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Re: 2006 Double Regional Winners
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Originally Posted by Andy Grady
As was listed above, 45 won the 1998 championship. As for the second half of your question..."Why did 47 not win?" the simple answer is...attention. Basically, Delphi gathered so much attention by dominating every regional it went to, that by the time it got to nationals, they had a target on their back. It was actually quite amazing...I was witness to their fall. Remember, this was the era of 1 v 1 v 1, so it was very easy for two teams to double up on one. Essentially, both teams went nuts on Delphi, not allowing them to score, and one of them managed to sneak in some points, and Delphi was gone. The roar that went up from the crowd was something very amazing. Of course, if you were on Delphi at the time, I'm sure that roar didn't sound so good to you...but remember, it IS the ultimate show of respect when you think about it.

-Andy Grady
Kinda like the roar that went up at GTR when 1680's allaince upset 1114's alliance in the first match of the finals. Everybody always loves the underdog.
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