September 21, 20196 yr Author 1-2-3-4 all took losses this week Corn 3-1 to Tree Tree 3-1 to Mormons Texas 3-2 to Rice PSU 3-0 to Pitt #5 Baylor might be the new #1 if they get past Hawaii. Otherwise, #6 Pitt should be.
September 23, 20196 yr Author With Baylor sweeping Hawaii and Pitt losing in 5 to PSU after winning @ PSU on Friday, I'd guess the new ACVA top 6 is: #1 Baylor (undefeated) #2 Stanford (lost to BYU) #3 Nebraska (lost to Tree) #4 Pitt (split with PSU) #5 PSU (split with Pitt) #6 Texas (lost to Rice)
September 23, 20196 yr When Jhenna left the game, LHN cameras showed her holding her arm. She might have hurt it. Shook's first 2 sets were horrible (bad timing and off the net). She was money after that. Our entire team needs to watch video of aggy #9 serving and take copious notes.
September 23, 20196 yr Author Wow, the level of disrespect for Baylor. AVCA Top 10: Tree Baylor Nebraska Pitt PSU Texas Minny Washington BYU Marquette Oh and Rice is #22 and SC is #25 My top 6 was so close, I didn't think AVCA wouldn't not punish Tree for losing
September 24, 20196 yr Good, baylor has earned and deserves zero respect. They represent everything wrong with college athletics.
September 26, 20196 yr Don’t think it will be a shitshow but we’ll have multiple conference losses. We’ll split with Baylor and then drop a couple more somewhere. 3-4 big 12 losses sounds right
September 26, 20196 yr 4 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: Don’t think it will be a shitshow but we’ll have multiple conference losses. We’ll split with Baylor and then drop a couple more somewhere. 3-4 big 12 losses sounds right That spells shitshow. No host, bad seed, probably lose to some midwestern mid-major. A shitshow by our standards, anyway.
September 26, 20196 yr Author 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said: Um. Wow. This season could turn into a complete shitshow. Ditch the random 6-2. It’s dumb. Edited September 26, 20196 yr by Js1
September 26, 20196 yr Author 12 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: Don’t think it will be a shitshow but we’ll have multiple conference losses. We’ll split with Baylor and then drop a couple more somewhere. 3-4 big 12 losses sounds right I really don't see these "3-4 losses". I see 1, MAYBE 2.
September 26, 20196 yr We've been looking pretty sketchy since WSU. I mean, Texas Volleyball has always had a tendency to let down here and there, but we have played poorly for three matches straight now. We've escaped with the W in two of them, but geez. Also, what happened with Brianna yesterday? Only played briefly?
September 26, 20196 yr Author 6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: We've been looking pretty sketchy since WSU. I mean, Texas Volleyball has always had a tendency to let down here and there, but we have played poorly for three matches straight now. We've escaped with the W in two of them, but geez. Also, what happened with Brianna yesterday? Only played briefly? Will probably bring her back slowly. She played in 2 of the 4 sets, going 1-1-3. The outsides got set 105 times - 78% of our attempts. I'm kind of at the point where if Jhenna can't or won't set our middles, she needs to sit on the bench. We've always played "down" to lower competition. Dunno why. 3-1 and 3-0 is not "escaping" with a win. And we lost to Rice in 5. We are still the same team that swept Minnesota (who beat Tree), took Tree to 5 on their home court and beat BYU (who beat Tree).
September 26, 20196 yr 13 minutes ago, Js1 said: Will probably bring her back slowly. She played in 2 of the 4 sets, going 1-1-3. The outsides got set 105 times - 78% of our attempts. I'm kind of at the point where if Jhenna can't or won't set our middles, she needs to sit on the bench. We've always played "down" to lower competition. Dunno why. 3-1 and 3-0 is not "escaping" with a win. And we lost to Rice in 5. We are still the same team that swept Minnesota (who beat Tree), took Tree to 5 on their home court and beat BYU (who beat Tree). Yeah the middles are a problem. I'm just alarmed at the extended periods of poor play during Rice, eaTme, and last night. While Rice appears salty and ISU is a pasty midwestern defensive team that always seems to be our kryptonite (but down two starters), better teams (TCU? Baylor for sure) probably would have destroyed us.
September 26, 20196 yr Serving and passing were a little better than they were against aggy. Blocking wasn't. Playing Shook in the 1st set (even with a big lead) is JE's way of telling Jhenna that she's close to getting benched. Wouldn't surprise me if Shook plays a lot more against Tech.
