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Post by nellynel on Sept 16, 2021 13:29:50 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. I know they muffel the noise for broadcast but Minnesota sounded very quiet.
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Post by basil on Sept 16, 2021 14:24:23 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? the fb team is on saturday, not friday. but I was just looking at the tickets for the gym and it looks pretty empty as of right now...maybe the Aggies will have a lot of people buying tickets there
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Post by tempesthorn on Sept 16, 2021 14:55:04 GMT -5
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? the fb team is on saturday, not friday. but I was just looking at the tickets for the gym and it looks pretty empty as of right now...maybe the Aggies will have a lot of people buying tickets there An aggie football ticket gets you free admission to the match. So they should have a decent crowd. To me the environment at A&M hasn't been intimidating for volleyball since they left G Rollie White. Even when they upset Texas in 2010 in Reed, the environment had little impact on that match. I am glad our AD is smart enough to not be entertaining any ideas of moving volleyball to Moody Center.
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Post by slxpress on Sept 16, 2021 15:46:28 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. Baylor will be the toughest road environment.
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Post by eotexas5 on Sept 16, 2021 16:02:39 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. Baylor will be the toughest road environment. I feel like most matches at Baylor at 70/30, which, for a road match, is still pretty good. I remember in 2019 there were still lots of Texas fans there. The Texas crowd was way more intimidating for Baylor when they played at the Greg that season, while being ranked #1.
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Post by braque on Sept 16, 2021 16:09:27 GMT -5
the fb team is on saturday, not friday. but I was just looking at the tickets for the gym and it looks pretty empty as of right now...maybe the Aggies will have a lot of people buying tickets there An aggie football ticket gets you free admission to the match. So they should have a decent crowd. To me the environment at A&M hasn't been intimidating for volleyball since they left G Rollie White. Even when they upset Texas in 2010 in Reed, the environment had little impact on that match. I am glad our AD is smart enough to not be entertaining any ideas of moving volleyball to Moody Center. There will be NO MENTION EVER of moving volleyball out of Gregory Gym. EVER.
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Post by slxpress on Sept 16, 2021 16:10:03 GMT -5
I honestly don't think there's a more intimidating place to play than Gregory. Both Nebraska and Wisconsin get raucous, but Gregory is such a bandbox. It feels like the fans are in your lap and the sound has nowhere to go. Plus they've done a great job of getting students involved and giving them great seats. It also helps that it's in the middle of campus.
I just think the Baylor crowd that's there is going to be way more into it, even if the crowd is split. Plus the team on the court is going to be a lot better. And it's two games back to back. The second match is on a Saturday at 6pm, with both football teams playing away games (times to be announced according to the whims of TV, with Texas facing ISU in Ames and Baylor at TCU).
But I'm all for the more Texas fans the better.
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Sept 16, 2021 16:12:31 GMT -5
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Post by rodbcantu on Sept 16, 2021 16:12:31 GMT -5
As always, I trust our middles! That’s how we win!
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Post by nellynel on Sept 16, 2021 16:53:54 GMT -5
When watching other teams even teams with strong fan support like Nebraska and Wisc the fans can get very quiet especially when they are serving. Sounds like a tennis match or golf match. I love in Gregory when Texas is making a run at a big moment late the fans (me included) don’t care if we are serving we are yelling and the team feeds off that energy.
I’m sure other teams think why are you yelling on your serve but that’s what separates Gregory from anywhere else. As an opposing team the fans are on your a$$ non stop and many teams crumble under that pressure (Baylor 2019).
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Sept 16, 2021 17:32:17 GMT -5
When watching other teams even teams with strong fan support like Nebraska and Wisc the fans can get very quiet especially when they are serving. Sounds like a tennis match or golf match. I love in Gregory when Texas is making a run at a big moment late the fans (me included) don’t care if we are serving we are yelling and the team feeds off that energy. I’m sure other teams think why are you yelling on your serve but that’s what separates Gregory from anywhere else. As an opposing team the fans are on your a$$ non stop and many teams crumble under that pressure (Baylor 2019). Look, if we yell at our own servers, it's only going to immunize them to crowd noise when they're on the road...
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Post by mln59 on Sept 16, 2021 17:43:13 GMT -5
When watching other teams even teams with strong fan support like Nebraska and Wisc the fans can get very quiet especially when they are serving. Sounds like a tennis match or golf match. I love in Gregory when Texas is making a run at a big moment late the fans (me included) don’t care if we are serving we are yelling and the team feeds off that energy. I’m sure other teams think why are you yelling on your serve but that’s what separates Gregory from anywhere else. As an opposing team the fans are on your a$$ non stop and many teams crumble under that pressure (Baylor 2019). corch has been telling the crowd to make noise during Texas service for a few seasons now, maybe more.
it feels weird, but okay...RAWR!!!
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Post by slxpress on Sept 16, 2021 18:05:07 GMT -5
When watching other teams even teams with strong fan support like Nebraska and Wisc the fans can get very quiet especially when they are serving. Sounds like a tennis match or golf match. I love in Gregory when Texas is making a run at a big moment late the fans (me included) don’t care if we are serving we are yelling and the team feeds off that energy. I’m sure other teams think why are you yelling on your serve but that’s what separates Gregory from anywhere else. As an opposing team the fans are on your a$$ non stop and many teams crumble under that pressure (Baylor 2019). corch has been telling the crowd to make noise during Texas service for a few seasons now, maybe more.
it feels weird, but okay...RAWR!!!
It does create an intense environment, IMO.
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Sept 16, 2021 18:43:11 GMT -5
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Post by nellynel on Sept 16, 2021 18:43:11 GMT -5
JE knows his team feeds off the energy. He wants it louder even on the Texas serve.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Sept 16, 2021 18:53:12 GMT -5
JE knows his team feeds off the energy. He wants it louder even on the Texas serve. I wonder if a loud crowd affects serve receive as the noise may drown out teammate shouts of "mine!" or "long!'
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Post by slxpress on Sept 16, 2021 18:55:46 GMT -5
JE knows his team feeds off the energy. He wants it louder even on the Texas serve. I wonder if a loud crowd affects serve receive as the noise may drown out teammate shouts of "mine!" or "long!' Especially when it's the fans yelling it.
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