[Mike Schroeder]

yes in this competition i have learned that rank doesnt mean much, very rarely do you see the #1 seed win anything

for example in 2000 we were 272 at the end of qual. rounds saturday. but yet we were still picked, and we won,

this year, we had many poor alliances at nationals this year, and yes we still came up on top. so please, this is somthing my team does, and is a suggestion i make to every other team, do not focus on ranks, ranking means verylittle, Strategy is Key, if you see a low ranked robot with alot of ability and you are "ranked" take a chance, you will be suprised how the under doges just tend to be the dark horse and win it all