1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,960 Hi volleyball fans and welcome to the inaugural episode of Volley Talk, the podcast created 2 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:11,200 for volleyball lovers who want to dig deep into what is going on in NCAA and international 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,200 volleyball. 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:17,640 I am your host Sarah Pavin, a two-time Olympian, beach volleyball world champion, and a long-time 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,800 professional indoor player. 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:24,740 I was an NCAA champion with the University of Nebraska and represented Canada internationally 7 00:00:24,740 --> 00:00:28,460 both indoor and on the beach for over 20 years. 8 00:00:28,460 --> 00:00:33,600 My co-host is none other than my husband Adam Schultz who is equally immersed in the volleyball 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,240 world albeit in a different way than me. 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,520 Hey everyone, my name is Adam. 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,680 I played collegially at McMaster University in Canada and then went on into the coaching 12 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,520 world at the university level. 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:50,180 I was a statistician for the Canadian national team both indoor and on the beach and as 14 00:00:50,180 --> 00:00:52,800 well for several professional teams around the world. 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,600 For the last decade I have been coaching on the beach but at the international and AVP 16 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:58,600 levels. 17 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,680 Adam and I love talking about volleyball and we wanted to create this podcast to share 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,280 our knowledge and opinions with people who are volleyball junkies like we are. 19 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,380 On Volley Talk we'll be bringing you weekly highlights from the world of NCAA and international 20 00:01:11,380 --> 00:01:17,300 volleyball as well as sharing our insights on feature matches and sharing some hot takes. 21 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:33,000 So without any further ado let's get started. 22 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,640 It was a pretty big week in NCAA volleyball. 23 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:43,920 We're going to talk about some particularly spicy matches in a bit but Utah had a really 24 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,440 solid performance this week. 25 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:51,880 They were unranked going into the week but they took down number 17 TCU and number 18 26 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:56,600 Baylor 3-0 in both matches. 27 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:02,380 The outside hitter Cameron Gabadlo had a particularly strong weekend as she led the Utes in scoring 28 00:02:02,380 --> 00:02:04,720 in both matches. 29 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,440 It's interesting to see Utah, sometimes you'll have an unranked team have a really good match 30 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:13,840 and beat a ranked team but here they beat two back to back 3-0. 31 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,760 That doesn't happen by accident against two different teams. 32 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:24,400 I think the big thing for me looking at the stats was Utah hit 248 versus TCU's 167 and 33 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,040 against Baylor they were 391 against their team 202. 34 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,420 So not only did they attack well but they managed to keep the opposing teams efficiencies 35 00:02:32,420 --> 00:02:35,440 down pretty low and that's hard to do against ranked teams. 36 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,640 Awesome game but the whole team did it. 37 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:44,840 It's impressive to see and I mean the 248 is nothing to roll your eyes at either. 38 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,800 I'm curious to see if they can keep those statistics going week after week. 39 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,840 They're going to be really successful if they can. 40 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:58,640 Now I didn't see the Utah-Baylor match but when I see numbers like that I'm kind of like 41 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:07,280 either the Baylor defense was absolutely tragic or Utah was just unconscious. 42 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,880 But you have to think they were in system all match. 43 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,040 So there must have been either they passed really well or there was no serving pressure. 44 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,480 That's absolutely unbelievable. 45 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,800 I feel like Utah is going to have to be ranked coming into this week with a performance like 46 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,880 that but we'll see. 47 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:28,880 Texas is also continuing their dominance in the SEC after losing three during the preseason. 48 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:30,600 I mean they do have a pretty tough schedule. 49 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:37,080 They did drop one to Miami but like not probably not the start that they wanted for the season 50 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:46,560 but in the SEC play they're now 5-0 and they handled Kentucky three straight as well. 51 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:55,120 I think the story there is Texas out blocked them 14-7 and they held Kentucky to 0-89 hitting 52 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:56,800 percentage as a team. 53 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:02,520 So you're out blocking them serving really well because you must have double blocks on 54 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,440 their pin hitters all the time. 55 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:09,240 That's an impressive stat line against the Kentucky team that was recently in the final 56 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,240 four. 57 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,760 And it was a 7 versus 12 matchup. 58 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:18,040 So I mean I know it's not like a 1-2 matchup where you're expecting like big things five 59 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,420 set barn burner but like 7-12 matchup that is. 60 00:04:21,420 --> 00:04:26,380 You're talking about top 10 teams in the country like that game should be a banger. 61 00:04:26,380 --> 00:04:31,000 Like the sets there was only one set I think that Kentucky cracked 20 points. 62 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:37,040 Yeah that's I mean that just shouldn't happen for Texas to come in there and be that dominant. 63 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,040 That's impressive. 64 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,840 Kentucky transfer Reagan Rutherford now plays for Texas. 65 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:42,880 She had a great game. 66 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,980 You got to love going back to your old barn and just lighting it up. 67 00:04:46,980 --> 00:04:49,540 She was 10-16 she hit 4-38. 