Just tossing out some random ideas here:
-Wire up some kind drivers with a mic while they are on the field?
-Do a button track to see which team gives away the most buttons and the percentage they gave out.
-Surveys for which awards should be given to which team and see if they are right.
-Place bets between 'Casters on a team you think will go all the way and fight for your own team.
-Upload pictures with the podcasts (big one!), perhaps showing the field at key moments or guest speakers.
-Announce interviews and accept questions for them a la slashdot. Moving with that idea, use a system similar to Digg to rate the most popular/intresting questions.
-Do a live stream (technically possible?).
-Interview teams after matches and see what they think they did wrong.
-Pull pranks on teams (dress up like FIRST officials - legalities?) and do random spot checks on team's bots; make up rules to test knowledge.
-Quiz random spectators and team members with a time-limited rules quiz (almost like cash cab or that silly thing on nikolodian... forget what it is called, but they had someone in the studio and they would ask stupid questions within a limited time - rank with who gets the most right within time). Quiz officials & high ranking people ie: Woodie Flowers (ask about Woodie Flowers award rules?)
-Video podcast (again, technically possible?).
Just a few I have come up with in the last 5 minutes. Team 1523 and I will be at UCF - intresting to see what goes down
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