Hum... this is an interesting one...
I believe that the championship winning alliance will consist of three scoring bots (most likely one being a ramp hybrid). But for all three robots to average over 4.5 tubes (lets say 5) in the finals, where defense will be strong, is going to be very tough. Mainly because that is saying the winning alliance will score at least 15 out of a possible 18 ringers (I believe the max is 18..).
Thats alot... the most ringers we have seen on the rack is 19 (I believe that record from Waterloo is still standing). Say the rack gets filled for the finals on Einstein, that means your alliance puts up 15 ringers and your opponents puts up 9. If they have made it to the finals in Einstein I hope they can put up more then 9 ringers in a match.
Looking at the math I would have to say this is a tough bet, mainly because of how prominent defense will get (not dedicated defense, but the bots that switch from offense to defense quickly), and thats just a tonn o' tubes to be put up by one alliance while playing against another strong alliance.
However I also put trust in Karthik's scouting info...
