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I thought this was called a "forum," not a cult chatroom. Maybe I was wrong.

Is there a betting line on either of these games yet?

Oops, I didn't see Ignatius's post.

Gophs move up one spot to 10th in the coaches' rankings, and up three spots to 7th in the RPI, passing San Diego, Oregon, and UCF. https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/avca-coaches https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi

The NCAA volleyball selection committee's first top-10 ranking has the Gophers at #10. A couple of surprises: Wisconsin isn't listed and Oregon is #7. The Gophers have already played four of the nine teams ahead of them...

A good rule to follow: Never ever bet on the football team cooperating.

I don't follow Gopher football all that closely, but my general impression is that Fleck will sometimes say in general terms that a loss was on him, e.g., he didn't have the team ready to play, but he rarely, if ever, questions a specific call he made. Also, I don't believe him when he says...

Ha! A little premature, though.

An interesting and frightening stat they showed on the TV coverage: In the last 29 games in which the Gophers have fallen 10+ points behind, they are 0-29.

Sure, there are a lot of good coaches and all the teams are trying to win. But in this match, do you think the Gophers had the better talent -- even far better talent -- and, if so, doesn't it make sense to try to figure out why they lost a home-court match to a team that didn't win a set in two...

With the unbalanced Big Ten schedule, I always look at who might have the tougher road. If we think of Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, and Wisconsin as the top six teams (in alphabetical order) -- and that's risky at this point -- each of them plays 8 games against the other...

The conference gets deeper and deeper. How many losses do people think the conference champ will have this year?

I know it's still ridiculously early in the conference season, but is this already almost a must-win match against Wisconsin?

Oh, it did reach unbearable at one point. A few years ago, for the safety of the players, the Gophers canceled a pre-season intra-squad match. The place was just too hot.

I noticed that Shea Rubright has played only three sets this season for WSU, and that was way back in the opening match against Duke. Did she get injured?

Every year we hear about the increasing parity in NCAA women's volleyball. But then the teams in the final four are usually fairly predictable. Is the seeming parity this year due to no great teams or a genuine increase in depth of quality teams, teams that can beat top teams on any given night?

Yes, that beginning of the 4th set sure does defy explanation. All in all, last night the Gophers didn't just get beat; they took a drubbing! I can't remember the last time they didn't even seem to be in the match, even in their 3-0 losses over the years.

Coming into this match, Emily Hellmuth was hitting .147. Against the Gophers, she hit .516 on 21 for 31 with 5 errors. Yes, she's 6'3" but I don't think that was the problem.

Not a whole lot of consistency so far this year. When the Gophers are good, they are very, very good; when they are bad, they are horrid. Clearly, the Gophs have more talent than Pepperdine, but you've still got to play all facets of the game. Hopefully, it was just because Mckenna was added...

The Gophers were on the defense all night. Their service reception rarely let them take the offense. They'll bounce back, but they'll have to improve on three things: Passing, passing, and passing.