September 26, 20196 yr 4 hours ago, Js1 said: I really don't see these "3-4 losses". I see 1, MAYBE 2. Our losses will be on the road. 8 conference road matches and we are losing @ Baylor plus @ 2 other gyms featuring opponents that play an inspired match against Texas and rattle our freshmen like they were at Rice. Fuckin Rice. I hope you're right though Edited September 26, 20196 yr by perfectchaos007
September 28, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said: Tech doesn't look like much competition for us. We took the first set 25-17 Post aged well.... Nice Win 🤘
September 29, 20196 yr Author Defending champ Tree now has 3 losses - Minny, BYU and Washington. I guess Corn will be back to #1.
September 30, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Js1 said: Defending champ Tree now has 3 losses - Minny, BYU and Washington. I guess Corn will be back to #1. Did Baylor lose?
September 30, 20196 yr Author 13 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: Did Baylor lose? No. They may be #1. Could see them giving it to the “name” program.
September 30, 20196 yr Just now, Js1 said: No. They may be #1. Could see them giving it to the “name” program. Possibly so. Now that we're in conference play a win doesn't do anything but a loss will hurt big
September 30, 20196 yr Author Truly weird times we live in. 1 Baylor (54) 2 Nebraska (7) 3 Tree (1) 4 Pitt (1) 5 PSU 6 Texas 7 Minny 8 Washington 9 BYU 10 Marquette Also ranked: 21 Rice; RV: Southern Cal, ISU Baylor may hold that #1 ranking for at least 2 polls - their next "test" is October 9 @ ISU. No meeting with Texas until 10/23 and then again 11/20.
October 1, 20196 yr Author 1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said: Who have they beaten? Wisconsin. Hawaii. Creighton. Marquette. Missouri. They’ve only dropped 2 sets all season.
October 1, 20196 yr No way does the committee give the Big 12 two national seeds. We gotta beat them twice
October 1, 20196 yr Author 1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said: No way does the committee give the Big 12 two national seeds. We gotta beat them twice RPI Futures is Baylor, Texas, Pitt, Tree. That would be a hell of a top 4. But I agree - Big 12 won't get two. Winner gets it, loser is on the outside looking in (probably #5). A split and the edge probably goes to Baylor by virtue of only having one loss. if I had to call it today; Big 12 winner Tree B1G winner between PSU and Corn Pitt If Minny wins the B1G, then it opens the door to 2 Big 12 teams. Edited October 1, 20196 yr by Js1
October 1, 20196 yr The question now becomes who is more likely to dump some wtf games, Baylor with their newfound prosperity or "old money" Texas.
October 1, 20196 yr Author 36 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: The question now becomes who is more likely to dump some wtf games, Baylor with their newfound prosperity or "old money" Texas. Baylor has risen to the underdog, us against the world challenge (losing only 2 sets all year) but now has the #1 curse on them that has taken down Tree and Corn and they certainly have never had this level of success. Texas routinely plays down to its competition, so it is still ripe for an upset on the road in Big 12 play with how many freshman we play - Norman; Fort Worth; Ames. Texas may also find themselves the underdog in 2 Big 12 matches for the first time since.....Nebraska was still in the conference? Edited October 1, 20196 yr by Js1
October 3, 20196 yr Is this match live... currently watching Texas vs TCU on ESPU??? TCU has a big girl who looks more like she should be a catcher in softball... 😬 Texas won first set pretty easily... Edited October 3, 20196 yr by LTtxfan
October 3, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, TexasDPT said: Game is live on ESPNU. Texas service errors are keeping TCU in it. Thanks... Just surprised no one is talking about it. Agree that Texas serving has SUCKED...
October 3, 20196 yr You're seeing in this TCU match why Butler was always going to start once she was healthy. She's just a completely different athlete than our other two middles and O'Neal is an above average athlete. Unreal athleticism. Teams have been cheating on our pins and I don't think that's going to be much of an option anymore. TCU has nobody that can stop her athleticism. She's 3 or 4 inches higher in the air than every TCU player. Edited October 3, 20196 yr by texasstrong12
October 3, 20196 yr Good stuff @texasstrong12. Texas has been playing down to their opponent a little in this match... TCU is horrible!! Texas won Set 2.... up 2-0 in the match Set #1. 25-19 Set #2. 25-20 Edited October 3, 20196 yr by LTtxfan
October 3, 20196 yr I often thought Texas should run a sub where a blocking sub would come in for the setter in the front row and have Hahn set. They ran it with Molly coming in for Jhenna and then Hahn put up a great ball for Logan. And then Micaya ace served to end the set. Edited October 3, 20196 yr by TexasDPT
October 3, 20196 yr I guess the plan is to only play Butler a few reps here and there until she gets her legs back.
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