[sovierr]

Since we are giving plugs (albeit to ourselves), I would like to plug another team from our regional. During finals match 1, our robot and our alliance partner both had scoring issues. We had scored enough before the problems to win the match. Between the 1st and 2nd match we took our time out, but we could not diagnose and fix the problem with either robot in time. We obviously lost the second match.

Between the 2nd and 3rd matches, our opponents used their timeout for our benefit. We were able to fix both robots, and we won the last match by 1 point! Those two teams demonstrated the essence of gracious professionalism that afternoon.

One of our opponents (Team 1902-Exploding Bacon) won the Inspire award and is attending the Championships. When you see them, please pat them on the back and thank them for spreading the true spirit of FIRST.

BTW, the other opponent was team 1369-Minotaur.