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Posts posted by Pogo
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47 minutes ago, Js1 said:
She's staying!
That is shocking! Maybe I'm just a pessimist, but there's only one plausible reason I think she stays. Carlson is about to leave because nobody likes her. That would explain the complete lack of cohesion this team has displayed all season.
It still wouldn't explain why JE chose her over Ella, but I guess he made a decision and stuck with it. Still surprising Ella didn't say "peace out. I'm not dealing with this." I just can't picture both of them here next year.
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7 hours ago, Js1 said:
If we stick with the 5-1, I’m guessing Swindle is gone in December. Not sure if Devin sticks around again, but with RR graduating, she *should* be the primary OPP in a 5-1 next year unless Elliot slides Whitney over to open up those 2 OH spots for the top 2 OH recruits in the nation coming in
Agree that Swindle is gone. As someone up thread said, Devin *should* have been the primary OPP this year and we should have taken an experienced MB from the portal in order to redshirt Ames. Wouldn't shock me if Devin leaves as well. I thought she would leave after last season.
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10 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:
Guess WE'LL be the ones traveling to the SMU regional
Or worse, TCU wins a few more and we get sent to Ft. Worth so Parra can kick the crap out of us.
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Something or someone seems to have become a cancer in this locker room. Don't know who or what it is, but this team is not getting better in the next few weeks.
Devin and Ella will put their names in the portal on day 1, and I can't blame them.
@Slick16 is right on about the setter position. There's a reason JE stopped recruiting short setters. Then he takes one out of the portal and benches Ella. If Carlson were setting better, that's one thing, but she's not. Then she just got abused blocking the pin yesterday. I don't get it.
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29 minutes ago, Js1 said:
we are going to have to live with the growing pains of Ames/Mari.
This should be a perfectly acceptable course of action. We did it last year with Swindle. They will have fewer growing pains with only 1 setter. Hopefully, that will be the case going forward. If it's that obvious to us, it has to be to JE as well.
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Also team Swindle. Carlson needs to be a significant offensive upgrade from Ella in order to make up for the defensive liability, but she just isn't. She panicked in the 5th set and only set Madi while their defense was ready every time. Then UM's pins hit over like her block wasn't even there.
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6 minutes ago, Js1 said:
If she leaves, it’s bc Elliot found an OPP in the portal or bc she’s tired of him running Jenna out there to get blocked a million times and not yank her
But yes she’d be in line to start at OPP, her regular position. And Byrd would push Jenna at OH
Fair point. I'm sure while we were all screaming to bench Wenaas, Devin was giving side-eye to whichever coach happened to look her way.
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Devin should know she's in line to take over at Opposite. If she leaves, it shouldn't be for lack of expected future playing time, right?
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Make me an offer at this point.
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$650 is a couple hundred cheaper than I've seen on any other site. Passes are in hand. I'm in Austin.
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Dammit, it took me too long to have something to update in this thread! After Waxahachie, I started off in Rowlett doing the wrong thing for 4 games and was 80 pins out of the cut. Switched balls, got deep and started hooking it. Wound up missing the cut by about 10 pins. 🤬 Almost the same thing happened in Beaumont in November. Started with 240, then lost it and missed some spares. Made a change and came back the last 2 games to miss by about 10 again. 🤬 🤬 Next was Odessa in January. I thought my spare game had gotten better, but I was wrong. Missed about 8 in that 8 games to miss the cut again by 30ish. 🤬🤬🤬 Totally changed how I hold my spare ball when I got home.
Then, I decided to go to Colorado to see an old UT roommate and bowl a regional up there. Glad I did. Started 252-290. LFG! It was up and down after that, but finished +168 to be 3rd after qualifying (behind only Tom Hess and Tish Johnson). Slipped a little to 5th the next 6 games Sunday morning because I didn't put enough surface on the purple hammer. Didn't make that mistake twice. After the 3rd round, I finished in the 3-seed for the stepladder. Shot a clean 225, but lost to a 229 because he strung more strikes. The 4th place $1000 check barely covered my expenses, but I didn't go for the money.
Don't know if I'll bowl another regional before the summer, but the National PBA50 tour starts in Vegas the first week of June with the USBC Senior Masters. I'm taking the wife to that one. Should be fun.
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I knew she was from a small private school, but didn't realize Crownover was a walk-on. I still hope we get another SKT from the portal and let Swindle learn for a year.
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On 1/23/2023 at 2:02 PM, Js1 said:
Mac Podraza stays in the B1G, chooses Penn State
Texas will roll with Swindle, of course, and maybe seek a grad transfer like Ewert in the May portal period?
