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1 minute ago, TonyTexas said:

Texas’ freshman class is ridiculous. The future is bright. 

Just to remind - this team has 3 FR on the front line (Harvey, Spears and AVW), a SO (Ames), three JRs (Swindle, Gary and Stafford) and another SO off the bench (Binney)

We only lose Emma (we have last year’s top libero recruit on the bench in Krueger) and Devin (with a highly ranked RS hitter in Gaido on the bench as well) and being in another top ranked class

AGNB

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8-5 Texas. TO TCU

Lol at the color commentary girl calling Volpe by her mom’s name (she’s the Rice Coach) 

Posted (edited)
9 minutes ago, someguy said:

probably a question for @Js1, but where to the Stafford sisters rank as best Longhorn sister tandem?

If both players didn't go to Texas, then the Skinner sisters have to be way up there. 

Petersens and Cabellos don't have anyone of Torey Stafford's stature, but they're doing pretty good for themselves as well. That's just recently.

Also, Eggleston's sister started at Cincinnati.

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5 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

If both players didn't go to Texas, then the Skinner sisters have to be way up there. 

Petersens and Cabellos don't have anyone of Torey Stafford's stature, but they're doing pretty good for themselves as well. That's just recently.

Also, Eggleston's sister started at Cincinnati.

I mean both sisters playing for Texas.

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I guess I don't understand. Does Torey Stafford have a sister that plays/played for Texas?

Just now, Js1 said:

I think I see fingers going back

I definitely saw the ring finger going back. Don't understand how that wasn't a good challenge.

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Just now, avidhornslurker said:

Hendrix is a good player but way too small against this Texas size. I cant envision a team thats reliant on a small player will have much success against Texas 

That’s what the ASU game looked like to me.  We were 2 inches and 20 pounds bigger than them across the board and it showed.  

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I feel like the opponent needs some height to match up with Texas. TCU still out blocking Texas, but not getting as many touches as other opponents. Louisville in particular. Of course, they got plenty of blocks, too. 

Posted
2 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

I guess I don't understand. Does Torey Stafford have a sister that plays/played for Texas?

Imani McGee-Stafford 

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Just now, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

That’s what the ASU game looked like to me.  We were 2 inches and 20 pounds bigger than them across the board and it showed.  

ASU didn't have two of their best players. They also sent that 2nd set into overtime.

TCU got embarrassed in the first set, but even the next two sets haven't been particularly close. Late in these sets Texas has crushed them. 

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Just now, avidhornslurker said:

This looked like a JV vs Varsity match. Wasn't even a difference in skill just one team had way more size, physicality, and athleticism. 

and this TCU team beat Penn State, aggy, Missouri and UCLA twice

 

Posted
3 minutes ago, txexlonghorn23 said:

Damn, we are definitely the second best team so far. Nebraska looks kinda unbeatable right now.

Whatchu talking about, Willis?

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Posted
2 minutes ago, txexlonghorn23 said:

Damn, we are definitely the second best team so far. Nebraska looks kinda unbeatable right now.

Explain to me why Nebraska looks more unbeatable than Texas. 

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Just now, avidhornslurker said:

they looked very beatable last night

Murray is great of course, as are their middles. But they don’t look as good defensively as they used to be. Choboy has been shaky, compared to Lexi Rodrigues. And they lost their do everything RS Beason (replaced her with Schzech from Baylor)

Posted
7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Stafford might be the best back row defender that isn’t a libero/DS we have ever had 

That is exactly my feeling.

She had two ups in that third set back to back that led to kills she just handled routinely. 

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3 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

That is exactly my feeling.

She had two ups in that third set back to back that led to kills she just handled routinely. 

Also led the team in digs (13) and hit .542 and had 3 aces

God damn girl

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I understand people get fixated on the rankings, and why not? That what they're there for. To generate conversation.

I find I don't care as long as Texas is one of the top 4 seeds. It's crazy to me we've gone two years having to travel somewhere else for the regional. That's practically a Sahara level drought for us. If we go undefeated through non conference - which looks good at the moment - we'd have to lose more than 2 SEC matches not including the tournament to miss out. That's huge.

Then it's a matter of who gets on a roll in the tournament. 

Nebraska went to 5 sets against both Kentucky and Creighton, but they absolutely waxed Stanford. Texas got wins by the skin of their teeth versus both Stanford and Louisville, but in doing so showed all kinds of resilience and never say die attitude. Texas has had the more impressive early slate, but Nebraska's schedule hasn't exactly been a collection of creampuffs.

