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Post by hammer on Aug 27, 2022 21:22:02 GMT -5
Texas is 100% #1 next week. they earned two top 10 wins on the road!! I already had them at #1 in the VolleyTalk Poll. No change for me, or can I move them up to #0? |
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Post by slxpress on Aug 27, 2022 21:23:15 GMT -5
Long ways to go this season.
I’ve seen seemingly unbeatable Longhorn teams take the L before.
But I’ve never seen a Longhorn team with this kind of backcourt. That’s for sure.
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Post by slxpress on Aug 27, 2022 21:23:50 GMT -5
Don't get too far ahead. Minnesota is next. Yes, but he’s a Stanford fan. |
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Post by horns1 on Aug 27, 2022 21:24:50 GMT -5
It’s quite the scary thought that this Texas team will only get better from here, like what do you against that?! Lol I don't know that that's true? Like no shade, but Texas regularly regresses throughout the year as a product of playing in the B12. Hence why they get bounced early a lot. This team 110% seems special, and they will work out a lot of kinks, but they won't be put in nearly as many pressure situations from today until December. If I was Jared, I would make every practice just a match between two evenly paired sides of the roster LOL. 2 seasons is a lot? |
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Post by volleyfan24 on Aug 27, 2022 21:28:15 GMT -5
I am not sure I would have predicted OSU would only win one set in the series but here we are.
The fact that I don’t think Texas has peaked is scary the season is a marathon not a sprint so it should be interesting.
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Post by horns1 on Aug 27, 2022 21:30:50 GMT -5
Earlier than expectation / seed. I think that is 110% true. It's to their credit that they start almost every year ranked in the top 2-3. Still not true upsets happen Texas runs into good seeds they were in the NC in the spring and lost in the round of 8 last year. No one brings this up when any B1G schools lose early. Texas has the longest active steak of making the round of 16 just to prove my point. And, minimum Elite 8 in 14 of the last 15 seasons. |
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Post by texasex01 on Aug 27, 2022 21:35:05 GMT -5
I'm excited to see the setting connection between SKT and Skinner improve and for either Caffey or Bergmark to establish themselves at MB2.
I really liked seeing them vary the offense with Molly hitting from the middle when she was being slowed down on the right pin. I hope she continues working her OOS hitting from the right pin b/c the team will need it in the post-season.
And Fleck, Akana, and Halter in the backrow is a special group! Consistent defensive players with tough serves!
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Post by horns1 on Aug 27, 2022 21:38:24 GMT -5
Calling it now! TOSU - 3 / Texas All-Stars 1  |
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Post by rampageripster on Aug 27, 2022 21:42:30 GMT -5
So obviously Texas is just unfairly good. I know that.
What is frustrating to me is that it looks like nothing from last season has been fixed coming into the season. We have no real outside threat, our passing from anyone not a DS is highly inconsistent as best (how many times did we flub a free ball!?), and Londot is still not set in a way that she doesn’t have to work her a** off on half her swings.
The Nuts are still a very good team, but they were talking about breaking the S16 ceiling and those two matches show me that that can happen, and they’ll probably just get knocked out in the E8 instead.
