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Post by gibbyb1 on Apr 16, 2021 23:52:41 GMT -5
Y’all? are you a 17 yr old. Tiktok’er? Adopted Texan. The fact that you think "y'all" relates at all to youth indicates you're clearly ancient. Ok, so you’re suggesting the use of the word y’all doesn’t in any way relate to young people? That young people who aren’t from the south aren’t using it prevalently? Do you have google? |
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Post by gibbyb1 on Apr 16, 2021 23:53:23 GMT -5
Y’all? are you a 17 yr old. Tiktok’er? Adopted Texan. The fact that you think "y'all" relates at all to youth indicates you're clearly ancient. Texans don’t adopt. If you’re a yankee, you’re a yankee. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Apr 17, 2021 0:14:46 GMT -5
What everyone told me is that UCLA could be a force IF their setting held up, but that their setting was very inconsistent. What I saw from their record was that their setting does not appear to hold up over consecutive matches very often. I always thought it would be hard for them to win two matches in a row against good competition based on that history. People also assured me that they didn't lean on Mac May as much this year, but they ended up trying to rely on her just as much. They ended up looking much like the team the badgers beat last year in the 2nd round.
BYU has a more consistent, more balanced attack, and are harder to defend as a result. They seem like a really well coached well integrated team. I actually am more worried about that combination than the UCLA combination because it's harder to defend. That said they seem a bit prone to a tough serve, and the badgers have among the toughest service games in the B1G. The badgers block can be really good, not only getting blocks for points, but getting positive touches that help the D. Where historically they can have problems blocking is on attacks off the net -- like out of the back row. I didn't see that as a big part of the cougars game though.
On the other side of the net, the cougars will have to find a way to slow the badgers offense, and hope the badgers start doing things to hurt themselves. Do they have the serving to hurt the badgers? By moving Kraft into the passing rotation for Haggerty the badgers have solved some passing issues while maintaining some semblance of a backrow attack in all rotations. The times the badgers have had problems in serve receive is when teams have exploited Loberg or the seam between Loberg and Haggerty in the back row when it's there.
Can they slow the badgers OOS when they get them in those situation? The badgers have improved greatly on that front - it used to be a real weakness - but whether they do well depends a bit on Loberg's state of mind. I felt she was off in the semifinals and finals last year, and that was a real weak point. Where the badgers have lost sets, they have had an unusual number of service and hitting errors. They had only 5 HEs on Thursday, and 4 of those were blocks. They didn't get frustrated by some of the longer rallies and take wild swings. A lot of that is down to some improved OOS setting by Hilley and Barnes. BYU will have to play really clean to match that.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Apr 17, 2021 0:23:00 GMT -5
Adopted Texan. The fact that you think "y'all" relates at all to youth indicates you're clearly ancient. Ok, so you’re suggesting the use of the word y’all doesn’t in any way relate to young people? That young people who aren’t from the south aren’t using it prevalently? Do you have google? What in the world are you talking about? |
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Post by bbg95 on Apr 17, 2021 0:23:08 GMT -5
What everyone told me is that UCLA could be a force IF their setting held up, but that their setting was very inconsistent. What I saw from their record was that their setting does not appear to hold up over consecutive matches very often. I always thought it would be hard for them to win two matches in a row against good competition based on that history. People also assured me that they didn't lean on Mac May as much this year, but they ended up trying to rely on her just as much. They ended up looking much like the team the badgers beat last year in the 2nd round. BYU has a more consistent, more balanced attack, and are harder to defend as a result. They seem like a really well coached well integrated team. I actually am more worried about that combination than the UCLA combination because it's harder to defend. That said they seem a bit prone to a tough serve, and the badgers have among the toughest service games in the B1G. The badgers block can be really good, not only getting blocks for points, but getting positive touches that help the D. Where historically they can have problems blocking is on attacks off the net -- like out of the back row. I didn't see that as a big part of the cougars game though. On the other side of the net, the cougars will have to find a way to slow the badgers offense, and hope the badgers start doing things to hurt themselves. Do they have the serving to hurt the badgers? By moving Kraft into the passing rotation for Haggerty the badgers have solved some passing issues while maintaining some semblance of a backrow attack in all rotations. The times the badgers have had problems in serve receive is when teams have exploited Loberg or the seam between Loberg and Haggerty in the back row when it's there. Can they slow the badgers OOS when they get them in those situation? The badgers have improved greatly on that front - it used to be a real weakness - but whether they do well depends a bit on Loberg's state of mind. I felt she was off in the semifinals and finals last year, and that was a real weak point. Where the badgers have lost sets, they have had an unusual number of service and hitting errors. They had only 5 HEs on Thursday, and 4 of those were blocks. They didn't get frustrated by some of the longer rallies and take wild swings. A lot of that is down to some improved OOS setting by Hilley and Barnes. BYU will have to play really clean to match that. Pretty good analysis of BYU. The only thing I'd add is that their block has been excellent over the last 10 matches, averaging 3.18 b/s. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Apr 17, 2021 0:44:34 GMT -5
