WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:06.560 Welcome to Nerd Sports. In today's episode, my professional team of 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:10.800 keyboard warriors will be taking on the Trinity Western Spartans women's 00:00:08.559 --> 00:00:13.840 volleyball team. On the one hand, we're feeling pretty good cuz I mean, come on, 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:16.840 it's a women's team. How hard could it be? 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:29.279 On the other hand, these women were apparently the national champions in 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:31.279 2015. So, uh, all we can do at this 00:00:29.279 --> 00:00:35.640 point is hope that our bag of tricks will be enough to keep them at bay. 00:00:36.559 --> 00:00:42.559 I'm Dennis. Um, I'm Taran Luke. Nicholas 00:00:40.559 --> 00:00:47.200 John Morton. Lor Sebastian. My name is Colton Potter and my height is 5'5 on a 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:52.079 good day. I'm Katie Danny, 61. I play middle. Nikki Cornwall. I'm 510. I am a 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:56.879 setter on this team. I'm Bri O'Reilly and I'm 6 feet. Not only have I never 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:06.159 played volleyball, but I've never even seen a game, but I did read the rules. I 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:08.159 am 170 CN, 65 kg. Um, I've been playing 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:11.280 volleyball since I was in grade seven. I've played in championships, 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:15.040 provincial, national. And you think you'll win today? Definitely. I 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:20.880 definitely think we're going to win today. And I'd say that my athletic ability is 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:25.360 a solid B minus. Sporting. What? Sporting experience. 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:31.640 I don't have any athletic experience. I know how to run. Run. 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:34.479 Yes. Yes. I can hit a ball in my on my 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:39.759 hand. That's all. The last time I played volleyball was in the one week PE unit 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:43.680 in grade 8. How high can I jump? Great question. And let me answer it with a 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:50.799 demonstration. Like a foot. I played for 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:55.950 2 years in grade five and six. I was okay. And now I'm apparently the captain 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:59.029 of the team. 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:11.000 I don't have to pee now. 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:37.920 wondering. 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:45.920 They're all really tall. It's intimidating. Well, they look like 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:50.640 they could literally crush me. I'm only tall compared to normal people. I'm not 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:53.519 tall compared to sports people. We haven't seen them block yet, so they 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:55.920 might be really good jumpers. You never know. I think they got some hearts, but 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:01.660 I don't know if heart's going to be enough to beat us today. That's number 256. 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:04.690 Pretty fashionable. 00:03:08.959 --> 00:03:15.200 Uh to win, we are going to have to cheat really, really hard. It's the Keyboard 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:19.599 Warriors taking on the number one ranked team in the nation, the Trinity Western 00:03:17.440 --> 00:03:23.680 Spartans women's volleyball team. Brandon alongside Tyler Denwy. I think 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:27.360 that they're probably in a bit of trouble today. Brandon, what what can we 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:30.239 expect from the girls team? They're going to come hard and heavy. They don't 00:03:28.720 --> 00:03:34.159 drop many sets even against the top teams in the CIS. So, I'll be shocked if 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:38.480 these guys can put up much of a fight of them at all. Taran claims to have never 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:41.280 touched a volleyball in his life. Uh, he knows there's a ball in a net with 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.799 regards to volleyball and you get the ball over the net. It's basically ping 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:48.400 pong with people, right? I feel like that's a pretty honest bio. I don't 00:03:46.720 --> 00:03:52.080 think he has ever touched a volleyball. They got the right number of players on 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:55.920 the floor. That's a good start. They're doing a paper rock scissors actually to 00:03:53.519 --> 00:03:59.439 see who gets to go first. Oh, the handshake. That's good. Even 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:02.000 that looked awkward. All right, let's let's get this thing underway. What do 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:06.560 you think the chances are this thing gets over the net? I'm going to say 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:09.879 zero. Not at all. And the ball's in over. 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:14.400 Serves a beauty and a quick strike from the 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:18.799 Spartans. It's interesting. You know, I think the keyboard warriors have to take that as a 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:23.840 small victory. Nobody got injured on the play. 00:04:20.320 --> 00:04:26.960 Well, they got a return, unfortunately. 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:29.199 Oh. Oh, just out of the reach there. All 00:04:26.960 --> 00:04:32.320 right, this is her sixth straight serve. She's going to have a seventh. Still no 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:39.840 injuries on the keyboard warrior side. I'll be shocked if we can get through this without any. Oh, a nice little bump 00:04:35.680 --> 00:04:42.639 there from Lun and not sure what Taran 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:45.440 was doing or why he was blaming his uh partner on that play. It looked like he 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:49.199 was trying to point some fingers when he clearly didn't move at all to make the 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:52.960 play that he had. And now L unit's going to call timeout. He seems to be the 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:57.520 leader of this squad. Huddle up, guys. Okay, we're calling timeout. One of the 00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:04.160 many that we might pick. Okay, guys. Main advantages of their team, they are 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:06.800 faster, stronger, taller, and better. 