68 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:56,380 So I mean we're not saying anything definitively here but I mean. 69 00:04:56,380 --> 00:04:57,380 Little extra motivation. 70 00:04:57,380 --> 00:05:03,040 You never like to lose to your old team so maybe a little extra motivation. 71 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:09,620 Freshman Aiden Ames who was the Nebraska commit decommitted and decided to go to Texas instead 72 00:05:09,620 --> 00:05:11,860 she went 6-for-10. 73 00:05:11,860 --> 00:05:15,340 So that was a good performance by the freshman for Texas. 74 00:05:15,340 --> 00:05:20,720 Around the rest of the league Florida lost a tough one to unranked South Carolina 3-0. 75 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,600 And on the west coast Big Ten action saw a real mix up. 76 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,680 Oregon beat USC 3-0. 77 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,920 UCLA over Washington 3-1. 78 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:35,160 And then UCLA lost to USC in a tight intercity rival 3-2. 79 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,320 They're just trading wins and losses here. 80 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,660 The new Big Ten additions you know they're just keeping things spicy. 81 00:05:41,660 --> 00:05:42,660 They're mixing it up. 82 00:05:42,660 --> 00:05:44,320 They're like win loss win loss. 83 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,880 They're just doing their own thing over on the west coast here. 84 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:52,280 I'm going to be really curious to see them travel and play some of the standard Big Ten 85 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:53,280 teams. 86 00:05:53,280 --> 00:06:00,480 I mean UCLA started Big Ten play against Nebraska lost to them in four in Lincoln. 87 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:01,960 I mean it's going to be an adjustment. 88 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,960 The Pac-10 was no slouch but it also was not the Big Ten. 89 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,040 I mean the Big Ten is for sure the standard. 90 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,160 The gold standard as far as NCAA volleyball is concerned. 91 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,320 So I mean it is going to be an adjustment but we'll see how it plays out. 92 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:21,980 And just out of curiosity how much do you think the travel plays into their ability 93 00:06:21,980 --> 00:06:26,960 to perform or them not being used to it because they're I mean they're traveling like a pro 94 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:28,460 team at this point. 95 00:06:28,460 --> 00:06:30,400 I think it's actually insane. 96 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,120 I am very opinionated about this. 97 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:37,420 I understand that it is great for the league. 98 00:06:37,420 --> 00:06:42,400 We can probably dive into this in another day but like do these girls go to school anymore? 99 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,520 That's what I want to know. 100 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,760 Like how are they managing this? 101 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,360 And I guarantee like not all of these teams fly private. 102 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,260 There are some teams that definitely do but a lot of these schools are still flying commercial. 103 00:06:54,260 --> 00:06:56,960 So like what happened to an education? 104 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:01,760 We will dive into this deeper on another episode because like this is something I'm very passionate 105 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,880 about but yeah I digress. 106 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:10,000 To finish off our weekly roundup Louisville squeaked out a five set win over Florida State 107 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,660 but the games everybody's been talking about. 108 00:07:14,660 --> 00:07:20,540 Our feature matches for the week are Pitt versus SMU and Nebraska versus Purdue. 109 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:23,160 It was an interesting week with Pitt and SMU. 110 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,600 They played each other basically back to back. 111 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:32,980 So in Pittsburgh Pitt won 3-0 on Wednesday night and then they turned around and played 112 00:07:32,980 --> 00:07:42,160 each other again on Saturday and the I think the moment the NCAA was waiting for was Pitt 113 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,120 losing in five. 114 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,720 It was wild. 115 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:49,520 After having only dropped one set all season. 116 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,920 Yeah. 117 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,920 But I honestly I don't think this is a bad thing for Pitt. 118 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:03,040 I think having an undefeated season where you're not really pushed is tough to maintain 119 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,240 all season long. 120 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,480 I'm guessing this is going to be a little bit of a tune up. 121 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,000 Go back watch some video figure out what you did wrong. 122 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:17,280 Having some nerves and being unsure of how to push back when teams have you on the ropes. 123 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:22,280 And I think that we will get into this but my thoughts on their setter and how she progressed 124 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,120 throughout the match I think was a big one for me. 125 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,560 I honestly don't hate that they lost. 126 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaking from personal experience playing at Nebraska the years that I was there we 127 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:40,280 were ranked like number one number two ish around there in the country like every season. 128 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,120 And when a when you're at the top people are just gunning for you. 129 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,240 So it is very hard to stay there. 130 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:53,040 But it's really hard to maintain that consistency for four months. 131 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:54,040 You know what I'm saying. 132 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:59,000 So I don't hate that they lost every year that I played in Nebraska. 133 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,920 We the years that we did best we had just like a head scratching loss. 134 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,900 And not to say that SMU is a head scratcher like they were ranked 15 this week. 135 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:12,960 They are a good team for sure. 136 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:17,640 But I think that this can give them renewed motivation really bring them down to earth 137 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:21,600 to be like okay we're not invincible here we have some things that we need to work on 138 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:26,500 and I think it'll make them or I hope it'll make them come back stronger. 139 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:30,880 So this was the first time that I had watched SMU play. 140 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,720 And a couple of things that I was impressed with. 141 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:38,960 I thought their left side Shemei had a really great match. 