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  1. 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.
  2. Yeah, they featured her early on. Showed her next to Elliott's wife and talked about her impact on Halter.
  3. 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.
  4. I like Stanford. I think they have some handicaps in the NIL transfer portal era.
  5. Part of Texas' struggles in this match is the opponent they're playing is a final four worthy squad.
  6. I see no movement on this one.
  7. I got to say, this team is so much easier to watch than last year's team, regardless of the result tonight.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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."
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Announcers completely missing the fact Sydney Petersen played at Texas.
  16. 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.
  17. The Rainbow Connection!
  18. 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.
  19. Every time this season I see someone run a D-ball now I'm going to think of Js1.
  20. Louisville's block and ability to win the extended rallies felt like the difference. Texas more impressive athletically, especially hitting the ball. I love our back row this year. Let's see what happens if we keep from getting in a deep hole early on.
  21. It's a bummer we don't have Singletary on this team, but such is life. No offense to Bunton. She's good, but this team would obviously be better if Singletary was still on the roster. I wonder if Harvey at some point surpasses Bunton. I doubt it happens this year. But I'm curious what happens next year.
  22. Our production out of the right side attack with Cari Spears is better than I've seen it for years. No offense to Molly Phillips, who was amazing for us, but she was crafty and a surgeon, not a physical wunderkind. Last year's right side attack was incredibly disappointing. It's early in the season, so we'll so how it goes, but early returns are very impressive. Louisville looks great. I wish we could get those 5 points back when we started the set down 0-5. Louisville's block is outstanding.
  23. I feel like Sam Gore has blackmail information on a higher up at ESPN, so they can't actually fire him. But they've parked him in volleyball coverage where he can do the least amount of damage. Unfortunately, as a volleyball fan, he does plenty of damage to me. He's so wooden. And he's not actually that knowledgeable, or even being interested in being knowledgeable, about the sport he covers.
  24. Featuring Marina Crownover for the Tigers. Jhenna Gabriel on staff as an assistant to HC Dawn Sullivan. Sullivan has done a good job there her first two years.
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