[Gearhead.]

I am very suprised and disappointed only three 'great' teams were listed for the NJ regional. It seems to be overlooked. This year was not as competitive as others, but the NJ regional is ALWAYS one of the top two most competitive. I guess a lot of you don't know anything about 2003. The top two robots in the nation were there. Team 102 and Team 25. Team 25 got second at nationals and had awful alliances - they would have won with better people in their division. Team 102 had to fight the parents and didn't have the money to attend nationals, but if you guys want to see pictures, I will try to get the reposted on our team site. This year, although it was not the most competitive year, veteran teams: 25, 11, 102, 103, 56, 87, 75 all attend the NJ regional. Plus, the team 25 and 103 tandem in the finals along with 1279 (my same-town catholic team rivals) were able to post over 80 pts. every finals match. The qualifying rounds were all high scoring, with a dozen over 50 pts. for each team with only a couple points difference. With 60 some teams, close matches like this proves it was a very good regional.