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Post by Resident Bitchy Canadian Fan on Apr 16, 2021 21:06:12 GMT -5
Either Fields or Eggelston will have a field day hitting over Blossom. The middles from both teams going at it will be fun to watch. Jonni Parker will have to hit at a higher percentage than what she’s been at for the season if PSU is to have a good chance though.
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Post by huskerrob on Apr 16, 2021 21:08:34 GMT -5
Except we might be talking about Texas and Rice playing on Sunday. Could be, if PSU couldn't have played well enough to beat Rice they would have had no chance against Texas anyway. Rice beat Texas... So there is some space between being good enough to beat Texas & not good enough to beat Rice. That is the obvious counter to your position.
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Post by lionsfan on Apr 16, 2021 21:45:18 GMT -5
Russ threw in a surprise 6-2 out of nowhere in the Sweet 16 five years ago and it ALMOST worked. Maybe he'll dabble with it Sunday, too.
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Post by basil on Apr 16, 2021 22:06:56 GMT -5
Russ threw in a surprise 6-2 out of nowhere in the Sweet 16 five years ago and it ALMOST worked. Maybe he'll dabble with it Sunday, too. Does PSU have another setter? I didn't think so but I also don't follow them super closely.
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Post by lionsfan on Apr 16, 2021 23:10:40 GMT -5
Russ threw in a surprise 6-2 out of nowhere in the Sweet 16 five years ago and it ALMOST worked. Maybe he'll dabble with it Sunday, too. Does PSU have another setter? I didn't think so but I also don't follow them super closely. The backup setter is Emily Oerther; she started the first two matches of the season against Illinois when Blossom was out for COVID protocol. She's played in 11 matches total, including Thursday night.
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Post by vergyltantor on Apr 17, 2021 2:32:13 GMT -5
Russ threw in a surprise 6-2 out of nowhere in the Sweet 16 five years ago and it ALMOST worked. Maybe he'll dabble with it Sunday, too. In another example Russ Rose said that he had planned, and had the team train so that the starting Libero could have switched from left-back to right-back in a NCAA tournament match against Nebraska to try to slow Sarah Pavan down. He never got the chance to use it though because Penn State was eliminated before they had the chance to play.
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Post by vergyltantor on Apr 17, 2021 5:51:36 GMT -5
Could be, if PSU couldn't have played well enough to beat Rice they would have had no chance against Texas anyway. Rice beat Texas... So there is some space between being good enough to beat Texas & not good enough to beat Rice. That is the obvious counter to your position. As I'm sure you know one win or loss is not a good to judge the quality of a team. For example what happens when Rice beats Texas on 4/23, Baylor beats Rice on 4/19 and Texas beats Baylor on 3/26. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that Rice was a bad team, only that they might have been the strong opponent Penn State needed to get ready for Texas. We will see on Sunday.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2021 6:42:21 GMT -5
Texas would have to have a Texas™ meltdown if PSU wants to have a chance Is there any other kind?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2021 6:43:23 GMT -5
Even with a Hodge type of player I still don't think they win this matchup. Texas still too efficient have the better line-up makes it an easy call IMO. UT in 3 Texas will win, but it won't be a sweep; Longhorns are not THAT efficient.
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Post by akbar on Apr 17, 2021 7:02:09 GMT -5
PSU win? Wouldn't surprise me at all.
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Post by huskerrob on Apr 17, 2021 7:45:30 GMT -5
Rice beat Texas... So there is some space between being good enough to beat Texas & not good enough to beat Rice. That is the obvious counter to your position. As I'm sure you know one win or loss is not a good to judge the quality of a team. For example what happens when Rice beats Texas on 4/23, Baylor beats Rice on 4/19 and Texas beats Baylor on 3/26. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that Rice was a bad team, only that they might have been the strong opponent Penn State needed to get ready for Texas. We will see on Sunday. I would argue that the existence of those other facts present conditions, but doesn't change the fact that such a state does exist where a team can be good enough to beat Texas, but not good enough to beat Rice. My main point still stands, the posters comments about not being good enough to beat Rice automatically means they couldn't be able to beat Texas is flawed.
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Post by bigfan on Apr 17, 2021 9:16:35 GMT -5
Horns in 4
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Post by sluggo on Apr 17, 2021 9:23:27 GMT -5
Russ threw in a surprise 6-2 out of nowhere in the Sweet 16 five years ago and it ALMOST worked. Maybe he'll dabble with it Sunday, too. Does PSU have another setter? I didn't think so but I also don't follow them super closely. Parker has setting experience as well.
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Post by harryspotter on Apr 17, 2021 9:27:41 GMT -5
Why is this game on ESPNU and not ESPN2?
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Post by notwvb on Apr 18, 2021 10:21:55 GMT -5
Why is this game on ESPNU and not ESPN2? Why is this thread not on page 1? Not a lot of luv for PSU - Texas.
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