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Post by anOPINionATEDbeACH(hookemboo) on Nov 25, 2023 0:14:53 GMT -5
Yeah but it was a weird weekend. Too much going on with the Gala, the championship banner, Madi having Covid, etc etc. I would not mind a rematch with everyone focused and healthy I think we look better and they look worse than the last time we met, but I don’t know if we look better than they do overall True, but Barnes has given me some worries with her last performance. I mean, that's the worst I've ever seen a Texas libero look since that 2021 game. And she had started to pass well as the season went on, but UCF is a tough serving team and definitely exposed some things.
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Post by anOPINionATEDbeACH(hookemboo) on Nov 25, 2023 0:15:58 GMT -5
Hopefully Jenna will be 100% ready to step and pass some good balls for us if Barnes has another performance like that..
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Post by horns1 on Nov 25, 2023 1:49:53 GMT -5
I feel like we’re getting 7 and getting sent to Stanford’s bubble. Feel like it's gonna be 4. Louisville 5.Oregon 6.Pitt 7.Texas Pitt could definitely host over Louisville, I just think the committee is gonna Louisville overall record and key wins over Pitt’s recent win against them. And Pitt getting sent to Louisville could make sense, but idk if they'll put the 2 best ACC teams in the same region together before a final 4. It has happened a lot in past brackets. Texas/Kansas, Penn State/Wisconsin, USC/Washington come to mind over the years.
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Post by nellynel on Nov 25, 2023 9:25:05 GMT -5
It’s Challenge Day.
Let’s go!!!
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Post by slxpress on Nov 25, 2023 9:34:36 GMT -5
Today is the end of an era for me. It won’t mark the end of the Longhorn Network. That will come in the spring, and that will also be sad to me in some ways, although admittedly there are mixed feelings. And Longhorn Network will show the tournament matches held in Gregory.
But this will be the last exclusive match for volleyball on LHN, since ESPN+ will also carry the tournament matches, which people will have to get for any of the first two rounds of the tournament anyway.
What has made volleyball unique is that unlike basketball, or even football, LHN actually shows matches quite a few other people would actually watch if access wasn’t so infernally difficult. This has been both a great source of entertainment for me as well as a reminder of LHN’s biggest failing. In any case, the snobby side of me is genuinely going to miss the b1tching every time the LHN featured a match that other fans wanted to see. It’s a bit of a shame that it couldn’t be a better conference opponent. Also, I won’t be here for the match thread for the most part, and that bums me out, too.
In any case, I fully expect a sweep and then it’s on to Selection Sunday where we find out what regional we’ll travel to and who will be our likely Sweet 16 opponent.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 25, 2023 9:49:05 GMT -5
big day today. get to honor some amazing seniors
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Nov 25, 2023 10:10:07 GMT -5
big day today. get to honor some amazing seniors I hope LHN broadcasts the Senior ceremony too, for those of us watching remotely
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Post by uofaGRAD on Nov 25, 2023 10:12:17 GMT -5
I wanna see Jenna Wenaas 6ro today but Barnes still serving! this is the match to try it.
also really hope Simone Overbeck plays for Tech some today. former Arizona girl.
other than that, today is my family’s thanksgiving celebration (BIL is a firefighter that had to work the past two days) so I probably won’t catch every point sadly.
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Nov 25, 2023 10:18:32 GMT -5
Here's my wishlist for Senior Day, big games for all Seniors:
- Ella pushes all sets to the middle and RS - 15 block match for Bella, Asjia and Molly and all hitting .500 - Carissa serves up 5 aces and passes a 3.0 - Reilly serves out the last 5 points of every set, gets 10 digs and also a BIC
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Post by mln59 on Nov 25, 2023 10:19:22 GMT -5
big day today. get to honor some amazing seniors I hope LHN broadcasts the Senior ceremony too, for those of us watching remotely you won't be there today?
could you please step into my office for a moment
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Post by slxpress on Nov 25, 2023 10:21:30 GMT -5
I hope LHN broadcasts the Senior ceremony too, for those of us watching remotely you won't be there today?
could you please step into my office for a moment
This reminded me of The Fonz.
