Congratulations to Aggie Volleyball on a spectacular victory. Gig'em!

We were under-seeded in a position of playing the best 1. Going up two put amazing pressure on them but didn't defeat them. We pulled it back together in the 5th to do that. Wins simply don't get better than that. EVER!

But the win over Texas showed the way!

was i the only one that thought the nebraska coach looked in above her paygrade ?

She was clearly shellshocked after the second set. I think I read she is new this year? Goes to show the value of facing real adversity before its all on the line

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was i the only one that thought the nebraska coach looked in above her paygrade ?

She was clearly shellshocked after the second set. I think I read she is new this year? Goes to show the value of facing real adversity before its all on the line

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She's been to the national finals the last two years… I think she knows what she is doing.

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I can't find the game on-demand on ESPN's app - not under volleyball, nor if you search Texas A&M or Nebraska. Lol classic. Maybe it'll post after this re-air of the game that's live on espnU right now.

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Based upon the commentators, search Nebraska vs. Victim. It should come up.

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Bag said:

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was i the only one that thought the nebraska coach looked in above her paygrade ?

She was clearly shellshocked after the second set. I think I read she is new this year? Goes to show the value of facing real adversity before its all on the line

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She's been to the national finals the last two years… I think she knows what she is doing.

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She took over earlier this year. Ah, I see, she was the coach at Louisville last year, my bad

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Nebraska native Dani Busboom Kelly was named the fourth head coach in program history on Jan. 29, 2025 by Nebraska Director of Athletics Troy Dannen.
Busboom Kelly succeeds her former coach and mentor, John Cook, who announced his retirement following the 2024 season after 25 seasons as Nebraska's head volleyball coach.
A Husker national champion player and assistant coach, Busboom Kelly spent the last eight years building Louisville into a national power. The Cardinals have reached two NCAA Championship matches, three NCAA Semifinals, five regional finals and have won four ACC titles.

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She came from Louisville…where she went to the national finals the last two years.

Edit- you figured it out.

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was i the only one that thought the nebraska coach looked in above her paygrade ?

She was clearly shellshocked after the second set. I think I read she is new this year? Goes to show the value of facing real adversity before its all on the line

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Yes - I was thinking the same thing while watching. She looked like a fighter who had taken an unexpected, hard body-blow and wasn't sure she was going to recover.

Her post game press conference seemed really odd to me, just no emotion and kind of just accepted it. Her repeating we maxed out and played with joy strikes me as odd. I wouldn't want to hear that if I just had a perfect season until this point.

For example after the tu game, Jamie said he felt disgusted and couldn't sleep or even gather himself to watch the SEC Championship knowing we could've been in there

foulbeast said:

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Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face - Mike Tyson

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we bullied them in their own playground and they didn't know how to respond

Anyone know where the replay of the game is. I can't find it on my ESPN account

you can find the replay on youtube

was thinking about it earlier

We were definitely not setting the middles much and during the match, I was commenting how Waak couldn't seem to locate the placement when she did. She did great with them in set 5 though.

But I was actually wondering if the gameplan just didn't give middle kills the priority. Our blocks however were absolutely dominant and maybe the key to the win. Middles jump literally every play either to block or hit. They jump and swing even when the ball isn't for them as a diversion.

Is it possible we were selling out on the block and wanted to conserve the energy for the middles? ICO had a magnificent game. While not her highest block numbers (like the Pitt and TCU games), it was very good against a team like NU. Even more so, Perkins actually outblocked ICO and she's usually much quieter though still a keep contributor.

I know our forum plus VT there were plenty of people screaming for us to set the middles.

We can maybe set the middles a bit more but honestly the pins were all doing great with some errors here and there.

everyone wants to set middles more and more because they have the highest hitting percentages usually but you have to be in system to do that AND know that if in system it gives the pins a higher chance to produce as well because they have to defend a potential middle attack

Hellmuth was productive yesterday on the pin...she has had some up and down at various times but she produced yesterday so we didnt have a rely on middle attack. And against that Nebraska offense I am glad the gameplan was to shut down their attack for our middles

We dont use our middles across the net like some teams do. The slide isnt used by us very much and neither is the 31. For that matter neither is the BRA option other than Lednicky with the D ball

I know I'm one who is always yelling to set the middles but go look at the stats from yesterday. Our middles had 22 total attacks in a 5 set match while Hellmuth has 41, Logan 56 and Stowers 52. Nebraska set their middles over 60 times. Both our middles are hitting over .400 for the year why not give them a few more swings. Also, I know the middles are not always available every set but 22 total attempts for 5 set is ridiculous IMO.

bigjim03 said:

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I know I'm one who is always yelling to set the middles but go look at the stats from yesterday. Our middles had 22 total attacks in a 5 set match while Hellmuth has 41, Logan 56 and Stowers 52. Nebraska set their middles over 60 times. Both our middles are hitting over .400 for the year why not give them a few more swings. Also, I know the middles are not always available every set but 22 total attempts for 5 set is ridiculous IMO.

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and yet with 40 extra swings for the middles Nebraska lost. More isnt always better.

and look at our number of blocks versus theirs. In my opinion (or maybe it's a fact), a block is better than a kill.

Ask most front row players what they prefer and almost all of them will say Block over a Kill

That said some kills are really really amazing

Looking at total pts earned,

Nebraska middles earned 24 pts overall. Ours earned 23.5. And I contend a block is more important than a kill.

So overall output, it's even but our blocking really screwed with their hitters' heads.

flintdragon said:

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And I contend a block is more important than a kill.

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We out blocked Louisville and Nebraska. Incredible.