THE Ohio State 2021 Fall thread

[rampageripster]

This may be the most complete Buckeye volleyball team I have ever seen (over the past 14 years that I've actually been paying attention)... Has a lot of the same qualities that last year's squad had, but now has a killer instinct and zero desire to prolong matches against inferior opponents. We're not gonna see the 5 set ridiculousness against the Marylands of the world.

Now they need to do this against a team like Washington... especially on the road. That's the next step.

[volleyaudience]

Ohio State is fun to watch this year. Second year coach.
Their digs are passes that are settable.
The bench activities are enthusiastic. I love the lift of the DS when that get a stuff block.

[Brutus Buckeye]

[rtael]

Sept 18, 2021 12:29:01 GMT -5 rampageripster said:

We're not gonna see the 5 set ridiculousness against the Marylands of the world.

Whelp...

[Brutus Buckeye]

[rampageripster]

Sept 20, 2021 4:05:25 GMT -5 rtael said:

Sept 18, 2021 12:29:01 GMT -5 rampageripster said:

We're not gonna see the 5 set ridiculousness against the Marylands of the world.

Whelp...

Ya… I don’t think the Irish are THAT bad, but Sunday was a moment of regression

[exit237a]

Hey Buckeye fans!  Created a thread for Sunday's match at Penn State here:

#3 Ohio State @ #20 Penn State - Sun 9/26 - 4PM ET – BTN

I took a stab at a projected starting lineup and feel free to let me know if you have a different prediction.  Best of luck during conference play!

[exit237a]

Hey tOSU faithful!  Got another match thread for you, this one for tonight against Indiana:

Indiana @ #8 Ohio State- Wed 9/29 - 6PM Eastern - BTN

[arcticferret]

First trip to the Covelli center. I’m1-0! Maybe half full. The had a scrolling line of tourney history and all Americans.
I would prefer the banners. Assigning seat, and data collection in payment a big turnoff. I am a roamer and usually am in a different location each set.
Like the replay screens. I look forward to major matchups and think this will make our crowd a bigger factor in a home court advantage when we can fill the place to near capacity.

[bucky415]

Sept 18, 2021 12:29:01 GMT -5 rampageripster said:

This may be the most complete Buckeye volleyball team I have ever seen (over the past 14 years that I've actually been paying attention)... Has a lot of the same qualities that last year's squad had, but now has a killer instinct and zero desire to prolong matches against inferior opponents. We're not gonna see the 5 set ridiculousness against the Marylands of the world.

Now they need to do this against a team like Washington... especially on the road. That's the next step.

Sorry you didn't get to see Stacey the Great, especially in 2001 and 2004 when she had good and generally healthy teams around her. Injuries really held the Buckeyes back during her tenure there, but she was amazing. Maybe the best 6 rotation OH ever, in my opinion.

[bucky415]

It was 30 point scoring, but Gordon and Nnamani shared NPOY, if memory serves, in 2004, with relatively similar around 7 kills per set and .360 stats. Gordon was better in the back row, Nnamani carried her team to the national title. I saw the Badgers be victims of both in person. On the good side, the win over previously undefeated Hawai'i in the round of 16 made a trip to Green Bay in December worth it. The Buckeyes won an epic match against Georgia Tech in the round of 16 and lost one to Minnesota in the regional final.

[volleyparent]

tOSU coaches tweeted that there was another commit this week. Does anyone know who it is?

[badgerbill]

Is it Eloise Brandewie? I hope not, as she was armt a Badger match last weekk

[Brutus Buckeye]

Durham? Rothe?

Suspenseful....

[Jim Dietz]

Sept 18, 2021 12:29:01 GMT -5 rampageripster said:

This may be the most complete Buckeye volleyball team I have ever seen (over the past 14 years that I've actually been paying attention)... Has a lot of the same qualities that last year's squad had, but now has a killer instinct and zero desire to prolong matches against inferior opponents. We're not gonna see the 5 set ridiculousness against the Marylands of the world.

Now they need to do this against a team like Washington... especially on the road. That's the next step.

You would have loved the 1990-1994 Buckeyes for balance.

It was also fun a decade later with the teams built around Stacey Gordon's hitting.