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Post by sunsuphornsup on Dec 17, 2023 22:02:22 GMT -5
[ Not saying she’s mean and not saying she isn’t. Plenty of great athletes, young and not so young, are mean spirited people and plenty are not. Who knows with this kid? If it’s really bothering you, go ask her club teammates for the last 5 years. Tough stage to be on and control every thought and emotion. You’ll find out soon enough if she’s nasty; the portal will see to that 😆 the worst part about this is that i hadn’t heard good things about her from her prep volleyball days and i was hoping they were untrue. i fear they might be I can see it.
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Post by volleyguy on Dec 17, 2023 22:04:03 GMT -5
Forget the players. I love how much emotion YOU show! You're the best Nebraska fan ever! Keep letting me know how Nebraska really deserved this championship after this complete beat down because Texas had one player who played for the national team this year. So unfair! Life is so unfair! I’m just defending my stance, that is what this forum is for right? or did i just miss that we have to be kumbaya and agree across the board? Your players themselves have said you played with an underdog mentality all season because they knew they got lucky. Cook said it best, and i’ll echo what i’ve said before…this sport is one of momentum, you should have lost to the Vols and you didn’t, since then the momentum carried you here. But all season long - Nebraska has the better team - and here’s the future! Most people, however, are smart enough to realize that after getting their a$$ kicked, it’s better not to talk smack.
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Post by liberovb10 on Dec 17, 2023 22:04:11 GMT -5
the worst part about this is that i hadn’t heard good things about her from her prep volleyball days and i was hoping they were untrue. i fear they might be I can see it. and no the Harper Murray slander - the lengths texas fans will go. Just like their shady A$$ social media team. this is why fans root against you all..sorry i mean “y’all” it’s really something else.
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Post by liberovb10 on Dec 17, 2023 22:05:46 GMT -5
I’m just defending my stance, that is what this forum is for right? or did i just miss that we have to be kumbaya and agree across the board? Your players themselves have said you played with an underdog mentality all season because they knew they got lucky. Cook said it best, and i’ll echo what i’ve said before…this sport is one of momentum, you should have lost to the Vols and you didn’t, since then the momentum carried you here. But all season long - Nebraska has the better team - and here’s the future! Most people, however, are smart enough to realize that after getting their a$$ kicked, it’s better not to talk smack. i’m seeing the season in it’s totality - did i wish Nebraska put up a better fight today? absolutely But i’m not judging this team on the basis of one match or two - i’m looking at their full body of work this season compared to the rest of the field. THAT’S where the disconnect is coming from.
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Post by austintatious on Dec 17, 2023 22:06:59 GMT -5
This is the red card on Jerrit. Beason, #13 for Nebraska, is in the front row, and as you can see she is lined up behind a couple of Nebraska's back row players Lexi and Choboy. So he was right to complain. Beason moved across behind them to get to the other side, so this did give her an unfair advantage. I don't know Nebraska's rotation order, but the pattern they are in looks like all 3 front row players are stacked left, all 3 backrow to the right. If that is correct, the only 2 players she has to be in front of is the long haired player left of the libero, and must stay to the left of the players in front of her.worst case she is even with left back no way JE can see who is in front of who from his bench. 13 is not required to be in front of 13 and the setter to libero's right. Without a video we can't tell if she left early and passed middle front. I assume that is what he was arguing. The position of the players in the pic, to me is legal.
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Post by slxpress on Dec 17, 2023 22:07:17 GMT -5
Forget the players. I love how much emotion YOU show! You're the best Nebraska fan ever! Keep letting me know how Nebraska really deserved this championship after this complete beat down because Texas had one player who played for the national team this year. So unfair! Life is so unfair! I’m just defending my stance, that is what this forum is for right? or did i just miss that we have to be kumbaya and agree across the board? Your players themselves have said you played with an underdog mentality all season because they knew they got lucky. Cook said it best, and i’ll echo what i’ve said before…this sport is one of momentum, you should have lost to the Vols and you didn’t, since then the momentum carried you here. But all season long - Nebraska has the better team - and here’s the future! Absolutely! And what a great stance it is! Texas just got cited for an assault and battery charge for what they did to the great Nebraska defense all match long. It IS a good time to talk about the future. And also the past! Great resume. Most complete team all season long. No seniors (drink). Texas got completely fluky serving Stanford, Wisconsin, and Nebraska off the floor. Really, this silly title game nonsense is way overrated anyway. Go Big Red!
