Hello! It’s been awhile! I’ve taken advantage of the offseason to get a lot of things done, but unfortunately it was all stuff unrelated to volleyball! But I’m back now and ready to go.

We’re about two months away from first serve which will give me plenty of time to get things fixed up around here. The layout and graphics you see now are not at all final. It’s kind of a mix of old and new at the moment, so you’ll probably notice things changing while I get things up and running. News updates will be starting again this week as well.

I created a splash screen you may have seen if you visited the site recently. (I wanted to make it obvious when you visited that I hadn’t forgotten about the site!) Part of the image is also being used as the page background right now. I think it turned out really well! If you’d like a copy to use as your computer wallpaper you can get it here: small or large.

Thanks for your patience as I get back up to speed.

It’s the slow time of the year here, but just wanted to check in and say hello! Your webmaster is handling his volleyball withdrawal as best as he can. Unfortunately there is no patch he can slap on so he’ll just have to suffer through it. (Apparently talking in the third person is one of the symptoms of volleyball withdrawal!) Sometime in the next few weeks I hope to have the second part of the 2009 records up — it’s shaping up to be a pretty big update. And spring volleyball is almost here! I’m hoping to head to the Fiesta on Siesta Key event in April and will obviously post about that as well. Hope everyone is having a great off-season!

Just popping in to say I haven’t forgotten! Those promised updates will be coming soon! I’ve had a very busy holiday that is finally slowing down. So look for some new stuff in the coming week.

Just a heads up that I’m having some email issues. If you sent me something and I did not respond, or if I sent you something and you never got it I apologize. Hopefully I’ll have this fixed ASAP.

UPDATE: OK, I’ve fixed the problem on my end. Thanks to a friend I’ve discovered that over-zealous spam filters may be the culprit for people not getting messages from me — so check your spam folders before you assume I’m ignoring you!

Sorry for the delayed updates! I should have everything updated and back on schedule here Wednesday.

Looks like blog photos of SEC events might just be OK. In an interview with The Buzz Manager Blog SEC Associate Commissioner of Media Relations Charles Bloom said the following:

UPDATE: More from Bloom in the New York Times:

You’ve probably noticed a few changes around the site in the past few days. Hopefully everything will be acceptable — or at the very least, not too objectionable!

One thing in particular I’d like to point out is the updated schedule page. Instead of a dry list of matches to be played, it’s now more informative and interactive. (It’s informactive! Or maybe intermational? Ok, maybe not!) Besides the opponent, date, and time, you can now see the venue, series record, and the facts of the last meeting. You can also sort the schedule several different ways. For example, you can choose to see just the home matches or the conference matches. It’s all presented in a (hopefully!) easy to follow graphic style with all the information on each match centered around a game “ticket”.

I’ve checked this (and the many other changes recently made to the site) in several browsers, and I’ll be tweaking things in the days to come. But please feel free to let me know if something isn’t working.

I’m back! Much longer than I expected to be gone, but back now! And I’m in some serious internet withdrawal! They fixed the original problem with my computer but created a new one so it was back in the shop two additional times before I got it back for good this weekend. Wow! Less than 40 days until the season starts!? Give me some time to catch up on things because I have no idea what’s been going on! It looks like Tennessee has finally announced some of the new recruits we’ve mentioned here so be sure to check that out (along with me!) for all the details on the newest Lady Vols.

Sorry for the downtime. My computer has been out of commission for about a week. I’ve given up on what I can do for it and sent it to the shop for repairs. Hopefully I’ll be back online soon!

Sorry for the looooooong delay. After returning from the beach tournament my wife and I bought a new house. So we’ve been packing and moving and cleaning during most of our free time the past few weeks. We finally moved in to the new place last weekend, and this weekend we finally got our internet service connected. I’ve got a few items I’ll catch up on here tonight. But hopefully from here on out I’ll be officially settled in and posting on a more timely schedule!

It’s the last day of 2008, which was a great year for Lady Vols Volleyball! I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Just a quick heads up on updates now that the holidays are almost over. I’m off to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl (Go Pirates!), but when I get back this weekend I should have a final look at how the Lady Vols stand nationally and in the conference done and ready to be posted. Then in the next week I hope to have a season recap written up. After that things will go quiet except for any occasional news that may come up. Until then, Happy New Year!

I’m re-working the way I post stats on the Roster page to make them more… informational? Is that a real word? Anyway, you can check out Nikki Fowler’s career stats to see what I’m talking about. I’m using her as the guinea pig for testing since she has a good amount of stats in every category and she only has two seasons worth of data to sift through. If you have any other ideas or suggestions for stats I should add feel free to let me know.

Apologies for my continued absence! I had hoped to be free of the bulk of work that my other website takes by now. But I’m still swamped! I hope to catch up with everything, including this site, during the weekend.

Just a heads up that I won’t be posting the weekly recap or upcoming notes until probably Thursday. I run another website about presidential elections. That site takes all my free time during the run up to election day. By the time it’s all done though I’ll be so burned out on politics that I’ll be longing to spend time back here! See you in a few days!

After three days of cold medicine induced grogginess, I’m finally feeling pretty good — except for my voice which is only half there! So it’s time to get caught up. I’m going to pass on the weekend recap, update the stats page, and get to work on the notes for this weekend. Hopefully all should be done by tomorrow.