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  1. I love this fucking team. I would have loved them win or lose. So much more fulfilling to watch than last year. Thanks for joining the thread to the rest of you.
  2. I think they should make it the players have to stay on the court and the coaches can't talk to them during review calls. I get the coaches using it, but the system can do more to discourage it.
  3. This ref wastes no time on these challenges. That Hawk system makes a huge difference, too.
  4. The whole Carlsen/Swindle dynamic hurt my heart, too. And watching Skinner go from one of the most undefendable players I've ever seen to whatever last year was. Just really like everything this team is about. And there's a lot of upside, too.
  5. Fuck you magical meske timeout. Fuck you. Now 12-11.
  6. Um. I love this fucking team. I know we're down 12-9, and it hasn't always looked pretty, but this is a team that I find easy to root for.
  7. Honestly I'm really grateful for Ames. It felt like we were losing every one on one recruiting battle with Nebraska for a couple of years. It allowed them to build a monster roster. But we competed in the portal. Ames looks so much more fluid early this year than she did as a true freshman last year. She's no slide queen, though.
  8. Yeah, they featured her early on. Showed her next to Elliott's wife and talked about her impact on Halter.
  9. She's really good on the slide, too. She reminds me of how opponents must have felt trying to defend O'Neal. She's a tremendous weapon.
  10. I like Stanford. I think they have some handicaps in the NIL transfer portal era.
  11. Part of Texas' struggles in this match is the opponent they're playing is a final four worthy squad.
  12. I see no movement on this one.
  13. I got to say, this team is so much easier to watch than last year's team, regardless of the result tonight.
  14. Meske seems super charismatic. I think he's the most charismatic volleyball coach I've ever seen on television. I don't know how that translates into building a program, but he seems like he'd be a lot of fun to play for.
  15. Louisville is not nearly as big as Texas overall. They have the 6'6 middle blocker, who is amazing. They have Sherman, who is 6'3. Then they have the two 6'5 opposites. But their outside hitters, Petersen and Chicoine, are 6' and 5'10.
  16. I feel like Elliott leans on the idea he wants the players to figure it out. I find myself calling for timeouts often with him, but what are you going to do? Then I watch Hambly at Stanford and think, "Well, at least Elliott isn't THAT bad."
  17. I'm unconvinced there's a sport where a timeout seems to make a bigger difference than volleyball. It may not be true, but it feels like it.
  18. Chicoine was terrific for Purdue last year. It's a little crazy to me both her and Hudson transferred. That Cresse chick, the middle blocker, is deadly on the slide. A little weird that Louisville has two players with sisters who played at Texas. Peyton Petersen, the sister of Sydney, and Nayelis Cabello, the sister of Naomi Cabello, who transferred to NC State.
  19. It looked obvious to me the index finger moved to the left as the ball passed by. They showed some terrible replays from the side, but when looking from the camera from behind the Louisville side head on, it just seemed blatantly obvious to me. But it looked like the finger moved in real time to me as well.
  20. I thought it was a touch in real time, and it's definitely a touch on the replay. It's not hard to see, Holly. It's obvious. I also think Louisville is really good.
  21. Announcers completely missing the fact Sydney Petersen played at Texas.
  22. Who is the best back row defensive player we've ever had that was the main outside hitter? I honestly don't know. I just know Stafford is really impressive out there. Tied at 12 apiece.
  23. The Rainbow Connection!
  24. I enjoy watching Louiville on these extended points. Maybe not quite so much as I would if it was against a different opponent, but much respect regardless. It also helps we're up 11-4 right now. Hopefully we continue this.
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