142 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:41,280 She had 20 kills and hit two eight nine. 143 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:47,440 And I thought yeah I thought she was a real driving force for that team along with middle 144 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,320 blocker Okimor. 145 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:55,240 They whenever they were together in the front row they made life really difficult for Pitt. 146 00:09:55,240 --> 00:10:01,080 They scored a bunch of block points and just seemed to build momentum for their team when 147 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,540 they were on the floor. 148 00:10:02,540 --> 00:10:06,560 I thought their coach did some made some great adjustments later in the match which we can 149 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:07,960 talk about after. 150 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,520 But I was also really impressed with Foster's serving. 151 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,760 She put them in a lot of trouble with her hybrid serve. 152 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:19,000 Okay you literally mentioned the three players from SMU that I wanted to talk about so I 153 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,120 am glad that we're on the same page. 154 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:25,320 You know I like when we disagree because then things get extra spicy and I love debating 155 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,560 these things with you. 156 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:32,440 But you know we'll start out smooth for episode one and we can agree on this. 157 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:37,160 I think those three players Foster the thing I like most about her was her serve. 158 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,100 Loved the hybrid. 159 00:10:39,100 --> 00:10:44,400 She put Pitt in a lot of server save trouble and I just I love how aggressive it is. 160 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,080 It's definitely a weapon. 161 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,880 Okimor and Shemei were the stars for me. 162 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:54,160 But I also do think that Purdue not the school the player everybody. 163 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,600 She deserves some props as well. 164 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,960 She has seen like seriously limited action this season. 165 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:04,500 But she came in and she scored some big points when she needed to and she really made a difference 166 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:06,340 down the stretch for SMU. 167 00:11:06,340 --> 00:11:12,680 So I just wanted to give her a shout out but Okimor and Shemei like blocking clinic by 168 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:13,680 Okimor. 169 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,880 Especially late in the match. 170 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:17,380 It was wild. 171 00:11:17,380 --> 00:11:19,360 So here's a question for you. 172 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:27,980 How much of an effect do you think SMU being mostly graduate students plays in their ability 173 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:29,120 to win these tight matches? 174 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:34,280 Ok thank you for saying that because I definitely think that this is worth mentioning. 175 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:38,680 Every single starter on SMU is a graduate student. 176 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,920 There's something to be said for having that much experience. 177 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,920 I don't want to take away from them. 178 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,080 Like obviously this is the team that they have on the floor. 179 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:54,080 This is the team that they've been training whatever but like seven graduate students 180 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:59,320 like there's not I'm curious to see if this program has any type of longevity because 181 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:04,080 they collected so many players from the transfer portal and all of them are going to be gone 182 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:05,360 next year. 183 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:10,240 But conversely when we started watching the match I was like I recognize all these players 184 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,540 from Pitt. 185 00:12:12,540 --> 00:12:15,860 And there are a couple grad students there you know but they stayed. 186 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:17,000 They did their undergrad at Pitt. 187 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 They stayed at Pitt. 188 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,880 I have so much respect for that. 189 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:27,360 I believe in where you choose to go unless something is crazy like you see it through. 190 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,240 I am old school. 191 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:35,480 I am a purist in that way so I loved seeing Pitt's lineup look virtually the same as it 192 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,160 was last season. 193 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:43,320 I do want to say Tori Stafford for me was the standout player for Pitt. 194 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,800 I also love their attitude. 195 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,480 I love a stuff and stare. 196 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,600 Like when you get that block make them feel it. 197 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:56,360 And I definitely was like giggling seeing Stafford and Jones do that a few times when 198 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,000 they were blocking. 199 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:03,440 But yes I think going back to your question I think the grad student aspect needed to 200 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:04,900 be said. 201 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:06,360 It needed to be said. 202 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:11,720 I also you liked Fairbanks for approximately 50 percent of the match and then you were 203 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,240 like absolutely not. 204 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:20,560 So watching her set the first three sets I thought she did an incredible job of moving 205 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:25,780 the ball around of balancing the offense of getting her hitters you know one on ones one 206 00:13:25,780 --> 00:13:32,520 on one and a halfs and just making SMU middles work to close blocks. 207 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:37,520 And I was I thought she I thought she did a fantastic job. 208 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:43,180 However and then moving into the fourth and fifth set I think she set the middles maybe 209 00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:45,160 three times don't quote me on that. 210 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,680 I don't have the stats in front of me but it wasn't a lot. 211 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:52,800 And you could see Okamor just looking at her and knowing exactly where she was going to 212 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:59,560 put the ball and they made life for Babcock miserable in those fourth and fifth sets. 213 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:04,000 And not only did they know where it was going Fairbanks sets were a little all over the 214 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,480 map some of them were inside some of them were flaring off the net. 215 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,680 And I mean Babcock is a player of the year I believe. 