[David Brinza]

The situation on the ramp for the red alliance's robots (696 and 294) was a repeat of the end of the final match at the SCRRF scrimmage held at Chatsworth a few days before the robots shipped. In the last match of the SCRRF final, Team 207's tread was just touching the mesh and a corner of 207 was just touching Team 974's robot. In this case, though, the result of the final was reversed. Our alliance (207, 974 and 980) was initially announced as the champions, but the rule book was subsequently consulted regarding robots touching robots touching the mesh. The loss of 50 points resulted in the opposing alliance (399, 1197 & ??) gaining the championship. It was a great event with an exciting but controversial finish.

Back to the SoCal regional final: I wasn't sure whether Team 60 could have lifted their legs if they wanted to. It looked like Team 696 had them pinned. Certainly the correct strategy for Team 60 would be to leave the leg contacting the mesh to avoid giving 50 QPs to the red alliance. I'm guessing Team 60 had no intention of lifting their leg from the mesh...