What everyone told me is that UCLA could be a force IF their setting held up, but that their setting was very inconsistent. What I saw from their record was that their setting does not appear to hold up over consecutive matches very often. I always thought it would be hard for them to win two matches in a row against good competition based on that history. People also assured me that they didn't lean on Mac May as much this year, but they ended up trying to rely on her just as much. They ended up looking much like the team the badgers beat last year in the 2nd round. BYU has a more consistent, more balanced attack, and are harder to defend as a result. They seem like a really well coached well integrated team. I actually am more worried about that combination than the UCLA combination because it's harder to defend. That said they seem a bit prone to a tough serve, and the badgers have among the toughest service games in the B1G. The badgers block can be really good, not only getting blocks for points, but getting positive touches that help the D. Where historically they can have problems blocking is on attacks off the net -- like out of the back row. I didn't see that as a big part of the cougars game though. On the other side of the net, the cougars will have to find a way to slow the badgers offense, and hope the badgers start doing things to hurt themselves. Do they have the serving to hurt the badgers? By moving Kraft into the passing rotation for Haggerty the badgers have solved some passing issues while maintaining some semblance of a backrow attack in all rotations. The times the badgers have had problems in serve receive is when teams have exploited Loberg or the seam between Loberg and Haggerty in the back row when it's there. Can they slow the badgers OOS when they get them in those situation? The badgers have improved greatly on that front - it used to be a real weakness - but whether they do well depends a bit on Loberg's state of mind. I felt she was off in the semifinals and finals last year, and that was a real weak point. Where the badgers have lost sets, they have had an unusual number of service and hitting errors. They had only 5 HEs on Thursday, and 4 of those were blocks. They didn't get frustrated by some of the longer rallies and take wild swings. A lot of that is down to some improved OOS setting by Hilley and Barnes. BYU will have to play really clean to match that. Pretty good analysis of BYU. The only thing I'd add is that their block has been excellent over the last 10 matches, averaging 3.18 b/s. Yep, I forgot to mention the block. I only had one match to go on. Counter to that, I'd point out the UW is the least blocked team in the B1G. There have been some matches where they were blocked quite a bit though - against Indiana if I remember right. They were doing something unusual that the badgers took a while to adjust to, commit blocking and jumping into gaps on the block at the last second I think. Eventually the badgers realized they just had to feed Robinson and she ended up with 17 kills. During last years tournament run I think they averaged ~3.5 B/S themselves, but they had a year long run up of matches in the B1G. They had 11 against Weber State. I don't know if that will hold up against BYU. |
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Post by dl3ww on Apr 17, 2021 0:53:43 GMT -5
Adopted Texan. The fact that you think "y'all" relates at all to youth indicates you're clearly ancient. Ok, so you’re suggesting the use of the word y’all doesn’t in any way relate to young people? That young people who aren’t from the south aren’t using it prevalently? Do you have google? Uhh??💀 |
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Post by ltdks01 on Apr 17, 2021 9:02:29 GMT -5
Adopted Texan. The fact that you think "y'all" relates at all to youth indicates you're clearly ancient. Ok, so you’re suggesting the use of the word y’all doesn’t in any way relate to young people? That young people who aren’t from the south aren’t using it prevalently? Do you have google? uhmm what?? In the area where I live,y’all is predominantly used by those who are older. Maybe I would understand your view if it was a word that actually was pioneered by the younger generations. Regardless of any of that, why does the usage of any word need to immediately correlate to any one age range? |
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Post by SportyBucky on Apr 17, 2021 12:00:57 GMT -5
UCLA lost because we overrated their setting, in the sense that "mediocre" was VERY generous. Terrible second contact, constantly putting hitters in impossible positions. UCLA's floor defense was good. May had 18 kills in three sets so lol yea sure, terribly overrated. Anyways, I don't see any discussion on this thread about how BYU is going to beat Wisconsin so I'm not sure what prompted that post other than a certain Wisconsin fan's bravado. So hitting 250 on 43 swings is delivering? Got it. Thanks. |
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Post by Kingsley on Apr 17, 2021 12:06:06 GMT -5
The English language is interesting. There is no single word to denote the subject "you all," or, when contracted, "y'all." I know Spanish has ustedes (or for people in Spain, vosotros).
It hasn't always been this way in English, however. We used to have a single word for "you all": ye. I actually had an English professor who advocated for the return of ye. Oh well.
Badgers in 3.
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Post by azvb on Apr 17, 2021 12:08:31 GMT -5
Heather Olmstead and her staff have done an amazing job. I don’t understand why they haven’t developed better passers, however. Is passing a trait you’re born with, or can it be coached?
Hoping for the best for BYU, but Wisconsin doesn’t seem to have any weaknesses for BYU to exploit. But I can dream.........
Oh, and Dana Rettke is amazing.
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Post by trojansc on Apr 17, 2021 12:11:20 GMT -5
Florida-BYU rematch on a neutral court this time sounds fun, but so does Wisconsin-Ohio State. After all, Wisconsin hasn't beat Ohio State since 2018.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2021 12:12:43 GMT -5
Heather Olmstead and her staff have done an amazing job. I don’t understand why they haven’t developed better passers, however. Is passing a trait you’re born with, or can it be coached?Hoping for the best for BYU, but Wisconsin doesn’t seem to have any weaknesses for BYU to exploit. But I can dream......... Oh, and Dana Rettke is amazing. yes, it can be. I think BYU needs to serve aggressively. Barnes and Loberg can break down in passing. I wouldn't serve Civita. (Has Haggerty been passing?) |
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Post by bbg95 on Apr 17, 2021 12:15:09 GMT -5
Heather Olmstead and her staff have done an amazing job. I don’t understand why they haven’t developed better passers, however. Is passing a trait you’re born with, or can it be coached? Hoping for the best for BYU, but Wisconsin doesn’t seem to have any weaknesses for BYU to exploit. But I can dream......... Oh, and Dana Rettke is amazing. I'm sure Olmstead is aware of the passing issues and is doing whatever she can to improve it. I'm sure it can be coached, but there are limits to how much coaching can improve a player's natural abilities. I mean, Mary Lake was a great passer her entire career. It's not like BYU has never passed well. |
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Post by gopherhim on Apr 17, 2021 12:36:14 GMT -5
Hey y’all. 👋
I’ll be rooting for the badgers. I will never root against them. I will also be slightly-rooting for the cougars because I like watching competitive volleyball.
Good luck and congratulations to both teams!
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