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Post by uofaGRAD on Dec 17, 2023 22:08:55 GMT -5
lol I love that JE is constantly trying to make our roster better and put us in the best place to win a championship. I hope he does it again next season! Rutherford, Morris, and/or Blackwell as one year rentals while we wait for Vander Wal and Spears sounds incredible! Byrd will still be able to start for three seasons too! I love a coach that can stay with the times.
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Post by widdledumpling on Dec 17, 2023 22:09:08 GMT -5
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Post by volleyguy on Dec 17, 2023 22:11:49 GMT -5
Most people, however, are smart enough to realize that after getting their a$$ kicked, it’s better not to talk smack. i’m seeing the season in it’s totality - did i wish Nebraska put up a better fight today? absolutely But i’m not judging this team on the basis of one match or two - i’m looking at their full body of work this season compared to the rest of the field. THAT’S where the disconnect is coming from. Maybe so, but in general, making that argument IMMEDIATELY after one of the worst drubbings in NCAA Championship history is probably not the most effective way to make it.
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Post by hammer on Dec 17, 2023 22:13:24 GMT -5
Congrats to the Huskers on a phenomenal season. From start to finish they were on a different tier and played head and shoulders above the rest of the field. Title or not - they were the best and most complete team all season long! GBR! Go B1G! One has to ask if Nebraska's season was a bit of a mirage after the beating they took. No doubt they were very good, but the B1G after Neb and Wisconsin wasn't that good this year. Purdue and Penn St were the two next best teams and Minny was a bust. Nebraska had the one big win in the preseason against Stanford but that was the their only really tough pre-con opponent. Wisconsin had a few close calls in the pre-con and would have lost to Florida if Stucky didn't suffer a season ending injury. The way that Wisky and RED handled the Texas serve leaves me dumbfounded and I have to ask about the quality of serving in the B1G, because it certainly didn't prepare either team for the Texas onslaught from the service line.
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Post by diggerdive on Dec 17, 2023 22:13:34 GMT -5
Most people, however, are smart enough to realize that after getting their a$$ kicked, it’s better not to talk smack. i’m seeing the season in it’s totality - did i wish Nebraska put up a better fight today? absolutely But i’m not judging this team on the basis of one match or two - i’m looking at their full body of work this season compared to the rest of the field. THAT’S where the disconnect is coming from. “Put up a better fight” mmmhmm mmmhmmm aaand what might that have looked like. You mean like get aced half a dozen times instead of a dozen; or like not get aced at the clutch times. Or a higher than zero hitting percentage? Go to bed. 😆
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Post by volleysota on Dec 17, 2023 22:13:54 GMT -5
Me after seeing the last dozen or so pages of this thread: Also me:
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Post by liberovb10 on Dec 17, 2023 22:15:46 GMT -5
i’m seeing the season in it’s totality - did i wish Nebraska put up a better fight today? absolutely But i’m not judging this team on the basis of one match or two - i’m looking at their full body of work this season compared to the rest of the field. THAT’S where the disconnect is coming from. Maybe so, but in general, making that argument IMMEDIATELY after one of the worst drubbings in NCAA Championship history is probably not the most effective way to make it. making this argument tonight - tomorrow - a week from now - it wouldn’t make a difference. this Husker team was special all season long and made the difference for the sport this season. without that memorial stadium match, i don’t think we would have seen the same impact/growth to the sport in its entirety. you can’t discredit what this team did all season and their full body of work. i’ll play that same tune all day, everyday. I’m thankful for what this team and staff has done. no other program could have replicated this.
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Post by bounce22 on Dec 17, 2023 22:16:58 GMT -5
Texas beats Tennessee. Texas beats Wisconsin. Texas beats Nebraska.
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Post by robtearle on Dec 17, 2023 22:18:12 GMT -5
Congrats to the Huskers on a phenomenal season. From start to finish they were on a different tier and played head and shoulders above the rest of the field. Title or not - they were the best and most complete team all season long! GBR! Go B1G! One has to ask if Nebraska's season was a bit of a mirage after the beating they took. No doubt they were very good, but the B1G after Neb and Wisconsin wasn't that good this year. Purdue and Penn St were the two next best teams and Minny was a bust. Nebraska had the one big win in the preseason against Stanford but that was the their only really tough pre-con opponent. Wisconsin had a few close calls in the pre-con and would have lost to Florida if Stucky didn't suffer a season ending injury. The way that Wisky and RED handled the Texas serve leaves me dumbfounded and I have to ask about the quality of serving in the B1G, because it certainly didn't prepare either team for the Texas onslaught from the service line. Now do Texas and their loss to Washington State, being swept by Kansas State, and their "close call" with Tennessee.
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