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Nov 25, 2023 10:36:17 GMT -5
Today is the end of an era for me. It won’t mark the end of the Longhorn Network. That will come in the spring, and that will also be sad to me in some ways, although admittedly there are mixed feelings. And Longhorn Network will show the tournament matches held in Gregory. But this will be the last exclusive match for volleyball on LHN, since ESPN+ will also carry the tournament matches, which people will have to get for any of the first two rounds of the tournament anyway. What has made volleyball unique is that unlike basketball, or even football, LHN actually shows matches quite a few other people would actually watch if access wasn’t so infernally difficult. This has been both a great source of entertainment for me as well as a reminder of LHN’s biggest failing. In any case, the snobby side of me is genuinely going to miss the b1tching every time the LHN featured a match that other fans wanted to see. It’s a bit of a shame that it couldn’t be a better conference opponent. Also, I won’t be here for the match thread for the most part, and that bums me out, too. In any case, I fully expect a sweep and then it’s on to Selection Sunday where we find out what regional we’ll travel to and who will be our likely Sweet 16 opponent. I'm less nostalgic than you and actually think it might be a blessing in disguise. While it's been fun and clubby having our own channel, it's been limiting in terms of viewership. Moving to SECN and SEC+ will grow the audience for the team, help gain more fans and sell out more matches
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Nov 25, 2023 10:37:50 GMT -5
I hope LHN broadcasts the Senior ceremony too, for those of us watching remotely you won't be there today?
could you please step into my office for a moment
Nope. But I transferred my ticket to someone who promised to be every bit as loud and obnoxious
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Post by slxpress on Nov 25, 2023 10:53:00 GMT -5
Today is the end of an era for me. It won’t mark the end of the Longhorn Network. That will come in the spring, and that will also be sad to me in some ways, although admittedly there are mixed feelings. And Longhorn Network will show the tournament matches held in Gregory. But this will be the last exclusive match for volleyball on LHN, since ESPN+ will also carry the tournament matches, which people will have to get for any of the first two rounds of the tournament anyway. What has made volleyball unique is that unlike basketball, or even football, LHN actually shows matches quite a few other people would actually watch if access wasn’t so infernally difficult. This has been both a great source of entertainment for me as well as a reminder of LHN’s biggest failing. In any case, the snobby side of me is genuinely going to miss the b1tching every time the LHN featured a match that other fans wanted to see. It’s a bit of a shame that it couldn’t be a better conference opponent. Also, I won’t be here for the match thread for the most part, and that bums me out, too. In any case, I fully expect a sweep and then it’s on to Selection Sunday where we find out what regional we’ll travel to and who will be our likely Sweet 16 opponent. I'm less nostalgic than you and actually think it might be a blessing in disguise. While it's been fun and clubby having our own channel, it's been limiting in terms of viewership. Moving to SECN and SEC+ will grow the audience for the team, help gain more fans and sell out more matches Well, I don’t agree with selling out matches. I wish we had press conferences, radio shows, podcasts, and other things to promote the team, but I don’t see that happening. Maybe the SEC starts a preseason press conference the way the B1G does now. I’m not saying marketing like that is a silver bullet. But it’s amazing how many programs around the country - many of them not nearly as prominent as Texas - feature that kind of coverage. We are going to help sell out more matches. That I feel confident of. Not sure how many of them will be at Gregory. That said, I do think it’s a blessing in many ways. ESPN made an offer Texas couldn’t refuse to keep UT in the ESPN fold, and it’s worked. But once the idea of broadcasting high school football games was nixed, they lost interest in signing agreements to make it accessible. Which lowered its utility a great deal. Still, it’s been fun having our own network while it lasted. It feels a little like the independence of the state until it was annexed by the US. A fun run that was unsustainable but will be used for bragging rights in exaggerated ways for a long time to come.
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Post by mln59 on Nov 25, 2023 12:37:37 GMT -5
to the auto-bus
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