholarship: Nya, Devin, Jordyn, Jenna, Madi, Kaylei, Mari, Sydney, Emma and Ella. We know that Kenna, Marina and Reilly are walk-ons. That means there are 2 schollies left, so three of these five are not on scholarship: Molly Carissa Auburn Asjia Bella My guess is Molly, Carissa and Asjia. Molly because when JE announced that she was returning (early 2022 season at Point Texas), he made a comment about finding NIL money for her, and Carissa because she's a Texas resident with in-state tuition. Asjia because she announced her return late in the season, and it's not like she needs a schollie, LOL. I think it's less likely that someone out-of-state would be a walk-on, but that's just me. I feel pretty safe in saying that Auburn is on scholarship. If we follow the tested rule of signing day posts for scholarship signees, she's on scholarship. I agree.
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Post by stevehorn on Dec 11, 2023 16:14:55 GMT -5
Caffey seemed obvious. She didn't even decide to leave Nebraska until the summer when you think we already had all of our ships committed. You could speculate about several players being the other one, but Ewert being the one is just as reasonable as several other possibilities. You got any inside dope on which two this year. We are in the same situation where there appears to be 14 obvious scholarship players with only 12 ships available. These 10 are on scholarship: Nya, Devin, Jordyn, Jenna, Madi, Kaylei, Mari, Sydney, Emma and Ella. We know that Kenna, Marina and Reilly are walk-ons. That means there are 2 schollies left, so three of these five are not on scholarship: Molly Carissa Auburn Asjia Bella My guess is Molly, Carissa and Asjia. Molly because when JE announced that she was returning (early 2022 season at Point Texas), he made a comment about finding NIL money for her, and Carissa because she's a Texas resident with in-state tuition. Asjia because she announced her return very late in the 2022 season when allocations had been made, and it's not like she needs a schollie, LOL. I also think it's less likely that someone out-of-state would be a walk-on, but that's just me. That is my guess also. It should have been easy to find NIL money to cover Molly and Asjia for one semester.
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Post by stevehorn on Dec 11, 2023 16:18:54 GMT -5
There are 18 players on the roster. To me, there are four obvious non-scholarship players - Barnes, Miller, Crownover, and Heinrich. That leaves 14 with 12 ships available. Yeah. You’re right. I don’t have any insight, though. Generally I let my curiosity disappear for these things and accept the not knowing. At this point, it's just curiousity and definitely not a need to know. I like trying to determine the numbers for the future during recruiting and portal time to try to guess the number of ships available. However once the season starts, it does become a moot point as the numbers (and who isn't on a ship) have been worked out.
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Post by slxpress on Dec 11, 2023 16:33:19 GMT -5
Yeah. You’re right. I don’t have any insight, though. Generally I let my curiosity disappear for these things and accept the not knowing. At this point, it's just curiousity and definitely not a need to know. I like trying to determine the numbers for the future during recruiting and portal time to try to guess the number of ships available. However once the season starts, it does become a moot point as the numbers (and who isn't on a ship) have been worked out. It’s not really directed towards you, although we’re the ones having the conversation. I understand the fascination. Fascination with a purpose. I just find it a little odd that volleyball is the one sport where we don’t seem to know. I was gratified to know about last year. It scratched an itch I was trying to pretend I didn’t have.
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Post by stevehorn on Dec 11, 2023 16:58:12 GMT -5
At this point, it's just curiousity and definitely not a need to know. I like trying to determine the numbers for the future during recruiting and portal time to try to guess the number of ships available. However once the season starts, it does become a moot point as the numbers (and who isn't on a ship) have been worked out. It’s not really directed towards you, although we’re the ones having the conversation. I understand the fascination. Fascination with a purpose. I just find it a little odd that volleyball is the one sport where we don’t seem to know. I was gratified to know about last year. It scratched an itch I was trying to pretend I didn’t have. Of the headcount sports, volleyball seems to be the only one where some non-scholarship players are recruited with the intent of having a regular playing role with the team (DS, serving specialist, etc.). Also (at least at Texas) you don't have websites that either investigate or report that information for volleyball like they do for football. Also the other sports tend to publicize when a non-scholarship player goes on scholarship while it doesn't seem that volleyball does that at UT. However even volleyball did tend to be easy to keep up with ships until COVID/NIL happened.