216 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:11,680 Player of the year candidate. 217 00:14:11,680 --> 00:14:12,760 She's a sophomore. 218 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:17,800 You know you've got to find a way to score as your top hitter on the team. 219 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,840 But Fairbanks definitely didn't put her in a good position late in the match. 220 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:28,920 And I'm curious if that was only because of the passing or if again like I said before 221 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:32,720 they're being applied with some pressure from SMU and she's like I'm just going to set our 222 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,600 best hitter I'm just going to set our best hitter. 223 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:39,520 And she kind of lost confidence in her offense to get the job done. 224 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:41,920 I'll be curious to see how she bounces back after this. 225 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,940 It was honestly hard to watch. 226 00:14:43,940 --> 00:14:49,520 It was you could tell that she was just so desperate for Stafford and Babcock to put 227 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:54,600 the ball away and it was so hard to watch because you're like set the middle and it's 228 00:14:54,600 --> 00:15:00,400 just like okay you have the experience you've played in a couple final fours like how is 229 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:01,400 this happening? 230 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,000 I completely agree with what you're saying about the Babcock situation. 231 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,960 She just like fell off a cliff at the end of set four and just could not find herself 232 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,260 again. 233 00:15:10,260 --> 00:15:15,620 If you are a national player of the year candidate you need to find ways to score. 234 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:19,720 And I'm not saying like we're not talking small errors here. 235 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:27,080 We're talking absolutely getting stuff blocked multiple times in a row or hitting it out 236 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,360 like into the bleachers. 237 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:30,500 These things weren't even close. 238 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:33,100 So I was really disappointed to see that response. 239 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:34,820 I don't disagree with you. 240 00:15:34,820 --> 00:15:38,360 The balls that Fairbanks was putting up for her were tough. 241 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:42,040 She was getting killed inside when she was hitting from the back row those balls were 242 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,880 being led way too far for her. 243 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:49,280 But still the best players find a way and she did not. 244 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,220 I understand you're not going to play great every game. 245 00:15:53,220 --> 00:15:57,560 Every player has matches that they don't play amazing. 246 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,040 Been there I get it. 247 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,960 I understand. 248 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:05,560 But this this looked particularly bad and honestly Tori Stafford kind of was the only 249 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,120 one that held it together there for Pitt. 250 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,680 But you mentioned that and so I thought something that was really interesting I had to give 251 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,440 props to the SMU coach. 252 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:22,080 So in the fourth set they had Okimor lined up on Babcock to try and slow her down. 253 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:27,360 And side note I thought Shemei did a fantastic job of adjusting her block lineup when the 254 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:33,100 set started going inconsistent and they made her life miserable and Stafford was the only 255 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:34,160 one scoring. 256 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:41,200 And then in the fifth set their coach takes a bit of a flyer and lines Babcock up on Stafford 257 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:47,600 to make her life miserable assuming or hoping that Babcock wasn't going to find her rhythm 258 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,680 and be able to score and they made life miserable for Stafford in that fifth set. 259 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:58,420 And I thought that was a really ballsy move by the coach that paid off. 260 00:16:58,420 --> 00:17:02,080 And when you're playing the number one team in the country sometimes you got to take those 261 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:06,720 gambles and her players delivered on that strategy and I thought that was really cool. 262 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:14,080 I 100% agree that was a ballsy tactical decision but she rolled those dice and baby you were. 263 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,200 I mean Babcock did not recover after set four. 264 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:23,720 But I think the thing that the tactical shift that really set everything in motion for the 265 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:30,040 demise of Pitt in that match was in the middle of set four we saw some huge momentum shifts 266 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:34,240 early like real bad both ways. 267 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:39,800 And then at 15-15 the libero for SMU went back to serve Pitt was in rotation five so 268 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:45,400 Stafford was passing on the left the middle Kelly was in the on the left side as well 269 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:52,720 so they were stacked and there were two incredibly executed short serves to zone four the middle 270 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:58,300 had to take them but Stafford kind of got held up because she was in her approach line 271 00:17:58,300 --> 00:18:04,240 and they just SMU just sent two blockers right over to bad Babcock and got two massive stuff 272 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,560 blocks and that kind of wrote the story there for the rest of the match. 