Lots of volleyball between then and now, but it’s really frustrating to see the most glaring issues persisting.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2022 22:00:22 GMT -5
What an opening weekend for Texas! They got my attention for sureeeeee
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Post by txnut on Aug 27, 2022 22:04:55 GMT -5
Dang I blinked and that last set was over. I gotta go find out what I missed 😬
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Post by bucky415 on Aug 27, 2022 22:05:40 GMT -5
Still not true upsets happen Texas runs into good seeds they were in the NC in the spring and lost in the round of 8 last year. No one brings this up when any B1G schools lose early. Texas has the longest active steak of making the round of 16 just to prove my point. And, minimum Elite 8 in 14 of the last 15 seasons. That is really impressive, and it is something I always bring up when Elliott gets negative comments on the board. Texas wants its programs to be consistently elite. How many others have been to that level? How many programs in any sport have? |
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Post by bruins01 on Aug 27, 2022 22:07:53 GMT -5
Still not true upsets happen Texas runs into good seeds they were in the NC in the spring and lost in the round of 8 last year. No one brings this up when any B1G schools lose early. Texas has the longest active steak of making the round of 16 just to prove my point. And, minimum Elite 8 in 14 of the last 15 seasons. I think I kinda get what hipster is saying/thinking. Losing the round before your seed placement is “bounced early.” (i.e. if a #1-16 seed team loses before regional semi/final). So like last year, the loss in the regional final is “bounced early” since Texas was #2. Even making the final 4 in 2013, that’s still “bounced early” since Texas was seeded #1. Texas is consistently seeded #1-4 (5? ) that not making the final 4 or the championship match really is ”bounced early.” Also, how do I tag hipsterfilth? Noob here. |
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Post by horns1 on Aug 27, 2022 22:16:45 GMT -5
And, minimum Elite 8 in 14 of the last 15 seasons. I think I kinda get what hipster is saying/thinking. Losing the round before your seed placement is “bounced early.” (i.e. if a #1-16 seed team loses before regional semi/final). So like last year, the loss in the regional final is “bounced early” since Texas was #2. Even making the final 4 in 2013, that’s still “bounced early” since Texas was seeded #1. Texas is consistently seeded #1-4 (5? ) that not making the final 4 or the championship match really is ”bounced early.” Also, how do I tag hipsterfilth? Noob here. Eh, I have no issues if someone states the number of times we were "bounced early" (I'd wager hardly anyone considers "early" the correct term once you've reached the Final Four). But, to say it's "a lot" is not something I'm on board with. And, what about those seasons when we surpassed our seed? 2010 -- #9 seed made it to the Final four 2012 -- #3 seed won the national championship 2015 -- #3 seed made it to national championship match (losing to #4 seed Nebraska in Omaha) 2016 -- #4 seed made it to national championship match after defeating the #1 seed 2020 -- #4 seed made it to national championship match after defeating the #1 seed So, obviously, Texas "regresses regularly" during the season due to playing in the Big 12 . . .  |
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Post by bruins01 on Aug 27, 2022 22:27:30 GMT -5
I think I kinda get what hipster is saying/thinking. Losing the round before your seed placement is “bounced early.” (i.e. if a #1-16 seed team loses before regional semi/final). So like last year, the loss in the regional final is “bounced early” since Texas was #2. Even making the final 4 in 2013, that’s still “bounced early” since Texas was seeded #1. Texas is consistently seeded #1-4 (5? ) that not making the final 4 or the championship match really is ”bounced early.” Also, how do I tag hipsterfilth? Noob here. Eh, I have no issues if someone states the number of times we were "bounced early" (I'd wager hardly anyone considers "early" the correct term once you've reached the Final Four). But, to say it's "a lot" is not something I'm on board with. And, what about those seasons when we surpassed our seed? 2010 -- #9 seed made it to the Final four 2012 -- #3 seed won the national championship 2015 -- #3 seed made it to national championship match (losing to #4 seed Nebraska in Omaha) 2016 -- #4 seed made it to national championship match after defeating the #1 seed 2020 -- #4 seed made it to national championship match after defeating the #1 seed What about them? Awesome? Yeah definitely. But I think the original point that started this convo was a reply to a comment something along the line of “it’s scary how much better this team will get throughout the season” and hipsterfilth replying “not sure that that’s true…” So the point was about regressing and not living up to the seeding. So 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021… that’s 7 seasons of underperforming compared to 5 seasons of exceeding expectations, he’s making a case for himself. This is not an attack on Texas btw. Think of it as Rafael Nadal not winning French Open. It’s expected for him to win. When it doesn’t happen it’s amplified. |
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