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Originally Posted by Joe195
2826 would not be a second pick, they would be picking
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Regardless of the year, I base my picks for the FRC championship much like I make picks for March Madness. There are numerous variables to take into account and one of the biggest that I have found is that things will never go the way they are supposed to.
That being said Wave's two finalist finishes are quite telling of what they are capable of. Do I believe that they could seed as an alliance captain? Sure. However, from what I've observed of
2826, I believe they will not. Most likely they will fall between picks 5-15. Do not make the mistake of underestimating the strength and the depth of Newton this year. What my picks show is that in some form or fashion Wave will make it to their divisional finals.
Unfortunately, there is one pick I am regretting. In Galileo, I took the third seed of
1477, 1806, and
2474 over the second seed of
245 and
2169(sorry third bot but I forgot your number.) Even though King Tec is a slightly better FCS than S.W.A.T., I thought that Torque and Excel could out score Adambots and their 3rd robot...but after watching more match videos of these teams I am not so certain. It will most likely depend on whether or not Texas Torque can get their wing autonomous scoring 5+ discs.
Lastly, I made a critical error this year when I selected four Texas teams to make it to their divisional finals. This has never happened before and honestly I don't think that this historical Texas event will occur this year. The max number of Texas teams this year with at least a divisional finalist appearance will be 3.