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:10.880 talented more talented practice. Yes. Okay. Let's see what we can do about 00:05:08.479 --> 00:05:16.320 their visibility. Okay. What's the move here that uh the keyboard warriors have 00:05:13.520 --> 00:05:20.400 in store? Lionus clearly the uh the spokesman for the group. Taran wants to 00:05:18.880 --> 00:05:25.120 be as far away from the group as girls as possible. It's like so the girls are 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:28.080 wearing the hats. I'm not sure what this means. Is that obstructing their view? 00:05:26.880 --> 00:05:32.560 Cuz I don't think it's going to matter. We're back on her way. Cornwall loses a 00:05:29.919 --> 00:05:37.600 hat. It doesn't matter. Oh, what a dig. Oh, look. This is the rally of the night 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:41.520 so far, Brandon. And it's over. Oh, they 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:43.520 got a point. It's over. Everyone go 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:46.560 home. My goodness. Taran almost went down a hard on a celebration. Did you 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:50.479 notice that while the group went together, he went down to one hand to 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:54.000 keep himself up and never got actually congratulated by anybody on the team. 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:58.479 Sort of looks like a Tolken character you might find in a Lord of the Rings movie. He hit Money Man in the back of 00:05:56.880 --> 00:06:01.720 the head with his serve and is laughing about it. 00:06:01.919 --> 00:06:07.600 Oh, that one hurt. 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.880 Another point for the Spartan women. 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:18.560 It is interesting. Notice that Lionus is even struggling kicking a rubber chicken 00:06:16.960 --> 00:06:21.919 across the floor. This is actually probably a better tactic, but the issue 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:28.240 here isn't necessarily whether or not they're holding a rubber chicken. It's whether or not the keyboard warriors can 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:30.639 get the ball over the net. Oh, nice 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:35.680 return by Murka. And the keyboard warriors are on the board again. Oh, 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:39.440 nice dig by Lunit, but he just has no support. Dennis had he didn't want 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:43.120 nothing to do with it. He jumped. I don't know if you want to call it a jump 00:06:41.440 --> 00:06:48.960 necessarily is more of like a shutter stutter step, but he moved anyway. So, 00:06:46.880 --> 00:06:52.560 the the cowboy hats didn't work. The chickens, eh, it got them a little 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:56.800 flustered. Now, after another timeout, looks like they're bringing out the oven mitts. Not going to lie to you, I think 00:06:55.360 --> 00:07:01.039 this is a real poor tactic. I don't see these oven mitts really affecting them that much. Like if they want to win this 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:06.160 game, they got to pull out the big guns and pull them out fast. Yeah, they need to pull out some string and tie their 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:09.840 hands behind their back. That might help them win this one. So now the girls have 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:14.000 to wear a cowboy hat, hold a chicken, and wear an oven mitt. And it still 00:07:11.520 --> 00:07:18.560 didn't matter. The ball's over. Alunit bumps it to Money Man. He was having a 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:21.599 strong game, but then decided I feel like strong game's a pretty generous 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:25.840 term for what he's been having this afternoon. Girl side, Tyler, it's just 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:28.880 been no mercy. Just one after another. You're really putting these guys at a 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:35.520 health risk the longer this match goes on and Ela with a nice little bump and 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:40.800 Taran can't get it over. My goodness, you can't fake that position he got his 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:45.680 back into and where the ball actually hit his hand. Contortionist in a circus 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:48.639 sole would have been proud of that. Oh, they got one over. Got another one over. 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:52.400 There you go. That's the challenge at the net I was looking for, Brandon. And 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:56.879 there's a point. There's a point. Now, I want to go back to what I said on the previous point. I said America Net needs 00:07:55.360 --> 00:08:00.160 a challenge at the net. He challenged at the net on that one. They won the point. 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:05.759 Wonder if I should put down the playbyplay headset and go down and guess 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:07.680 coach this team for a while. 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:11.120 And another unfirst error from the ladies and they're just giving them away 00:08:09.440 --> 00:08:13.280 right now. The Warriors, the keyboard warriors, they're exploring a tactic 00:08:12.479 --> 00:08:19.120 that I would have thought would have been good for the women is just get let them make mistakes, right? The less they 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:25.360 have to do, the better. Okay, I'm feeling good. Okay, next point wins. 00:08:23.919 --> 00:08:30.400 Well, Brandon, looks like Lionus has called his standard next goal win 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:31.919 scenario here. Judging by the pace of 00:08:30.400 --> 00:08:34.959 play thus far tonight, I'm not sure this is going to be any benefit to the 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:37.959 keyboard warriors, but let's see what happens. 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:55.600 Nice little serve there from 00:08:56.279 --> 00:09:03.240 Luke gets it over and now Taran with the 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:03.240 two-handed slap 00:09:23.760 --> 00:09:30.000 Well, Tyler, mercifully, this one's over. I don't know if it was exactly how 00:09:27.680 --> 00:09:34.399 they thought it'd go, but nonetheless, I think uh the girls definitely put one on 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:38.800 them this afternoon. We scored one point. We scored one legitimate point 00:09:36.560 --> 00:09:43.680 against them. It all went downhill from there. I enjoyed it more than I 00:09:40.959 --> 00:09:50.720 expected, and I was getting not good, but less bad at the end. I think Golden. 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:53.839 How do you think you did? 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:56.839 Yeah, volleyball is fun. I I like 00:09:53.839 --> 00:09:56.839 volleyball. 00:09:56.959 --> 00:10:02.760 All right, guys. We gave him a good fight, but uh I think we'll have to give 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:06.399 this one to him. Huge thank you to the Trinity 00:10:05.040 --> 00:10:10.320 Western women's volleyball team. You guys were absolutely fantastic sports. 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:13.360 Huge thank you to the Langley Event Center for allowing us to be here today. 00:10:11.920 --> 00:10:19.200 And a huge thank you to you guys for watching. Don't miss any more Nerd Sports because we are going to have some 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:22.560 fantastic additional episodes coming. See you next time.