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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...

Thanks for clarifying. I thought I missed something about a 6'7" transfer. Yes, Landfair is listed as 6'4".

Who is the added 6'7" OH for the Gophers?

This was an interesting take that I hadn't heard before, so I looked up the stats. And at first they didn't seem to support the argument. In 2018 for the Gophers, Lindaman had 155 at bats and 55 walks. In 2019 for Florida, she had 197 at bats and 42 walks -- a difference but not an overwhelming...

Two or three games ago, in a pre-game interview, Pitino said we were a much better shooting team than the stats showed. What does that mean?!

It seems that every year in the Fall, Pitino says something about how we have much better shooters this year.

Chuck Mencel

My post was only stating precisely what you state here. I did not suggest anything else. I agree with this portion of your restatement.

If you believe both Lindsay and Destiny could have handled this differently -- presumably not only differently, but better, i.e., leading to a better result -- surely the greater responsibility in handling it better is on the coach, who is older, more experienced, and getting paid the big bucks.