273 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:14,720 So I thought that kind of set the tone and was an amazing tactical shift but then the 274 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:19,120 lineup switch in set five kind of sealed the deal. 275 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:24,080 Honestly SMU played steady when it counted they did not look great for a lot of the match 276 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:28,360 but Hardemy says Pitt lost. 277 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:37,280 Oh interesting I mean I think if if Fairbanks continues to put up consistent hittable balls 278 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,040 yeah I mean a lot of things probably would have had to go their way it seems like they 279 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:45,600 had a couple players who normally are solid have not great last two sets and they're the 280 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,880 number one team I mean they can probably be most teams that's fair. 281 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:58,120 Well entertaining match to watch but I leave that match with the big question of who is 282 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:02,040 going to draw SMU come tournament time. 283 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,720 They're going to ruin somebody's bracket. 284 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:09,160 A hundred percent you know that those top seeds are just like crossing their fingers 285 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:15,160 that SMU is not in their regional because they upset Nebraska early this season then 286 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:20,680 they upset Pitt like they are capable of disrupting things for teams. 287 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:25,120 Do I think that they have what it takes to be consistently a top four program right now? 288 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:31,520 No absolutely not but they have shown that they can show up when it matters so. 289 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:38,200 I want to see I want to see them against two or three more ranked teams and put that same 290 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:40,040 performance on the floor. 291 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,360 They had they played well not going to take anything away from them but you got to do 292 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:46,200 it again and then you got to do it one more time. 293 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,280 That's what the best teams do. 294 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:52,800 Our second feature match this week was Nebraska versus Purdue. 295 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,400 Of course it had to be Nebraska we couldn't start this podcast and not watch Nebraska 296 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:58,400 match. 297 00:19:58,400 --> 00:19:59,400 Go Big Red. 298 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:00,480 No I'm just kidding. 299 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:06,220 I will you know what I will probably end up being more critical of Nebraska than other 300 00:20:06,220 --> 00:20:12,920 teams so it's like when you're coaching your own kid not that I have kids but I have heard 301 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,040 and from experience. 302 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:19,600 And honestly you're more critical of me than anybody else. 303 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,320 So I've heard that you're more critical of your own kid when you're a coach. 304 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,400 So why would this be any different? 305 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,580 We have seen Purdue play several times this year. 306 00:20:28,580 --> 00:20:32,560 We saw them play Penn State they were absolutely terrible. 307 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,360 I didn't think they were going to win a single match after watching that game. 308 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:36,360 That was hard to watch. 309 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:39,000 Then we saw them pick it up against Minnesota. 310 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:44,360 So they've clearly you know righted the ship so to say. 311 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:47,600 But this was a tight one. 312 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:54,060 Three to two victory for Nebraska in Lincoln and we went overtime in set five. 313 00:20:54,060 --> 00:20:56,720 It was a lot of fun to watch. 314 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:01,760 It was really back and forth and it left me with a lot of questions. 315 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,080 Oh me too. 316 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:09,280 I need to start that before I get into the critiques I need to give a shout out to Andy 317 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,620 Jackson. 318 00:21:10,620 --> 00:21:13,920 I am so impressed with this girl. 319 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,040 She started the match going 11 for 12. 320 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,200 11 for 12. 321 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:20,300 That is insane. 322 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:24,340 She had a little bit of a dip part way through set three and into set four but she righted 323 00:21:24,340 --> 00:21:25,840 herself again. 324 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:33,680 But aside from the numbers she makes life so easy for her outside hitters because teams 325 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:34,680 respect her. 326 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,800 They have to respect her. 327 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,440 I loved how much work she puts in. 328 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,640 She's running slides. 329 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,640 She's putting up blocks. 330 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:50,480 She's available in almost every transition set running all over the place. 331 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,440 That girl puts in work and it was great to see. 332 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,040 She was my favorite player to watch. 333 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:56,040 100%. 334 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,360 And she's got a little toot on her too. 335 00:21:58,360 --> 00:21:59,360 Which you love. 336 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:00,400 I love it. 337 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,560 Give me a little attitude. 338 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,880 Give me a little fire, a little sass. 339 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:10,080 So before we get into the other takes I had a question or a thought watching that Nebraska 340 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:15,560 game in that I don't know that they have anybody with killer instinct. 341 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:20,920 And I watched Jackson play and I thought there's their player who knows how to win. 342 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:25,320 Who's going to push who wants the ball at the end of the match and who will score points 343 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:26,360 for you. 344 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:30,560 But you need one other player other than a middle to also be that way. 345 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,200 Beeson's not bad. 346 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,300 She's steady and she's really skilled. 347 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:39,960 But you don't see that fire from her. 348 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:46,680 And I'm curious if they're going to be able to step up when they're playing top, top teams. 