[Husker] volleyball

Sun Dec 14 12:30:41 CST 2008

I too recorded it and watched this morning. Fortunately I set the recording time for 3+ hours and didn't miss a point.

Absolutely a great, great win. I still can't believe they pulled it out after trailing 0-2 after two games and then to overcome 3-9 in the 5th set. That in spite of an unusual number of hitting and serving errors. Ironic that they won it on a service ace.

Was anyone else bothered by the ESPN "production"? It's wa s horrible and at time nauseating. The sideline camera would zoom in and try to follow the play instead of pulling back and having the entire ralley in that shot. The camera jerking back and forth was starting to make me a bit ill. The endline camera shots, especially the ones from court level make it very difficult to follow the play as you have no depth perception. I saw a number of Husker matches this year on, IIRC, Fox Sports and CBS. I think they must pick up the Nebraska feed, which to me is far superior. If I didn't have a personal interest in this match I'm not sure I would have watched the entire match. 

Thumbs down to ESPN U's production team.  A big thumbs up to the H usker V-Ballers. Now, on to Omaha. 

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

----- Original Message -----
From: Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008 11:33 am
Subject: RE: [Husker] volleyball

> So, last night, I watched the first set and my wife wanted to watch 
> a movie
> instead, so I hit record on the DVR.  Well this morning, I finally 
> got the
> chance to go back and watch it and the DVR SHUT OFF @ 23-21 NU in 
> the 4th
> set!!!  I was sooooo mad, I think I'm twice as mad now that I 
> missed the
> thrilling ending!
> 
> After watching game 2 I thought there was NO WAY we'd win.   Even 
> after game
> 3, it still seemed like we were committing WAY too many errors to 
> pull it
> out.
> 
> What an amazing comeback.  Especially down 9-3 in the final set.  
> They only
> go to 15!  A 9 point run is almost unheard of, and exponentially 
> moreso in
> that situation.
> 
> Great win and I'm glad Larson didn't go out with that game.   That 
> was one
> of the more sloppy games I've seen the Huskers play in a long while,
> especially early.  Washington seem to have a great defense, but we 
> had WAY
> to many hitting errors and seemingly always at the worst time.
> 
> Just as they drew it up, Seeds 1-4 will be in Omaha.  Penn State is 
> the real
> deal though, haven't lost a set all year.  That's incredible.  
> Would be an
> incredible win if they can pull it off.
> 
> Whew :)
> 
> --
> Skylar
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On 
> Behalf Of
> jon johnston
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 8:11 AM
> To: shawnsherlock at sbcglobal.net
> Cc: husker at romaine.tssi.com; husker-bounces at tssi.com; Mike Nolan
> Subject: Re: [Husker] volleyball
> 
> They were down 9-3 in the final set. 9-3.
> 
> 9-3. Get that?
> 
> No one comes back from that. No one. Yet they did.
> 
> Next up, juggernaut Penn State, winner of 109 straight sets, the 
> team  
> of perfection.
> 
> Still, whoooeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
> 
> Jon Johnston
> http://www.cornnation.com
> On Dec 14, 2008, at 8:02 AM, Shawn wrote:
> 
> > This is great to hear. I must have been the jinx as I watched the 
> 
> > first to sets and it looked like the Husker were finished I just  
> > went to bed.
> >
> >
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Mike Nolan
> > Sender: husker-bounces at tssi.com
> > To: husker at romaine.tssi.com
> > Sent: Dec 14, 2008 12:59 AM
> > Subject: [Husker] volleyball
> >
> >> I could probably look up the recruits that have come to the 
> Huskers  
> >> to
> >> play baseball..... but I'm lazy and going to watch volleyball
> >> instead. :)
> >
> > It was an incredible match.  Nebraska fell behind 2-0 with numerous
> > hitting errors.  They then won sets 3 and 4.
> >
> > In the 5th set the Huskers were behind 9-3 but reeled off 9  
> > consecutive
> > points to take the lead.  Washington tied it at 13 but the Huskers
> > took the next two points to win 15-13 and advance to the Final 
> Four in
> > Omaha.
> > --
> > Mike Nolan
> >
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