Wins Over Ohio State and Minnesota Have Already Happened
by PSUJunny05 on Nov 2, 2009 7:51 PM EST
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Number 9 in your programs, number 1 in your hearts...Blair Brown.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL UPDATE TIME!
Many of us watched the beat down laid on Ohio State on Wednesday, and if you watched the BTN on Sunday evening, you also saw the destruction of then-No. 7 Minnesota (which actually occurred on Friday night). Each match was straight sets and the usual suspects all had spectacular games.
Last Wednesday, Ohio State came to town 4 days before Hate Week officially started, but no one told our women's volleyball team. The team won handily in straight sets. Megan Hodge, Alisha Glass, Ari Wilson, et al had their usual dominating performances. This was another solid performance by the best team in the country. More importantly, Blair Brown has very quickly become my favorite player not named Megan Hodge, both for her solid play and extreme good looks.
On Friday, Minnesota came to town seeking some revenge on Devil's Night. Instead, the Gophers laid an egg, not scoring more than 17 points in a game. The Gophers then traveled to OSU on Saturday and got upset in Columbus. All in all, a disappointing weekend for the female Gophers. In the PSU game, again, the usual suspects were on fire. Megan Hodge hit .429, uber-freshman (and runner up in my favorite player not named Megan Hodge list) Darcy Dorton hit .636, and Alisha Glass was her marksman self. This game also marked the 88th straight victory, tying the UCLA men's basketball team in their chase for the ever-confusing-longest-streak-in-college. Common sense says the record is 92, but common sense is in the eye of the beholder.
The games aside, the two most important items of women's volleyball news happened Monday. First, Megan Hodge was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time this year, and Darcy Dorton was named co-Freshman of the Week (with some Illinois girl whose name I was too lazy to look up). Second, somehow Texas managed to steal MORE first place votes in the Top 25. Penn State still has a big lead, but some of the voters have switched in each of the past two polls. I guess 6 more victories in one of the toughest conferences is fodder for LOSING ground in the Top 25. However, this sport has a playoff. So there's that.
The women travel to sunny Madison on Friday and to honeymoon-worthy Iowa City on Saturday. Both games are at 7 central, 8 eastern.
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Forgot Russ Rose
Moved to 98something wins. I forget the actual number, but more importantly, number 1000 will come in the playoffs. BAZINGA!
by PSUJunny05 on Nov 2, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It's 987
And 1000 doesn’t just happen in the playoffs, 1000 happens in the National Championship game!!! (as long as we win out of course)
by PSUisMyHeart on Nov 2, 2009 7:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh! He meant total wins, haha
I meant they now beat/tied(?) that baskeball win streak
by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 2, 2009 8:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, I meant Russ Rose's total wins
And they are now tied with UCLA. 5 more wins to the streak alluded to in the story.
by PSUJunny05 on Nov 2, 2009 9:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
BSD *late night*
total domination… 88? well done ladies! very well done!!!
by mbailey71 on Nov 3, 2009 1:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Junny means
980+ career wins for Coach Rose, with 1,000 slated to hopefully come during the playoff run.
JoePa in '09
by JGuiher on Nov 2, 2009 6:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
FYI: In the player intros for the PSU-Michigan match...
Cathy Quilico said this about Blair Brown
Sorry, boys, she’s taken
Born and raised in the shadow of Mount Nittany
by Elihu on Nov 2, 2009 7:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
THAT BULL!
She’s taken by me. I just haven’t told my fiance yet.
by PSUJunny05 on Nov 2, 2009 9:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is she taken by Cathy Quilico??
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Nov 3, 2009 9:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Alisha Glass
That girl is hot!! I’m all about Alisha Glass
Blair Brown is also very attractive
by MGPardoePSU on Nov 2, 2009 7:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
She's close.
Nothing is more attractive than a woman that can set the ball spot on where each hitter wants it. And each hitter is different, so being able to put the ball where each girl wants is an incredible skill. Watch for at least 2 and probably more in London 2012.
by PSUJunny05 on Nov 2, 2009 9:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
being able to put the ball where each girl wants is an incredible skill.
I’d say.
by bconway6 on Nov 2, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Bazinga!
Love it when Bacon makes an appearance!
