[DougHogg]

Our first match at IRI was very exciting. Team 48 played a good, tough defensive game against us, while their partner Team 808 went and hung. We were trying to get a yellow ball, and Team 48 pushed us and then literally drove up the side of our robot. Finally (miraculously) we got the yellow ball, but Team 48 was still on our tail. Suddenly, our partner Team 1243 came out of nowhere and pushed Team 48 against the side and then blocked them, allowing us to cap the stationary goal. Team 48 climbed up on the platform and started working on decapping our goal. Luckily for us, our drive team had really stuffed the yellow ball in there. Team 48 went and hung, as did we and the score was then tied. In the last seconds of the game, Team 1243 removed the capping ball from the mobile goal, allowing our human player to drop a ball in just before the buzzer.

That was the first of many great matches.

I have wanted to thank Team 1243 for watching our back since that match ended. So thank you Team 1243!

Truth of the matter is, we owe thanks to a lot of teams. However...I am flying to Canada in 2 hours and need some sleep.

Who knows. I may wind up keeping this thread going until next year's IRI.