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Post by jojonito on Nov 19, 2022 5:54:54 GMT -5
I watched the Louisville vs Pittsburgh match prior to the PSU vs MN match. Pittsburgh had beaten Louisville 3-2(25-15,25-13, 25-27, 20-25, 15-12). PITT had won the first two sets easily and let up on the next couple sets allowing Louisville to take it to 5. Well, Louisville got revenge. They took out PITT in 3, (-15, -21, -18). It really wasn't close; LOUIS hit .309, PITT .088; LOUIS had 8 aces, PITT had 1; LOUIS outblocked PITT 12-5; PITT was out-dug 22 to 32. In other words, LOUIS totally outplayed PITT in every phase of the game. It's interesting how so many matches this year between big rivals has resulted in 3-0 matches. Go figure, it doesn't make any sense at all. But, then again, no said it has to.
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Post by traveler on Nov 19, 2022 6:40:38 GMT -5
Yeah, the pendulum definitely swung back v Pitt. They looked lackluster, and Fisher just looked mad.
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 19, 2022 17:01:04 GMT -5
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 20, 2022 1:15:59 GMT -5
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Post by nyline on Nov 20, 2022 8:02:52 GMT -5
When Russ Rose's retirement was announced, many possible candidates were touted on this forum and elsewhere. High on many people's list was Salima Rockwell. I was never sold on Salima as the next head coach for Penn State (though I love Salima as a person and a TV commentator). But many were, and when she was hired by Notre Dame, there was alot of grumbling.
It's been a very tough first season for Salima. Granted, she inherited a very challenging situation -- virtually the entire starting lineup from the previous season either graduated or transferred (hmmmm, sounds similar to another team we know, one that plays its home matches in Rec Hall). So perhaps ND's performance to date was foreordained -- 9-17 after last night's loss (0-3) to N.C. State, with Louisville coming into South Bend on Wednesday, followed by a winnable match against Virginia Tech. So, looking at 10-18 first season for Salima.
As I said, many explanations, and ND will improve next season, for sure (they can hardly do worse). But, all-in-all, I'm very thankful (for many, many reasons) that Penn State didn't hire Salima, and did hire Coach Katie.
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Post by elliotberton on Nov 20, 2022 9:40:08 GMT -5
When Russ Rose's retirement was announced, many possible candidates were touted on this forum and elsewhere. High on many people's list was Salima Rockwell. I was never sold on Salima as the next head coach for Penn State (though I love Salima as a person and a TV commentator). But many were, and when she was hired by Notre Dame, there was alot of grumbling. It's been a very tough first season for Salima. Granted, she inherited a very challenging situation -- virtually the entire starting lineup from the previous season either graduated or transferred (hmmmm, sounds similar to another team we know, one that plays its home matches in Rec Hall). So perhaps ND's performance to date was foreordained -- 9-17 after last night's loss (0-3) to N.C. State, with Louisville coming into South Bend on Wednesday, followed by a winnable match against Virginia Tech. So, looking at 10-18 first season for Salima. As I said, many explanations, and ND will improve next season, for sure (they can hardly do worse). But, all-in-all, I'm very thankful (for many, many reasons) that Penn State didn't hire Salima, and did hire Coach Katie. While I have been impressed and pleased with Coach Katie, and never advocated one choice over another, it seems to me that comparing ND with PSU circumstances is not really possible. I cannot believe that any of the transfer portal players upon whom this team has heavily relied would have even considered going to ND no matter who was coaching there. It was always going to take some time to build the ND program.
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 21, 2022 13:28:12 GMT -5
DigNittany just reached 1,000 followers on Instagram earlier today. Thanks so much to everyone for following along with our content. Much appreciated!
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Post by dc155 on Nov 21, 2022 14:11:26 GMT -5
DigNittany just reached 1,000 followers on Instagram earlier today. Thanks so much to everyone for following along with our content. Much appreciated! Thanks Ethan for running the account with great content! For anyone who's not yet following the Instagram account... www.instagram.com/dignittany
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 21, 2022 21:42:24 GMT -5
Penn State women’s basketball pulled off the largest comeback in program history in tonight’s win over Syracuse.
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 22, 2022 11:57:49 GMT -5
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Post by nyline on Nov 22, 2022 12:04:38 GMT -5
Penn State women’s basketball pulled off the largest comeback in program history in tonight’s win over Syracuse. GREAT WIN
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 22, 2022 22:00:53 GMT -5
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Post by dc155 on Nov 23, 2022 14:58:48 GMT -5
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Post by jojonito on Nov 23, 2022 23:59:34 GMT -5
I was following the USD vs BYU match via Volleytalk, as I don't get ESPNU. It was interesting; there seem to be a lot of B1G haters on Volleytalk. Somebody made the ignorant statement that the bottom half of the B1G was really bad. I was wondering what matches he'd watched recently as, from what I can see, this is the strongest the bottom half of the B1G has ever been. It seems that a lot of people on Volleytalk think that the B1G champion shouldn't host a regional. The rationale is that NEB, WISC and OSU have lost too many matches to teams that are lower than top-ten or top-fifteen. The problem to me with this logic is that it's using data that is mostly 2 months old (not counting OSU). From what I can see, WISC is the best B1G team and deserves hosting a regional. Also, this logic doesn't give credit to the strength of the B1G conference overall. However, in the long run, it doesn't matter. The NCAA tournament will let us know who is good and who isn't. USD (San Diego), is a very good team. But, their conference is a joke compared to the B1G. No conference can remotely compare to the B1G's record in the NCAA tournament in the last 10-15 years. PAC12 is the only conference that could compare and the B1G has twice the number of wins as the PAC12. It reminds me of the year that Missouri was 35-0 going into the NCAA. If I'm not mistaken, they were beat by a Purdue team that was 5th or 6th in the B1G. This points up the difficulty of selecting the seeds and teams to put in the NCAA tournament. It is very difficult. Also, putting so much reliance on data from the pre-conf matches ignores the improvement of teams thru out the season. NEB last year is a classic example. NEB was a hot mess for the first part of the 2021 season. They had OH's that were hitting .050 and lower. BUT, much as I hate to say it, John Cook did a really good job of coaching and NEB came within 3 pts of beating WISC in the championship match. Stanford doesn't talk about the PSU match a lot. Their thought is that, "We'd just played badly, not that PSU played good." There's some truth in that. But you can't disregard that loss either. I don't know how much credence to put in Zoe's comment about the B1G vs PAC12 conferences. But, her opinion is that the B1G is significantly stronger than the PAC12. And most people on Volleytalk think that Stanford has a regional hosting slot locked up. We'll see. Everything will come out in the wash. (There is someone on this board who knows Stanford quite well and doesn't think that Stanford is all that good. nyline mentioned him; I don't remember who it is). P.S. Another epistle. I can't see to write short posts very well.
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Post by ethankasales on Nov 24, 2022 10:20:02 GMT -5
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