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Nov 3, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
When BB was a frosh
I wrote a feature profile on BB in the Spring of ‘07. I used to work for Leesburg Today, one of two newspapers that covered Purcellville (BB hometown). She was a very nice person, very mature. Of course, at that time she was finishing up her redshirt season, so the story was more about the high school-college transition. Wonder what she’d say now…
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
by Mike @ ZN on Nov 2, 2009 9:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Man you need to lose some weight then
but how is that relevant to this thread?
……..
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
by Roland86 on Nov 2, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
For all the talk about football attendance...
Do yourself a favor and go see a women’s volleyball match.
Go early and watch them warm up.
This team is one of the greatest college sports teams ever and deserves everyone’s support. A team like this only happens once in a few decades. Enjoy it while you can.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
by NJ lion on Nov 2, 2009 9:33 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Seconded
I made numerous volleyball matches both as a student and as an alum. I was able to get my friends interested by taking them to one match.
They’re a damn talented team – as said above, this is really a historically dominant team. And the atmosphere in Rec Hall is truly electrifying. I’m too lazy to go check, but if they have University Park as a playoff regional site, GO TO A PLAYOFF GAME!! The comeback against Cal last year was one of the most exciting and enjoyable sporting events I’ve ever attended.
"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
by IcersGuy on Nov 2, 2009 10:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
From the schedule for December in the Notes
Sat.-Sun. 5-6
NCAA First/Second Rounds
Campus Sites
Fri.-Sat. 11-12
NCAA Regionals
Gainesville, Fla.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Stanford, Calif.
Thurs. 17
NCAA National Semifinal
Tampa Bay , Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
Sat. 19
NCAA National Championship
Tampa Bay , Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
I would think that the “Campus Sites” matches would be at home
See the full document here: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/w-volley/auto_pdf/Prospectus.pdf
Born and raised in the shadow of Mount Nittany
by Elihu on Nov 2, 2009 11:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
2010 Championship is at Rec Hall
Not looking ahead, I’m just saying…that’ll be like 135 wins in a row…
by PSUJunny05 on Nov 2, 2009 11:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
No, it's not
It’s at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. You must be looking at the men’s volleyball championship which will be at Rec Hall in 2011.
The women’s championship requires a much larger infrastructure than can be accomodate in State College (mainly hotel rooms plus transportation issues) because it is planned together with some huge volleyball conference. That’s why it’s pretty much never at campus sites and mostly in larger cities.
by Laaaaazzz on Nov 3, 2009 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, you're right
Don’t know why I thought it was the ladies. Oh well. Sounds like a future road trip!
by PSUJunny05 on Nov 3, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Megan Hodge
Whenever I see her, I think of motorboats. Can’t figure out why. Any ideas?
By the way, there is a rumor starting to circulate that Ari Wilson is unhappy. I hope it isn’t true.
by NitneLiun on Nov 3, 2009 4:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Doin great with these Junson!
Much improved in the very-appreciated pic-accentuation department.
I’m bummed.—BUMMED,I tell you— that they’re not playing in Rec Hall this Friday. Would totally make that part of my Brutus Beatdown Weekend. Alas, drinking….
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Nov 3, 2009 9:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
p.s.
With this new Star thing, you’ve gotta get an avatar dude. A Blair Brown pic perhaps?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Nov 3, 2009 10:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What's going on with the stars anyway?
by Screen Name 20 on Nov 3, 2009 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
They're like Buckeye leaf pride stickers
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 3, 2009 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Can I smoke them?
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Nov 3, 2009 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone does
Kills people, murders people, smokes helmet stickers of yours, smokes stickers of mine. Whatever.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Nov 3, 2009 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't recommend it
Buckeyes are toxic, so I’m guessing smoking would probably lead to sickness or death.
There’s a story I heard (could be an urban legend, idk) about an idiot who was trying to get high by smoking any plant he could find. He couldn’t find anything high-inducing, until he came upon a poison sumac plant, which he unknowingly smoked, causing his lungs and throat to swell, and he asphyxiated and died.
I’d guess smoking buckeyes (off the field that is) would lead to probably less serious reactions than poison sumac, but still potentially life threatening side effects like: supporting Ohio State, destroying the national reputation of an athletic conference in the course of two years, and refusing to accept that your QB sucks, etc. Scary stuff.
by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 3, 2009 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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