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Re: Prediction: Veterans take off the gloves in Week 3
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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
- Las Guerrillas (Team #469) had a bruising weekend in Ypsilanti. Rumor has it their robot was in pieces all day Thursday. By Saturday morning they had most of the machine together, but there were still bugs to be worked out and drivers to train. To my surprise they were drafted 3rd overall. They have a very large ramp and a serviceable arm. If they can get the last few bugs worked out and develop some of that driver skill that we've come to expect from Las Guerrillas, they have a good chance for a big win in Detroit.
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469's robot was in pieces on Thursday in Ypsi in 2004 and 2005 too, but it didn't seem to hurt them then. If anything, a Guerrillas robot in pieces scares me even more.
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