Right now they definitely look like the two best teams. Penn State's Izzy Starck bailing out really puts the Nittany Lions in a bad bind. We'll see how the season progresses.

I don't have any issue with Nebraska being #1 right now. They've beaten everyone they've played. They have a lot of talent, and they're experienced. Texas is extraordinarily young. We're in the same kind of position Nebraska was a couple of years ago.

We have an amazing back court. A 6 rotation OH who is better at defense than any OH I can recall at Texas. We're getting unreal production from the right pin. We have a late set double sub that's been very effective. I like our middle blockers, but we all know how spoiled we've been at the middle blocker position. I'd say that's a place where we might not match up as well against the best of the best. But having Harvey come in for Bunton has seriously elevated the team. I think Harvey is playing better than Ames right now, to be honest. She even hit a nice kill down the line from the right side. Not a real slide. We had Spears in the middle the way we do sometimes, and Harvey on the right. But it was still a right side kill. 

The serving was giving TCU all kinds of issues, as Elliott alluded to. 

I'm excited to see what this team can become. I fully expect them to earn a regional host. It's been a fair bit. I'll be glad to see the regional return to Austin, if they can get it. 

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The H2H over Stanford and Louisville will come in handy when/if we drop 1 or 2 (or 3) in the SEC when it comes to the committee’s top 4 at the end

Beat Baylor and we are 8-0 with 7 top 25 wins. Texas usually gets dinged a bit in non-conference scheduling at the end of the year - no chance of that this year. 

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7 hours ago, Js1 said:

Murray is great of course, as are their middles. But they don’t look as good defensively as they used to be. Choboy has been shaky, compared to Lexi Rodrigues. And they lost their do everything RS Beason (replaced her with Schzech from Baylor)

I didn’t think Nebraska did the whole transfer thing. I thought their coach cried about building teams from the portal a few years ago.

Posted
1 hour ago, Lamar said:

I didn’t think Nebraska did the whole transfer thing. I thought their coach cried about building teams from the portal a few years ago.

John Cook retired

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Also Nebraska under Cook took transfers. They just didn’t build their teams through the portal. Beason, Blackwell and Landfair were 3 transfers on the 2024 team.

But the core of the team was still Murray, Reilly, Jackson, Allick, Rodriguez - all recruited by Cook originally

That was more of a direct callout to JE’s 2023 team featuring transfers in Skinner, Wenaas, Barnes, Akana and Bergmark. 

Posted
11 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Why was that 5th point ace taken away?

I think this was the point where it looked like there was discussion going on about possible crowd interference.  Of course the commentators were not helpful...

Related comment: why is it so hard to get good commentary for these games?  I mean, I know it's not D1 football coverage...oh damn...those suck too...nevermind...

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Paul Sunderland and Salima are still the best VB announcing duo 

What we get now sucks - Loeb, Emily Ehman, Sam Gore, Courtney Lyle (YUCK), Shelby Coppedge (blah), Frede, Katie George

I swear, if you did a drinking game for how many times Emily Ehman and Shelby Coppedge bring up a defender's "platform," you'd be drunk by the media TO of the first set. 

Posted (edited)

Also, the Izzy Starck thing is getting weirder and more toxic

Seems like her teammates noticed potential signs of physical and emotional abuse by her boyfriend, told the coaches, coaches told the higher ups at PSU (as is a requirement of a head coach), she got mad and quit the team.  Coaches asked her to wait to announce it and instead she announced it DURING a match, then moved out during the same match

Shitty.

Makes me think JE won't bother looking at her, even if she is a legacy.  He's talked a lot about culture fits at Texas and not bringing in a player who has past issues with messing with that. (2024 not withstanding, but that felt more like player burnout, considering it was most of the same roster from the 2023 title run)

Sounds like she chose the boyfriend over her team

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45 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Also, the Izzy Starck thing is getting weirder and more toxic

Seems like her teammates noticed potential signs of physical and emotional abuse by her boyfriend, told the coaches, coaches told the higher ups at PSU (as is a requirement of a head coach), she got mad and quit the team.  Coaches asked her to wait to announce it and instead she announced it DURING a match, then moved out during the same match

Shitty.

Makes me think JE won't bother looking at her, even if she is a legacy.  He's talked a lot about culture fits at Texas and not bringing in a player who has past issues with messing with that. (2024 not withstanding, but that felt more like player burnout, considering it was most of the same roster from the 2023 title run)

Sounds like she chose the boyfriend over her team

Schlong undefeated? 

Unfortunately, if her entire team and coaches thinks she’s being abused by her boyfriend, it’s probably true and she’s just too emotionally attached to him to end the relationship. 

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