[Tom Line]

Our driver immediately tried to backup - flipping with our elevator system would be a bad thing. Unfortunately, backing up wasn't really an option when we got packed from behind.

It was good hard defense all the way around, and I don't fault any of the teams involved.

Unfortunately, we were called for a penalty for contacting and causing damage (beat up some of their guarding) inside their robot perimeter with our wheels. When we asked the head ref well after the match, he was extremely gracious and talked to us (not the student) and explained that was his interpretation of the rule. Keep in mind our bumpers are 2 inches off the ground, as is our chassis. It was a tremendous hit that lifted our entire front nearly a foot off the ground.

This was more a query to confirm that we had the correct interpretation; that no penalty should have been assessed. We put in a request for clarification on the rule to Q&A but they declined based on it's hypothetical-ness. It's the first technical we've drawn in all our time in FIRST, and it was fairly disconcerting feeling like we'd done something wrong.