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To quote the late Denny Green " they are who we thought they were". This is a team of young players who were not expected to be in the roles they're filling. They're talented so sometimes it looks good. Other times they look like freshmen. To expect anything else is lunacy. This season is all...

Nice win tonight. Julia Hanson was a nasty beast. Illinois had no answer for her. I'd also like to know what the hell got into Carly Gilk from the service line so I can bottle it and share it with the rest of them. It looked like she added 10 MPH. She had Illinois out of system repeatedly and we...

These freshmen are good. Probably better than I thought they were. That said they're still freshmen. This was their first chance to grind out a road win against a quality team. They didn't get it done but they'll be better for it going forward.

My favorite thing about tonight's match, other than the win, was that the players looked like they were having fun. Lots of smiles, even in the 3rd set.

Indiana has had some injuries. Boo Fricken Hoo. Tell it to someone who cares.

Roster building is not that easy. What libero or DS is going to want to transfer in and have to beat out Palabiyak or Thibault. A top flight setter is not going to want to come in and sit behind Stella. Cook was able to bring in a middle in Myers because we had a clear need for one. I'd have...

Look at Ruffda, supplying today's ray of light. That said, you're not wrong.

Stella is in a funk right now. She looks like she's out of gas out on the court too. In her defense the hitters and middles are doing nothing to help. Julia is the only one who can put the ball on the floor so opponents are rotating their block to her side. We need Gilk and Kinney to find some...

I had to double check and make sure I wasn't on Volleytalk after reading all the snark on here. Everyone needs to take a breath. The injuries this team has suffered are devastating. We lost our #2 and #3 hitters in Wucherer and Acevedo. We lost our #1 Libero. We lost one of our top 2 middles...

Patrick talks about the knee injuries our players suffered being meniscus injuries. I was of the impression that Minatee and Palabyik suffered ACL tears. Can someone explain.

The bench is down to Lauren Crowl, Georgia Lee, Olivia Swenson, and Chloe Ng. Thats 2 setters, a hitter, and whatever Olivia is these days. I'm not going to say they're not all talented volleyball players in some ways. I will say I'd prefer not to have to rely on any of them for extended game...

Other than perhaps Nebraska I can't imagine any program that could suffer the number of injuries to key players we've suffered without a serious drop-off in the level of play. The roster was balanced at all positions. Now all the depth is gone. It's time to accept that every match is going to be...

We've all been wishing for health. Wish in one hand and take a crap in the other and see which hand fills up first. The crap hand is pretty stinking full right now.

I was asking my smoking hot trophy wife who performed well for the Gophers. We came up with an answer. The two young gals who fill the Gatorade were sharp. Well done ladies.

Acevedo has definately stepped it up about 3 notches. She's playing awesome volleyball. I think Kinney has played well and seemed to be improving. I was puzzled when Cook pulled her out last night too. He seemed to be upset with her. On the positive side I thought Gilk did a nice job off the bench.

I take a lot of positives from this match. The Gophers struggled early yet kept grinding and found a way to pull out the firat set. Sets 2 and 3 never felt like they were seriously in doubt. On the court Kinney keeps showing growth as does Taylor. Alex Acevedo is blossoming into a star right...

Please tell me it was a coaches decision and NOT INJURY RELATED. They clearly didn't need her.

Hey Ruffda. You're the official chat room historian. Have we ever had a year in which we lost three starters to season ending injuries before the first Big Ten match?

A man from Minnesota and a man from Wisconsin are on death row and are scheduled to be executed the same day. The executioner tells them "I can grant each of you one last wish". The man from Wisconsin says "I'm a huge Badgers fan. I would love nothing more than to hear On Wisconsin one last...

If she plays volleyball next year it will likely be for Penn State.