349 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,520 It's interesting you say that about Beeson because I do think that she could be that 350 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,060 player for them. 351 00:22:53,060 --> 00:22:58,320 So this kind of leads into one of my hot takes and critiques of the Nebraska team right now 352 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:05,920 is I think she's a little bit unsure of what her role is. 353 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,560 Sometimes you know she'll serve and then get taken out. 354 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,440 Sometimes she won't even get to serve and then we'll get thrown in if a rotation can't 355 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:14,440 score. 356 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:16,720 Sometimes she'll get to stay in the back. 357 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:22,760 I don't think she knows what she is going to be doing but I think that she needs to 358 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:23,760 play six rotations. 359 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:28,760 Well it almost seemed like they didn't want to leave her in the back row but their left 360 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,640 sides in two of those rotations couldn't score. 361 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,440 They couldn't get out of that rotation so they had to put her in to run the pipe. 362 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:41,440 I think if she's given the opportunity to just be a true right side and just bang on 363 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:46,640 balls for six rotations, be an outlet when things are going sideways, I think you will 364 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,840 start to see a little more of that swagger and that attitude from her because you did 365 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:57,700 see a bit of it last season when she was playing six rotations but now she's kind of back and 366 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:04,080 forth in the back row and I personally think that's a mistake. 367 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:11,480 Especially because when she is serving you've got Krausey, Alec and the setter Bergen Reilly 368 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,880 in the front row. 369 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,080 That is in my opinion a liability. 370 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,920 There's no offense there. 371 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,600 I don't think I saw Rebecca hit a clean ball all match. 372 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,000 No that's not true. 373 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:28,960 She hit one good snap back to position one and the rest of them were paintbrushes and 374 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:34,800 kind of miss hits and she was relatively effective but you're not blocking those balls so you 375 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:40,120 can just vacate and hang out on the left side and the setter doesn't get that involved in 376 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:41,800 the offense most of the time. 377 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:46,240 It's a tough rotation and Beeson is going to need to be that player for them to be successful. 378 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:47,400 I 100% agree. 379 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:54,820 I don't think Lindsey Krausey is terminal enough to counteract Rebecca Alec's lack of 380 00:24:54,820 --> 00:24:56,720 production offensively. 381 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,200 You can just see Perdue does not respect her at all. 382 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,440 It was like night and day when Alec was in the front row versus Jackson. 383 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,680 Alec they don't even care because she's not making contact with the ball it's just like 384 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,960 okay let's just try to react to it like it's a paintbrush. 385 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:20,640 Jackson however anytime there was a possibility that she could get the ball the outsides were 386 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,400 one on one. 387 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:31,680 Anytime and so I am so confused as to Nebraska's choice of lineup because you have your lowest 388 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:37,320 producing middle offensively in the front row with Lindsey Krausey who I'm sorry is 389 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,900 not the most terminal outside. 390 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:47,260 So I don't know my hot take is they need to switch the rotation and Merritt Beeson needs 391 00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:52,240 to stay in the back row to give them a chance because they Perdue when they were down they 392 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:58,960 made their comebacks and they made their runs in that rotation when Bergen Riley was in 393 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,240 rotation position four. 394 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:05,840 I did think it was a good call to bring in Taylor Landfair though because at one point 395 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:11,740 Krausey was two kills two errors and 14 swings and then luckily she had a great server go 396 00:26:11,740 --> 00:26:17,120 back and she was able to pad her stat line by hitting some overpasses but like you can't 397 00:26:17,120 --> 00:26:21,400 you can't score points because your servers did a great job. 398 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:27,200 Well I think Landfair didn't Landfair didn't start well but she was able to kind of find 399 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,480 a rhythm as the match went on and score and that was one of the reasons why I think they 400 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,040 pulled this off in five sets. 401 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,960 She did make some big swings in the fifth set for sure. 402 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaking of the fifth set a couple thoughts one is for Purdue I understand you had to 403 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:49,300 serve tough because Nebraska is such a great ball control team but they gave up four service 404 00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:53,400 errors on the first seven Nebraska points. 405 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,120 When the match is in the fifth set you've got to find you got to do a better job at 406 00:26:56,120 --> 00:27:00,300 finding that bounce if you're the third server to go back there and miss you've got to be 407 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:04,620 thinking I got a I got to stir strategically I'm going to take away an option with a location 408 00:27:04,620 --> 00:27:07,240 serve versus just trying to bomb out of the ball. 409 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,320 They didn't have to they didn't put Nebraska under any pressure at the beginning of that 410 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:20,280 fifth set and then on top of that they get a free ball at 10-8 or 10-7 off a great serve 411 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,840 and they weren't they did nothing with it they gave a free ball back are you kidding 412 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:29,440 me you need to ram that ball down their throats if you get a free ball in the fifth set in 413 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:35,200 double digits we're talking 11-8 instead of 10-9 going into the end of that set which 414 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:42,440 you lose by two points at the end somebody is doing towel runs or something for that 415 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:47,000 play because you essentially lost the game there in my opinion. 