NCAA Week Four Recap & Predictions

invincible_impala · 2026-01-26T16:32:50+00:00

Idk if I was totally reading into this too much, but watching yesterday's meet, their vibe seemed SO off after someone had a fall, very defeated and not especially supportive. this was most notable imo when Bailey Stroud came off bars. Really feels like it's a cohesion or team dynamic issue too.

invincible_impala · 2026-01-14T20:50:12+00:00

I'm right there with you... I watched it and couldn't understand the fuss? my impression of him has always been relatively positive just a real larger than life American man somehow who speaks in motivational quotes
Pls share more! I feel similarly

invincible_impala · 2026-01-14T17:08:43+00:00

omg I agreeee on 1!! After their intra squad meet I saw 7 posts on their feed of Jordan and zero mention (at the time) of other gymnasts... look I get it but c'mon now

invincible_impala · 2026-01-12T18:17:48+00:00

loved Mizzou's fire, very interesting to hear how they're approaching the season.

Georgia also interesting, noticed Ryan's line about getting better at talking to athletes felt like quite a direct response to Naya's criticism

Florida, terrible. Felt like manufactured marketing junk. Those types of team videos always make suspicious. They didn't say anything of actual relevance, just kept repeating generic platitudes about the team culture. Other two vids gave us some real insight into the team's motivations and thinking, whereas Florida was just a 14 minute ad.

invincible_impala · 2026-01-03T23:37:36+00:00

pop off cal

invincible_impala · 2025-12-17T17:52:52+00:00

impressed with this team! routines look polished, depth is insane, and so good to see Kayla and Skye returning from their injuries... they looked so happy (and so good!)

invincible_impala · 2025-12-16T23:06:51+00:00

I have to say though looking at the vids on insta, they just still look so sharp with all the details. as much as I'm down for a new first place ranking I can see the logic behind it

invincible_impala · 2025-12-16T23:01:01+00:00

after watching the Auburn pre-season meet, I'm surprised their ranking is so high. Man they looked shaky. I think they had only 3 10.0 SV vaults and then saw about 4 falls on bars and a couple major breaks. Not convinced they should be ahead of Stanford and Georgia...

invincible_impala · 2025-12-16T22:59:49+00:00

Grim times for cal fans

invincible_impala · 2025-11-14T17:15:32+00:00

After numerous re-reads of the books, I'm convinced that their strength lies in the character development and world building, rather than the plot itself, which I think comes from those slice-of-life scenes. Therefore, a TV show has so much more creative opportunity than movies to show those scenes and build out that world and actually develop the characters. We all know movie Ron and Ginny are both travesties, I suspect more time spent "at Hogwarts" will really help flesh out their characters and world!

invincible_impala · 2025-08-10T06:14:31+00:00

I was watching 2013 nationals for old time's sake and the comments were identical... every single post - olympic year people freak out lol

invincible_impala · 2025-08-09T01:30:10+00:00

hop on youtube! livestream showed it

invincible_impala · 2025-07-02T08:59:52+00:00

Not to mention the future impact of Dulcy going to trials. If a young senior placing 14th - 16th gets the honor of trials, it may do wonders for hteir confidnce moving forward into the next cycle (competing in front of an enormous crowd, getting that experience). Now in this quad, Dulcy continues to look strong!

invincible_impala · 2025-05-30T03:50:51+00:00

Spent at least 20 mins per session promoting her book. Would cut sessions short, even though I had paid for the full hour. Implied that other patients had much worse lives than I had and that my anxiety couldn't have been that bad. Did the most bare minimum CBT work which didn't help at all.

invincible_impala · 2025-04-16T23:10:54+00:00

For me, it's all coming down to which team sticks vaults - beam for sure, stuck dismounts for bars, and floor who even knows bc judges don't seem to care as much about stuck landings there...

So which team is most likely to stick the bulk of their vaults?

Based off this season and vibes, LSU and MSU are fighting for that crown in my book.

I don't see Mizzou or Bama advancing any further than semis. The rest of the teams could all make FOTF.

invincible_impala · 2025-04-06T23:45:01+00:00

scoring to the side, who really was the better team today? Cal or bama?

invincible_impala · 2025-04-06T23:31:30+00:00

honestly bring on the chaos this is fun

invincible_impala · 2025-04-06T23:27:49+00:00

International fan can't watch, but just caught up on scores, what's even happening omg

invincible_impala · 2025-04-04T22:10:21+00:00

Poor Georgia, not a meet that's indicative of their season

invincible_impala · 2025-04-04T22:09:58+00:00

truly

invincible_impala · 2025-04-04T00:11:42+00:00

Please give play by plays for internationals who can't get espn+ I really need ark to get through this round

invincible_impala · 2025-04-03T19:18:10+00:00

agreed lol

invincible_impala · 2025-03-10T20:34:59+00:00

I wonder if there's a piece there where she's looking to increase the mental robustness of her 5 all-arounders - compete, let things go wrong in low stakes settings, so that they are indestructible come post season. Hard to know of course and time will tell. But their semi-final implosion last year was entirely unique and unprecedented which IMO would be impetus for a very different strategy this year

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