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Post by damienn on Sept 14, 2021 13:44:00 GMT -5
I’m not 5’8 made me chuckle. lol she said that as well in the podcast with the boys
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Post by horns1 on Sept 14, 2021 21:37:50 GMT -5
I know it's way too early to be focusing on RPI/SOS, but #25 beating #16 UCLA tonight could help us in the long run if SD is Top 25 RPI come December. Baylor beating Florida is also good for us. And, Minnesota beating Stanford will help us more than if Stanford had beat Minnesota as the Gophers needed the win more after already having lost to Baylor, Texas, and Florida. The last few days couldn't have gone better for our 2021 opponents. Baylor beat Florida a second time; Stanford knocked off Penn State and Nebraska. And, Minnesota beat Oregon.
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Post by slxpress on Sept 14, 2021 21:43:40 GMT -5
Honestly the biggest barrier between Texas and a top 4 seed is the Big 12 schedule not featuring home and away. Having to play Iowa State, KU, and Baylor all on the road in back to back matches is a bummer. It's nice to get K-State in Gregory, but even Texas Tech is in Lubbock to close out the season. That's 4 of the next 5 best teams in the conference on the road. But that's a fan's perspective. From the players' perspective have to get through A&M, which is heavily discounting tickets to get as big of a home crowd in Reed Arena as possible, and then on to Rice...need I say more? Then we'll see how conference play stacks up.
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Post by basil on Sept 14, 2021 21:51:57 GMT -5
Honestly the biggest barrier between Texas and a top 4 seed is the Big 12 schedule not featuring home and away. Having to play Iowa State, KU, and Baylor all on the road in back to back matches is a bummer. It's nice to get K-State in Gregory, but even Texas Tech is in Lubbock to close out the season. That's 4 of the next 5 best teams in the conference on the road. But that's a fan's perspective. From the players' perspective have to get through A&M, which is heavily discounting tickets to get as big of a home crowd in Reed Arena as possible, and then on to Rice...need I say more? Then we'll see how conference play stacks up. it's good for our team to be challenged as much as possible. playing those teams on the road will definitely push them.
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Post by slxpress on Sept 14, 2021 21:54:08 GMT -5
Without a doubt. But I still want to host a regional if even remotely possible. Texas simply won't have as much wiggle room when it comes to losses as, say, Baylor will. Which is good for them, since they have 3 and Texas has zero right now (couldn't resist some minor shade there).
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Sept 14, 2021 21:54:13 GMT -5
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Post by nellynel on Sept 14, 2021 21:54:13 GMT -5
In college sports I’ve realized if your good enough you will make it if your not you won’t regardless of strength of schedule or what may look like the easiest path. They can run the table or they could drop a few based on what I have seen so far. B12 looks more competitive, road games against A&M and Rice should not be discounted.
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Post by slxpress on Sept 14, 2021 21:59:50 GMT -5
In college sports I’ve realized if your good enough you will make it if your not you won’t regardless of strength of schedule or what may look like the easiest path. They can run the table or they could drop a few based on what I have seen so far. B12 looks more competitive, road games against A&M and Rice should not be discounted. To some degree. But because the economics are different in volleyball than basketball, you can't have the regionals at neutral gyms. Kind of like baseball. Going on the road to win a regional is of course possible, but it makes the journey a whole lot more difficult. Especially with the home environment Gregory Gym provides. But to your point, it's probably something I overemphasize as a fan, because I can, and it makes the results of each match have a greater impact for me than they otherwise would. To be honest, I think it would be awesome if volleyball were to get so big that the regional tournaments could be in a neutral location, but we're probably at least a decade or two away from that being a reasonable possibility, if it ever is.
