It's only getting weirder.

"No matter what happened, Lauren would not clap. Maybe a casual whistle, but there would be no clapping."

What does Mick say now? - USD was riding high, totally minding their own business after knocking off USC and vaulting to their highest ranking. THANKS FOR RUINING IT ALL, BYU.

Mick and Terry would've been proud - Elliott knocks off Cook in 5, sending thousands of people to their keyboards to lament the demise of the Big 12 on their LiveJournal accounts.

UC Whaaa? - Aggies knock off Cal in 4 games, which now makes Berkeley ineligible to be part of the UC system for the rest of 2013.

Santa Clara's weird weekend - They knocked off the Waves! It's 2005 again in Santa Clara! ...right up until their next match when they get bumped off by Loyola Marymount. Leave the box scores; Take the cannoli.


What's a girl gotta do? - Speaking of Pepp, Katie Messing hit over .300 for the weekend with 36 total kills, and still the Waves dropped 2 matches this weekend. "That's it, I quit," she was totally not overheard saying.


Tar Heels defeat the Midwest - With wins over Indiana and Illinois, North Carolina is apparently this year's "for real" ACC team, replacing Florida State who replaced Duke who replaced North Carolina, etc. Tar Heels are undefeated at 11-0, which makes their next match against NC State in no way a trap match.

Today in Irony - Syracuse nips Florida International. You see what we did there?

Stetson, for no real reason - I wanted to do a joke about how Stetson really should be the Fightin' Hats. Well, imagine my surprise... I now want them to be the Golden Chapeaus.

Checking in on Cincy - Oh boy. Well, uh...Get well, get well soon, we wish you to get well!

Someone explain Pittsburgh to me - This is still the transition phase for the Panthers, but losing to Cornell, beating Rutgers, and then losing to Morehead State AFTER extending Purdue to 5? Dan Fisher was last scene shuffling around campus, alternately cackling and asking strangers where all the pigeons were.

Let's hear it for tartar control! - Colgate might have had the upset of the weekend when they left NC State with bloody gums after a five-set win.

It seemed like a good idea - "Who? Coastal Carolina, Georgia Tech, and Jacksonville State? Sure, sounds good." - From the Secret Rob Patrick Audio Files.