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Post by widdledumpling on Dec 11, 2023 17:02:53 GMT -5
Do people consider Carlson better than Swindle? If so, I'm not sure why. I don’t. But I really like Swindle. I think she gets a bad rap. She’s a freshman. She’s improved a bunch over the course of the year. She’s an obvious gamer, playing injured like she has. I feel like she’s next in the line of Texas setters that never get enough credit because she sets for Texas. I felt that way about Gabriel and SKT, too. I do really like Carlson as a setter, but as I said elsewhere I don’t want to be in another national championship game where we can’t get out of a rotation because the opponent is going straight to their left pin and abusing the block the setter is putting up. I watched us do it to USD last year and Tennessee this year. I like being on this side of the equation more. How tall do we think Carlson really is? At 5'11" she's listed at only an inch shorter than SKT (6'0"), who was no slouch at blocking.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 11, 2023 17:03:14 GMT -5
I had no problems up until you went from having a civil debate to unneeded sarcasm. I took everyone’s comments, I responded politely and admitted I should have worded things clearer. There is a time and place for sarcasm, throwing shade I do it all the time. But I also get called an ass all the time. Of which I will also call you an ass, because that’s what you were in the above. An ass By time and place for sarcasm do you mean all the time and everywhere? Because that’s my general philosophy. You’re taking this awfully personal for a pattern of behavior I pretty much display to everyone. And I don’t think calling me an ass is all that fruitful. If it makes you feel better, have at it. I had a laugh at your expense. I’m sure I’ll do it again. Especially when I know you’re going to go off the rails like this. This is great fun!
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Post by widdledumpling on Dec 11, 2023 17:03:47 GMT -5
Caffey seemed obvious. She didn't even decide to leave Nebraska until the summer when you think we already had all of our ships committed. You could speculate about several players being the other one, but Ewert being the one is just as reasonable as several other possibilities. You got any inside dope on which two this year. We are in the same situation where there appears to be 14 obvious scholarship players with only 12 ships available. These 10 are on scholarship: Nya, Devin, Jordyn, Jenna, Madi, Kaylei, Mari, Sydney, Emma and Ella. We know that Kenna, Marina and Reilly are walk-ons. That means there are 2 schollies left, so three of these five are not on scholarship: Molly Carissa Auburn Asjia Bella My guess is Molly, Carissa and Asjia. Molly because when JE announced that she was returning (early 2022 season at Point Texas), he made a comment about finding NIL money for her, and Carissa because she's a Texas resident with in-state tuition. Asjia because she announced her return very late in the 2022 season when allocations had been made, and it's not like she needs a schollie, LOL. I also think it's less likely that someone out-of-state would be a walk-on, but that's just me. I thought the scuttlebutt was that Kaylei isn't on scholarship but her $ is fully covered by NIL
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 11, 2023 17:06:13 GMT -5
These 10 are on scholarship: Nya, Devin, Jordyn, Jenna, Madi, Kaylei, Mari, Sydney, Emma and Ella. We know that Kenna, Marina and Reilly are walk-ons. That means there are 2 schollies left, so three of these five are not on scholarship: Molly Carissa Auburn Asjia Bella My guess is Molly, Carissa and Asjia. Molly because when JE announced that she was returning (early 2022 season at Point Texas), he made a comment about finding NIL money for her, and Carissa because she's a Texas resident with in-state tuition. Asjia because she announced her return very late in the 2022 season when allocations had been made, and it's not like she needs a schollie, LOL. I also think it's less likely that someone out-of-state would be a walk-on, but that's just me. I thought the scuttlebutt was that Kaylei isn't on scholarship but her $ is fully covered by NIL As far as Im aware, shes WAS on schollie money.
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