[Paul Copioli]

BJC,

If whoever is the number 1 seed at Troy doesn't pick 469, then that team strategy head should be fired. I would expect that the Killer Bees would pick 469 if you were #1 seed. Unless something drastically happens to their robot, if (and that is a big if) 217 is the #1 seed at Troy, the I will be surprised if 469 is not the #1 pick.

They were the easy #1 pick for us, but 1718, 226, and 2612 were very high on our list. 2612 did a ridiculous job of defending balls in our home zone. They stopped at least 15 from going in the goals.

If you have the chance to check out the 469 robot, please do. It is an amazing machine. Once they are in the tunnel, they actually grab the lower bar of the tower so there is no moving them once they are locked.

Good luck to any team trying to come up with a defense against them. I know we are scratching our heads as it is much more likely we will have to play against them in the next few weeks rather than with them.

469 has come up with an amazing machine this year and whoever wins the "469 Lottery" will have a lot of fun playing with them.