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In the first three sets, the Gophs have made 1, 2, and 2 attack errors. With numbers like that, it's amazing it wasn't a sweep.

After going 0 for her first 17, she's now gone 8 for her next 17, with power. I think she's found her groove. And the Gophers have pummeled Sickels, who, going into this game, was the Big Ten's leader in ERA at 0.19.

I noticed there are some RPI rankings, dated March 21, 2021. As expected, Fairfield is #1 and Sacred Heart is #2. Gophers aren't doing too bad at #16, but Wisconsin is #39 and Nebraska is #62. I hope they all make the NCAA tournament...

Ohio State split with Nebraska at Nebraska. Both matches went five sets. The Big Ten seems to have another elite team. I was looking at the stats for the second match, and three Ohio State players had zero errors on 4 kills in 13 attempts (by the setter), 9 in 14, and 10 in 24. Pretty impressive!

Are people surprised at Penn State's 5-5 conference record so far, with none of the losses coming at the hands of Nebraska or Wisconsin? Is the Big Ten that deep, is this an off year for Penn State, or is this maybe related to COVID-year issues? Any thoughts?

Ironically, this topic's title was stated in the negative.

One can call what happened in the Haskins era as "truly horrific," call the payment of players and the use of strippers "truly horrific," and not believe they are the same thing or necessarily at the same level of wrongdoing. To not have a different term for every level or type of offense does...

What? Your reasoning, your logic, in this post is so bad that had you been writing those papers for Clem's basketball players, they never would have passed their courses.

Samedy has upped her game to another level this year -- and she was hardly a slouch before.

Wow! That has got to be about the best first set the Gophers have ever played against a quality opponent. Everything went so well.

What I know about volleyball could be put in a thumbnail, but this team is a joy to watch. Rollins seems to have improved dramatically from last year, both in the front and in the back. Samedy is more dominant than ever. She's making more back-row kills than I ever remember her making in...

Agreed. Wins are not likely to continue with rebounding stats like those. Illinois out-rebounded the Gophers 53-35, and St. Louis out-rebounded the Gophers 41-34.

There simply is no better sporting event in the Twin Cities than Gopher volleyball. And with the group of players now on the team, it would be a shame not to play this year. But with what we've seen with COVID and Big Ten football -- and, in particular, the Gophers -- I'm just leery of playing...

I couldn't agree more. And it's not just volleyball. In tennis, on certain kinds of courts, the points in men's matches are often much shorter than the points in women's matches. In hockey, I much prefer watching the skating in the non-checking women's game than the checks in the men's game.

Those who are objecting to political messages rarely object to them when it's as political message they support. For example, what could be more political than playing the national anthem at sporting events? Just because people don't realize that that's a political statement doesn't mean that it...

No. Because of the 27 staff members who tested positive and who very probably spread this out into the community. The University of Minnesota should NOT be defined by its sports programs. And I am a bigger sports fan than most of you cultists on the board. The problem is the University has...

A far more important question is whether the Gophers SHOULD play another game this year. Or whether the University of Minnesota was irresponsible in trying to play football this season. Even if the COVID-positive players are being kept isolated, the 27-some staff people who were COVID-positive...

Appalled.

Point taken. But, of course, the fact that you didn't spell it out entirely does show you knew this is a message board read overwhelmingly by Americans. No?

Someone who calls someone else a "c--t," intending it as an insult but thereby objectifying half of all human beings, might not be the best person to put forward the argument that calling someone "gutless" or "pathetic" is inappropriate and may indicate a need for therapy -- though it might well...