[galewind]

I see Chief Delphi as the "Wikipedia" of bot info -- it's a great place to get some surface knowledge, but you need to dig deeper to get the real nitty-gritty. Thankfully, couple CD with The Blue Alliance and SOAP108, and you've got a great opportunity to back up the talk with some actual research. Watch teams compete, check out their stats -- who they were with and against, etc.

What it all boils down to, however, is that all that info should only be used in an initial glance -- you have to see how the teams stack up against the teams currently at the event, and I don't mean by rankings. There are always a few teams that slip under the radar that perform exceptionally well but don't pull out the best records because they were consistently against powerhouses.