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Post by pbmu on Apr 15, 2021 14:45:52 GMT -5
yes Emma
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Post by udubhuskiefan on Apr 15, 2021 14:46:32 GMT -5
I was hoping for endsley to serve, but this works!
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Post by bprtbone on Apr 15, 2021 14:47:18 GMT -5
Flyers struggling on serve receive early in S1. I love how both teams are just pounding the ball at each other so far, not much off speed action going on here.
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Post by coconutcandles on Apr 15, 2021 14:48:45 GMT -5
I love Calle, she will go all out for every single ballðŸ˜
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 15, 2021 14:49:47 GMT -5
Meh, Washington has a lot of room to play better volleyball.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 15, 2021 14:50:24 GMT -5
The announcer just said (quoting the Flyers coach) that Dayton has "a puncher's chance" against Washington. That's got to be a corrupted version of "punter's chance", right?
It seems that in MMA circles, people talk about a "puncher's chance", meaning that somebody with a good strike always has a chance to one-shot a technically better opponent.
But there is an older British phrase about a "punter's chance", which is basically a reference to winning a longshot bet. As in, even when it's Bambi versus Godzilla, there is always some amount of chance that somehow Bambi will luck out and win.
I'm guessing that the "puncher's chance" version is either an intentional pun or else an unintentional misunderstanding of the earlier phrase, based on US English not really having the British English meaning of the word "punter".
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Post by udubhuskiefan on Apr 15, 2021 14:51:47 GMT -5
Meh, Washington has a lot of room to play better volleyball. Agreed. They’ll clean it up
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Post by pbmu on Apr 15, 2021 14:52:02 GMT -5
no blocks for either team right now
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 15, 2021 14:53:04 GMT -5
no blocks for either team right now and yet Washington has 4 hitting errors....yikes. Like I said, Washington has nowhere to go but up offensively AND defensively, which is a scary proposition given how much of an advantage they have right now in serve and pass.
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 15, 2021 14:54:58 GMT -5
no blocks for either team right now and yet Washington has 4 hitting errors....yikes. Like I said, Washington has nowhere to go but up offensively AND defensively. Never tempt fate by saying "well, at least things can't get any worse"....
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Post by ay2013 on Apr 15, 2021 14:55:21 GMT -5
Well here is the Washington defense.
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Post by bprtbone on Apr 15, 2021 14:55:27 GMT -5
no blocks for either team right now and yet Washington has 4 hitting errors....yikes. Like I said, Washington has nowhere to go but up offensively AND defensively, which is a scary proposition given how much of an advantage they have right now in serve and pass. 5 aces the big difference so far.
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Post by pbmu on Apr 15, 2021 14:55:47 GMT -5
there's a block lol
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Post by johnnyo on Apr 15, 2021 14:56:03 GMT -5
Puncher's chance means one lucky punch by an inferior boxer can win the match.
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Post by dawgnerd on Apr 15, 2021 14:56:10 GMT -5
There's a couple of blocks for UW
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