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Post by nellynel on Sept 14, 2021 22:07:32 GMT -5
In college sports I’ve realized if your good enough you will make it if your not you won’t regardless of strength of schedule or what may look like the easiest path. They can run the table or they could drop a few based on what I have seen so far. B12 looks more competitive, road games against A&M and Rice should not be discounted. To some degree. But because the economics are different in volleyball than basketball, you can't have the regionals at neutral gyms. Kind of like baseball. Going on the road to win a regional is of course possible, but it makes the journey a whole lot more difficult. Especially with the home environment Gregory Gym provides. But to your point, it's probably something I overemphasize as a fan, because I can, and it makes the results of each match have a greater impact for me than they otherwise would. To be honest, I think it would be awesome if volleyball were to get so big that the regional tournaments could be in a neutral location, but we're probably at least a decade or two away from that being a reasonable possibility, if it ever is. I’m in no way discounting the impact of hosting in Gregory. It’s huge but last year Penn St, Nebraska, Wisc looked like a daunting task but they were better than those teams and handled their business. I sat in Gregory 2 years ago thinking the path looked good with up an up and coming Louisville team and a possible rematch with a Minn team they already beat handily. That didn’t work out like I expected even though on paper it looked favorable. In hindsight the serving was horrible, passing was bad, Micaya had maybe her worst game and all that favorable stuff couldn’t make a not final 4 team into a final 4 team.
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Post by slxpress on Sept 14, 2021 22:12:51 GMT -5
No doubt. Man, I loved Micaya, too. So glad she played for Texas. But yeah, that match was not a lot of fun to watch. And boy was that run up to the national championship satisfying last season. Even the national championship match wasn't as depressing as some of the other deep run losses. Just couldn't get it done against a Kentucky squad playing their best volleyball and smartly attacking UT's weaknesses in ways the other opponents hadn't been able to as successfully.
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Sept 16, 2021 11:31:59 GMT -5
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Post by flatcityfan on Sept 16, 2021 11:31:59 GMT -5
We are on page three, Texas fans. Ugh.
When do we start getting exciting for the Aggies tomorrow?
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Post by slxpress on Sept 16, 2021 12:07:35 GMT -5
We are on page three, Texas fans. Ugh. When do we start getting exciting for the Aggies tomorrow? I'm excited right now. They've done a big discount on their tickets with it being a sponsored game in an effort to get more fans in Reed Arena. A&M is a quality program, although this doesn't look like their best team. Not their worst, either, though. It would bum me out to lose to either the Aggies or Rice. But of the two, I really want to beat Rice for obvious reasons. A&M is A&M, but Rice has had our number the past two matches. Mostly I want the win, and I'd like to see improvement from serve receive, passing, and setting. I'd like to see the Brionne Butler from the first set of Notre Dame. Not the Brionne Butler from the last 3 sets (2 1/2, really) that went back into the witness protection program. I want to see continued aggressive serving. Texas doesn't look like they're playing the best volleyball in the country right now, but they're taking care of business. They're showing a lot of resilience. The serving game allows them to mount strong comebacks regardless of score. And there's a lot ways to go.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Sept 16, 2021 12:15:18 GMT -5
We are on page three, Texas fans. Ugh. When do we start getting exciting for the Aggies tomorrow? I’m hoping it’s not, but with almost a full week off, this could be a gotcha match. I hope they come out refreshed and energetic, and avoid a slow start. That’s my only concern.
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Post by longhorn9214 on Sept 16, 2021 12:56:57 GMT -5
It should be a good game.
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Post by basil on Sept 16, 2021 13:02:19 GMT -5
I think having the week off should be a good thing. They’ve basically played two seasons in a row and ran through their first few non conferences. Taking a break should help them reset a bit mentally. wouldn’t be surprised by a slow start, though I hope it doesn’t happen.
A&M will bring it. This might be our toughest road environment, especially since I didn’t think the Minnesota crowd was the most involved.
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Post by damienn on Sept 16, 2021 13:26:34 GMT -5
I think having the week off should be a good thing. They’ve basically played two seasons in a row and ran through their first few non conferences. Taking a break should help them reset a bit mentally. wouldn’t be surprised by a slow start, though I hope it doesn’t happen. A&M will bring it. This might be our toughest road environment, especially since I didn’t think the Minnesota crowd was the most involved. and one thing about those Aggies, they can be a tough crowd, depends on how many actually come! does the fb team have a game tomorrow?
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