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  1. Those are all some great memories. That BYU win in particular stands out to me. I believe the Florida match is the one that everyone points to that led to replay because of the ball called out of bounds in UT's favor. UCSB was the Khat Bell speech, lol. Zoe Fleck was on that team! That Washington match was cray cray. It's like they flipped a switch midway through the 3rd set, and just blasted Washington off the floor. A bummer the next match went the way it did.
  2. It's not just the number, although that is impressive. She looks like a legitimate back row defensive player. One handing shit all over the place. For a comparison, I thought O'Neal looked like the best defensive middle I'd ever seen...but she was without a doubt an impressive middle playing defense in the backrow after serving, not a true backcourt player. Stafford isn't Brooke Nuneviller out there, who was a legitimate libero who was a great outside hitter for Oregon. But she would fit in with that Arkansas team from 2023. That Kentucky team we lost to in the national championship had elite level passing. That's another team Stafford would have fit on. I just don't recall any of our outsides being this good on defense. We've had outsides rack up big dig numbers, but it's as much because they're getting picked on as it is they're so amazing.
  3. It's a long season, but I think this Louisville team has the pieces to win a tough ACC. This could easily be a rematch late in the NCAA tournament.
  4. By the way, the Louisville hand sign stand for Loser.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. This ref wastes no time on these challenges. That Hawk system makes a huge difference, too.
  8. 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.
  9. Fuck you magical meske timeout. Fuck you. Now 12-11.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Yeah, they featured her early on. Showed her next to Elliott's wife and talked about her impact on Halter.
  13. 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.
  14. I like Stanford. I think they have some handicaps in the NIL transfer portal era.
  15. Part of Texas' struggles in this match is the opponent they're playing is a final four worthy squad.
  16. I see no movement on this one.
  17. I got to say, this team is so much easier to watch than last year's team, regardless of the result tonight.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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."
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
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