It was a great match. The gophers are a classy and talented team. They have great blocking and backrow play. They won every statistical category except the...
Women's Volleyball Stacey Gordon Named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week In Wins Over Purdue and Indiana Gordon honored for the 15th time as she averaged 8.17...
-I don't get it I understand shaw getting player of the week, but to disregard MSU's wins over teams ranked above them and langston hitting the percentages she...
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... MSU's ... the ... The Big Ten realizes the conference as a whole is well-served by having the National POY, and they are doing their best to build the ...
The institution over the individual? Not sure I think that is a sound choice either politically or socially. WE are restless about the Pac Ten and the bias...
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... sound choice ... and the ... emulate. by ... how good ... But that doesn't change the fact that a Big Ten player winning National POY helps all the teams...
When Cacciamani won the Co-Player of the Year award can you quantify what additions to the Big Ten occurred by her selection(That I contend should never have...
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A bit of reflection here. The SIDs nominate/choose the POY. SIDs, by nature, are all about the marketing of their sport and their institution. That's their...
... many get ... things for ... than the ... IOW, Gordon is too good to win POW. As I basically said before, averaging 8 kills a game over a weekend is usually...
Okay. So the PLAYER OF THE YEAR gets there because she has a bizillion PLAYER OF THE WEEK awards? I am supporting a more diversified PLAYER OF THE WEEK award...
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... bizillion ... PLAYER OF THE ... never ... committee has ... You'd like to think that, BUT remember, conferences all over are working toward the same end....
SIDs do NOT choose the POY, or POW. The coaches choose the POY. The SIDs do nothing in the form of choosing anything. We merely nominate deserving players for...
Jen, sorry for the mischaracterization. I thought SIDs chose the POW. I guess they nominate. But when you say, 'by committee', what do you mean? What...
Just curious. When you say "the Big Ten, by committee, chooses the POW", who exactly is the Big10? That is, who are these people? Not specific names, of...
... office ... Isn't the "people in the Big Ten communications office" basically the equivalent of the "conference SID"? Sure there are semantic differences,...
Yes, the Big Ten communications office is considered a conference SID. But when you were saying "the SIDs" that made it sound like the school SIDs, and I just...
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November 3 Northwestern at Wisconsin November 5 Wisconsin at Illinois Michigan at Indiana Michigan State at Purdue Penn State at Minnesota Ohio State at Iowa ...
Wisconsin won, 30-19, 30-19, 30-20. Badger runs late in the first two games led to the wide end margins. The Badgers started out slowly defensively, but they...
A 'separation' match coming up for the Badgers. They go to Champaign, and it is a huge match for both teams. Rob ... Robert Peglar Vice President, Technical...
... Champaign, ... Real difficult to predict this one. Badgers have won 8 straight, so I'd lean that direction, except you never know which Illini squad will...
... Pablo says take Illinois at home in this one, but it is darn close. 54/46 edge for the Illini. That's close enough to a toss up for me. Or maybe it's a...
Since this looks like a huge weekend in the conference, I will again give one of my unfair and unbalanced rants on the upcoming matches. I am glad that with...
... the ... block. ... The local word is that the lineup is pretty much set for the rest of the season, looking to be Ukovich on the left and Mader on the ...
This is another great weekend of volleyball. I agree with your assessment of the Penn/OSU vrs MN. It is possible that MN sweeps but it almost as possible that...
John, I hope you are right about the outcome tonight. I think you make a great point about the Badgers' confidence level at this point. The Minnesota match...
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