416 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:56,760 That was ridiculous and I am a Nebraska fan okay I love Nebraska but even I was screaming 417 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:03,000 at the TV when Purdue returned a free ball with a free ball I was like what how does 418 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:09,520 this happen literally that all things being said if you like taking everything away if 419 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:14,680 you want to find one play that messed things up for Purdue this match it was that one yeah 420 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:21,040 especially in a fifth set to go up three points instead of one give me a break I 100% agree 421 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:27,240 with you on the serving issues though they missed 19 serves in that match you almost 422 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:33,440 handed Nebraska an entire full set missing serves and I'm sorry but it's not like you 423 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:37,940 guys were like crushing them well they didn't they didn't get very many aces but the thing 424 00:28:37,940 --> 00:28:41,920 for me is you need to serve tactically so if Jackson's in the front row and you're not 425 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:46,040 getting stops anyway go back to the baseline and rip it you miss you miss they're siding 426 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:52,480 out at 700 in those three rotations but when when she's not in the front row and you've 427 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:57,460 got Raven blocking who did a fantastic job in that match you've got to put the ball in 428 00:28:57,460 --> 00:29:03,080 you've got to score your points there and I it just seemed they had the we're going 429 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:08,880 to serve aggressive no matter what mentality which again I love that for a team and you 430 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:14,400 need to find it but you also need to understand where you are where your strengths are and 431 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,760 when you're going to take those risks and that was something I didn't think they did 432 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:22,140 very well but it was really hard to watch and like I said we've seen them play a few 433 00:29:22,140 --> 00:29:27,080 times this season and I have noted it's been a pattern their serving has been absolutely 434 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:32,640 atrocious in every match we've watched so they need to figure it out because they're 435 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:39,000 clearly good they're good enough they're pushing good teams but like they need to get it together 436 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:46,160 shout out to Eva Hudson and Chloe Chacon for having great matches in that match offensively 437 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:53,560 they held the team together they both hit really well Hudson 349 Chacon 327 am I pronouncing 438 00:29:53,560 --> 00:30:00,000 that right Chacon but I think everybody knows people know who you mean and the one thing 439 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,640 I will say for Purdue I hope they take some time this week and work on it Raven blocked 440 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:12,320 incredibly well yes but she could not find a rhythm with her setter it she she's so athletic 441 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:18,040 she jumps so well they need to find her and they need her to be an offensive threat as 442 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:24,480 well as a defensive stalwart because she did a great job at that good word so hopefully 443 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:29,200 hopefully she can find that because she could be a dominant player for them yeah I 100% 444 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:36,120 agree the the left sides for Purdue definitely carried the weight for the team and Raven 445 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:41,640 Colvin I mean her blocking was incredible it was a fun match to watch there I mean I 446 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:47,760 think you can tell listening to us a lot of frustration and a lot of questions for both 447 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:53,960 sides so I'll be curious to see both of those teams play a few more ranked opponents which 448 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:58,880 is coming up I mean that that conference is so stacked so we're gonna see some more games 449 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:06,280 and we're gonna see who steps up and and what other patterns continue from those two so 450 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:13,080 in watching NCAA volleyball this season there is a pattern that I've noticed and it's been 451 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:18,640 bothering me and I just need to talk about it for all of you just to be aware we're entering 452 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:23,840 Sarah's hot takes portion of the show I don't even know if it's a hot take because it's 453 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:30,360 like can you disagree with this okay maybe you can every team is doing it they're all 454 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:36,120 gonna disagree with you hear me out hear me out okay so something I've noticed obviously 455 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:45,000 offenses have gotten very fast and you know for a right side blocker who has to help in 456 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:51,120 the middle and then get outside it's it's tough when the ball is coming that fast to 457 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:57,240 the hitter it is hard to cover everything and so I've noticed that a lot of right side 458 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:03,000 blockers have been leaving a lot of line when the hitters hitting totally fine I get it 459 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:10,840 the part I don't get is the diggers in zone one have been coming up for tips so frequently 460 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:18,160 and getting absolutely blasted it's like I don't know if this is a game plan decision 461 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:25,560 I don't know if it's just a lack of awareness thing but it's like if the offense is being 462 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:30,960 run that fast and you know that the blocker is not going to get the line you need to be 463 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:37,960 back digging the line like I are you so preoccupied with the tip that like that is happening if 464 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,780 the tip is that big of an issue you don't see that many hitters coming up and hitting 465 00:32:41,780 --> 00:32:45,320 the ball angle in front of the 10-foot line have the off blocker just worry about the 466 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:51,360 tip or read and react but why is everybody coming under for tips when they should be 467 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:58,720 digging the line what two thoughts one I don't know if you saw it but Lanfar was digging 468 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:05,400 tips in the front row and still did not get it in fact I believe the libero got a better 469 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,700 