For today, the top four in the rankings are set and will not move regardless of result. Tomorrow, it will be possible for both Utah and UCLA to challenge Alabama depending on how everyone does. The 4-6 teams could end up in any order in Monday’s rankings, but no lower teams can challenge that group of six for this week. Continue reading Friday Live Blog – February 24, 2017→
Before getting to the day’s main meet featuring Washington and Stanford, we have a few other results to dissect.
First, Michigan started horrendously on bars with an 8.9 and a 7.2 (I can’t even…), having to count the 8.9, but then rebounded on the remaining events with all kinds of cupcakes and sprinkles and butter and sugar to get to 196.475. It’s still not a road score they’d love to count, but especially considering that their first two road meets were in the 195s, it’s acceptable. It’s not the end of the world if they have to use this 196.4. The Wolverines still have three road meets remaining, so they could yet drop this one. Teams getting a regional #1 seed are unlikely to be using a 196.4. Continue reading Sunday Live Blog – February 5, 2017→
Another day, another barrage of meets. Get your streams ready. I’ll be trying my best to get through Nebraska/Michigan, Utah/Washington, and UCLA/Oregon State all at the same time. So it’ll be fun. If that’s what fun is.
First, a few thoughts on some of the major scores from yesterday. In a good reminder of how critical angle of viewing is when evaluating scores, the first time I saw Alex McMurtry’s DTY yesterday was in the reverse-angle slow motion replay, which is the least flattering angle for that vault where it definitely doesn’t look like a stick. I would have been a total pill about it if that vault had received a 10 last night. In watching the vault again, however, the real-time forward angle absolutely does make it look like a stick. Given the loose tone of the scoring through the rest of that meet, I’m actually pretty shocked she didn’t get a 10. I think 9.950 is the right score, but that was better than any of the 10 or 9.975 vaults we’ve seen so far this season. Continue reading Saturday Live Blog – January 28, 2017→