Does Swindle seem that much of a shoe-in for the job over Crownover, assuming no transfer? But I definitely agree that we should be looking in the portal for an experienced setter.
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23 hours ago, Js1 said:
It’s a bit negligible but after we had to face 6’0 Achante and 6’2 Podraza at the opposing setter position, we will face 5’9 Blossom at USD. Hopefully Logan and Skinner enjoy her front row rotations to hit over her block
I don't think it's negligible at all. Skinner and KU abusing Jhenna's block is one of the main reasons we lost in 2020. It's no coincidence a 6ft SKT shows up a month later.
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1 hour ago, Catpfish said:
Lane 12 at Highland?
You stalking me? 😂
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Very nice Wulaw! Strikes for show, spares for dough. As for the 10.7 mph, those radar guns are pretty suspect. I had one last week consistently read in the 40mph range. If they get bumped a little, the reading is trash.
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19 hours ago, Spoosner said:
My Mom asked for a bowling ball bag for her bday. She's not fancy, just something for her ball, shoes, and wrist brace. I'd like it to be good quality. Brand and/or specific 1 ball bag recs?
The main thing would probably be to get her a roller. That's always better than carrying your stuff. If she's partial to any specific ball brand, maybe look at the bags that brand makes. Otherwise, KR Strikeforce should be a little cheaper and probably better quality.
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9 hours ago, Captainant said:
Real talk though, COVID was rough on LHB as an institution. They basically had two years of no games for upperclassmen to pass traditions down, so everything is a little off as they get the flywheel spinning again.
Add to this the "Eyes of Texas" controversy where they could have played in 2020, but didn't. Bringing in Dr. Crooms in May 2021 as the new director has helped right the ship, since he was in LHB as an undergrad.
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48 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:
Last play in this video - Bijan jog into the endzone:
"OU safety looks like he doesn't know Bijan has the ball. Probably wouldn't have mattered if he did - Bijan likely stiff-arms his face into the turf. Safety likely saved himself some embarrassment by not knowing."
Dude may have saved himself some embarrassment on TV, but he's sure as hell gonna hear about it in the film room.
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11 hours ago, PTINS said:
Love this play from Sark & Quinn.
Pre snap, he reads the safety following the motion, vacating the middle and leaving Worthy outside 1 on 1. He knows where the ball is going.
As he fakes to the RB, he sets his feet in anticipation of the pass to come.
Play fake, feet are set, quick set up and release,
Touchdown Texas!
Now that's a Quarterback.
And even after Quinn knows where he's going with the ball pre-snap, he still holds the ball in Bijan's stomach for an extra split second just to make damn sure the safety doesn't even think about dropping. -
@Mittens You were several seats away from me. I was right on the baseline. First live match for me this season too. Skinner's passing has improved as well. It's nice to have someone that good be able to step up when Logan has a sub-par night, and she did. Some of that was on SKT. I get they want to set the pin quicker to beat the block, but if the pass is off the net, just set it high and let her go over or tool the block. They tried to force the quick ones too much and Logan hit .194. The Greg went nuts when Parra came in for Logan in the 3rd set to serve though. I really wanted to see her unleash one in person, but she only served twice - first one in the net and second one floated long.
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Well, fuck! My weekend didn't go as planned. I wound up having to bowl with Chris Barnes for 8 games on Saturday, so I got a front row seat to how a hall-of-famer operates. It was a bit intimidating at first and I was already a little too hyped-up to start. Unfortunately, I just never really settled down and got into a groove. I made some poor equipment choices and only had a couple good games (225, 234). The other 6 were all sub-195. Finished 46th of 63. Dropped 10 spots with a 130 in game 8 when I was already out of it. That was also shortly after the Horns choked in Lubbock. Time to re-group for another one in Rowlett on ou weekend.
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3 hours ago, Longhornstampede said:
flag girl who taught me 5 or 6 versions of cowgirl and the Ancient Chinese Secret of how to eat pussy
If this was early 90s, she was a redhead. She spent a few weeks on crutches once because she hurt her leg fucking a football player.
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1 hour ago, thunderlounge said:
The shop did me a solid with the turnaround, and put me in the exact right ball for that shot. I didn’t have squat for a layout with me for that type of change, but damn sure have since then.
Details? What ball, layout, oil pattern?
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Ditto. Which is why I'm so surprised she stayed. It's also why I got so disillusioned this year. Carlson just never seemed like an upgrade.
Agreed on that as well. I'll be just as surprised if she stays.
That said, if Ella, Devin, and Emma are the foundation next year, then I am ALL IN!!