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  1. I enjoyed so much listening/reading all the commentary after that match. There's like 17 podcasts that cover Nebraska volleyball, and all of them were completely shell shocked at the result. It was delicious.
  2. It has to feel like it's every year at this point. Lose the 2018 national championship to Stanford, 3 sets to 2. Lose the 2021 national championship to Wisconsin in 5 sets. Lose the 2022 sweet sixteen to Oregon in 5 sets. Lose the 2024 semifinals to Penn State in 5 sets. And now this year. The last 3 years they were the favorites. 2017 looks farther and farther away with every year.
  3. Yeah, I like their fan base. I liked them back in the 90s in football, too. But I enjoy seeing them lose in volleyball. A lot. I still don't think Texas could have done to Nebraska what A&M did. A&M's serve and block were huge differences in the game, and that's where Texas is weak. But there's no question Texas can beat all the teams remaining. The fourth set was absurd.
  4. To be fair, I think that was tomclen, who is a bit of a provocateur.
  5. Yeah, that guy sucks.
  6. Breathing a sigh of relief, and also so happy Nebraska loses. Again. And now I have to hear that stupid song. There's a steep price to pay for this deal with the devil I just made.
  7. Need the side out right here.
  8. Please dear baby volleyball Jesus side out A&M.
  9. OMG. This could happen. Please please please please.
  10. Please Aggy. You just need to side out.
  11. I'm just going to say A&M was up 22-17 against Louisville and then they gave up an 8 point run to lose 25-22 to go down 2 sets to 0. I honestly thought they were cooked after that. They won the next 3 sets to reverse sweep. Nebraska may win, but A&M isn't going away after this.
  12. All these first ball side outs, too. It's not like we're getting a ton of rallies. Serve, attack, kill.
  13. Nobody can win a point from the service line. No shit.
  14. Surprised, but not surprised. They hate us 'cause they want to be us.
  15. I didn't think about it, but it really is the battle of the overalls.
  16. Aggy gonna Aggy. You just can't stop it. Nebraska fans would do it back to them.
  17. I agree with you, except I thought A&M was cooked when they gave up 8 points in a row to Louisville to go down 2-0 in sets.
  18. It feels like Morrison waited too long to call that timeout. Channeling his inner Elliott there.
  19. I don't know any more. This changes everything. Hilarious. Three years in a row. Brutal.
  20. Welcome to the midwest. They've shifted their whole state's identity to volleyball. It's the one thing they take state pride in. Used to be football. Now they hang on to that sellout record like grim death. The thing is, it's not about living in Nebraska. If you ever lived in Nebraska. If your parents or grandparents lived in Nebraska, you basically root for the volleyball team. And their coach Terry Pettit was basically the Johnny Appleseed of volleyball for that state. They'll never have as much overall talent as Texas, because they don't have the population. But when every little girl dreams of playing volleyball for Nebraska, they sure produce a lot of talent for their size. And the support is absurd. I attended the Oregon-Nebraska match last year in Eugene. They broke the attendance record by a huge amount. At least half the crowd was Nebraska fans. HC Ulmer acknowledged them when he addressed the crowd. I talked to a bunch of Nebraska fans who were there, and none of them came from Nebraska. They all traveled from all over the west coast, just wanting to watch their volleyball team play live, and watching them in Eugune was easier than going back to Lincoln. Prettier, too. It's a phenomenon. No, I think that's just conference play. Edit - Js1 with the right answer. Lost one set in conference play. Jeez.
  21. And then the Aggies do one of their cheers and I'm triggered like Pavlov's dog. Still rooting for them.
  22. Right there with you.
  23. Nebraska hates us with a passion that's a little startling if you're not aware of it. It's not Aggie obsession, because that's a whole different level than anything else in college rivalries. But it's really really high. It's not volleyball specific, either, although that's where most of it gets centered. Wisconsin is their arch rival in the Big 10 and they're hoping the Badgers drill us a new one later today. It's passed down generationally, too. Also, to remind everyone, while they don't hate A&M, they sure hate Trev Alberts, who left them high and dry, threw shade at them as an athletic department as he was leaving, and now A&M is in the college football playoffs, while Nebraska has only recently elevated themselves above moribund mediocrity. It's going to hurt worse than usual if A&M wins.
  24. He's basically the same age as Sean Miller. Both born in 1968. He's going to at least coach a few years in the new building, if not longer. I'd say 10 years minimum. More depending on his makeup.
  25. I really like Morrison. He always projects a lot of respect for the Texas program in ways that feel genuine, when some other coaches make it seem like they're just using coach speak.
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