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this is going to be a very tough match...
Posted on: October 26, 2016 at 11:42:06 CT
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Even if GT watches.
Don't be fooled by TAMUs 12-7 record. They played a nasty non-conference schedule, way tougher than ours. It included:
#2 Texas
#3 Minnesota
#4 Wisconsin
#11 Florida State
#19 Ohio State
And those are current poll rankings, not at the time they played them. That's 5 of their 7 losses. Now I'm not saying that simply playing great teams makes you a great team too. They were swept 3-0 by Texas, Minny, and Wisky, but were fairly competitive. I don't think Mizzou would take a single set off of any of those teams either. And TAMU lost narrow 3-2 matches to both Ohio State and FSU, blowing a 2-0 lead to FSU and losing 15-13 in the 5th set to OSU.
TAMUs other 2 losses were to #9 Florida at home and 3-2 to Alabama on the road. No disgrace there. We barely beat Bama on the road in 5 sets, and haven't played Florida yet. They have dropped out of the top 25 with all the losses they took, but at home will be a handful. Particularly if we are playing without Melanie Crow again. Haven't heard anything on her status yet.
Mizzou stepped up big time on Sunday without Crow and played their best match of the year, by far, with Emily Thater having the match of her career. Going to need that again from the whole team to have a chance to pull an upset on the road. And I think it would be classified as an upset, being played in College Station, with Crows status up in the air.
Edited by bluetiger_ at 11:47:57 on 10/26/16
Don't be fooled by TAMUs 12-7 record. They played a nasty non-conference schedule, way tougher than ours. It included:
#2 Texas
#3 Minnesota
#4 Wisconsin
#11 Florida State
#19 Ohio State
And those are current poll rankings, not at the time they played them. That's 5 of their 7 losses. Now I'm not saying that simply playing great teams makes you a great team too. They were swept 3-0 by Texas, Minny, and Wisky, but were fairly competitive. I don't think Mizzou would take a single set off of any of those teams either. And TAMU lost narrow 3-2 matches to both Ohio State and FSU, blowing a 2-0 lead to FSU and losing 15-13 in the 5th set to OSU.
TAMUs other 2 losses were to #9 Florida at home and 3-2 to Alabama on the road. No disgrace there. We barely beat Bama on the road in 5 sets, and haven't played Florida yet. They have dropped out of the top 25 with all the losses they took, but at home will be a handful. Particularly if we are playing without Melanie Crow again. Haven't heard anything on her status yet.
Mizzou stepped up big time on Sunday without Crow and played their best match of the year, by far, with Emily Thater having the match of her career. Going to need that again from the whole team to have a chance to pull an upset on the road. And I think it would be classified as an upset, being played in College Station, with Crows status up in the air.
Edited by bluetiger_ at 11:47:57 on 10/26/16
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this is going to be a very tough match... - bluetiger_ MU - 10/26 11:42:06
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