hand on a few of those tips coming from the back corner of the court than Lanfar so some 470 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:15,280 of our left sides are maybe not as engaged in defense as they should be so that's one 471 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,600 and the second one is I'm wondering if they're looking at the consistency of the setters 472 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,560 and saying you're not getting the ball all the way out to the pin when you're running 473 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:26,600 that fast so on the three or four balls where you do and they annihilate the line we're 474 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:30,240 going to give you those ones but we're assuming we're going to get a block touch or you're 475 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:36,080 not going to be able to hit that shot for you know 90 percent of the hitter setter combos 476 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:42,480 now you played internationally where the setters deliver that ball more consistently maybe 477 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,160 that's the disconnect but those are the only two things that I can think of because I agree 478 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:52,680 with you on principle well and I mean I was a hitter who was like I'm gonna hit angle 479 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:58,140 and then sharper angle and then sharper angle but even for me it's like if I saw that much 480 00:33:58,140 --> 00:34:03,280 line available I'm gonna hit it you also played with some incredible setters shout out to 481 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:10,200 the setters I played with you really were great yeah so that I've just been it's been 482 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:16,160 happening with a variety of teams I've been watching play with a variety of players on 483 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:24,120 those teams and it's just like how is this happening so that is that is my big concern 484 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:28,920 for the week and something that has just been like frustrating me I don't know that I have 485 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:36,680 a hot take for this week but something that I've noticed that I really am glad to see 486 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:41,600 is the amount of back row attacks that we're starting to see in the NCAA I remember watching 487 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:46,840 you know maybe four or five years ago and they were all defensive players in the back 488 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:51,160 row and there's nothing wrong with that but there was just no offense coming out of the 489 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:57,040 back row and now we're starting to see Babcock's hitting out of the back row we're starting 490 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:02,200 to see Harper Murray hitting out of the back row every team has someone coming out of the 491 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:07,080 back row now and not only that they're running it well they're leading those hitters into 492 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:13,520 the front row you're starting to see some no blocks coming out of the middle on those 493 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:18,400 ones and it's it's really good and coming from more of the international game versus 494 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:23,240 the college game where that's you know a staple of the offense it's really good to see and 495 00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:29,880 I think bodes well for the future of USA volleyball because these athletes are part of the offense 496 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:34,480 in the back row and playing those six rotations I mean as somebody who made a career hitting 497 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:39,680 back row arguably I was better hitting from the background on the front I love to see 498 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:45,700 it I love to see it I love that they are leading these hitters you're seeing these girls land 499 00:35:45,700 --> 00:35:51,280 on the the center line of the court that is how it needs to be run ladies and gentlemen 500 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:58,180 I love it and it has really broken my heart in recent years to see it used more as an 501 00:35:58,180 --> 00:36:04,040 emergency type of play or a like a get out of trouble play than an integrated part of 502 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:10,640 the offense so I am all about that and as we continue here you will for sure notice 503 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:17,080 the Adam will probably always have the positive takes and I will be critical okay so we'll 504 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:21,960 see we'll see get ready for that yeah those were our little tidbits that we wanted to 505 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:28,040 talk about but this week coming up has got some big matches that I'm excited to see so 506 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:34,240 on Friday I'm really looking forward to the Oregon and Wisconsin match I think that you're 507 00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:38,760 gonna have two big teams going at it I don't even know what my prediction for that match 508 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:45,360 will be well this past week I think they were 9 and 11 in the ranking and I'm pretty sure 509 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:49,480 they're in Wisconsin don't quote me on that I could be wrong if they're in Wisconsin I'm 510 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:54,240 gonna say Wisconsin in four I don't I can't I can't make a prediction on that match it's 511 00:36:54,240 --> 00:37:00,040 too close and then on Sunday I'm looking forward to the Minnesota Penn State match Penn State 512 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:07,200 number three I think I'm gonna I think Penn State will win I'm gonna say also in four 513 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:13,400 I think that one's gonna go to five love a five setter Stanford also has a big week coming 514 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:19,320 up on Wednesday they're in Dallas taking on SMU and on Sunday they've got pit so it is 515 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:25,300 a heavy week for Stanford so I think the Stanford pick game is going to be a fantastic match 516 00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:32,560 just in general I'm actually really curious to see SMU take on Stanford I want to I want 517 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:38,880 to see the same thing I want to see them push those ranked teams I want to see the product 518 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:44,600 that they put on the court this past week continue for another week not just a blip 519 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,520 of hey we played really great volleyball this weekend yeah I don't want to see them satisfied 520 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:56,080 for sure yeah so yeah lots of good games coming up we are really excited that concludes this 521 00:37:56,080 --> 00:38:00,200 week's episode of volley talk there's always something happening in the volleyball world 522 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:05,480 and we hope you enjoyed this little fix with us thank you so much for joining us and we 523 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:18,800 will be back next week see you guys later