[MarcD79]

After all is said & done, you have to look at what each driver was going through at the heat of the moment. I was FTAA here & it is impossible to see everything that happens on the field. I didn't see the commotion about the tipping, but the pushing in the goal was really noticed by everybody. You can't say that just Rosie was the only team that did some things that were considered questionable. I saw many matches, but that was just what happens "in the heat of the moment" I only saw Thrust get shoved into the goal once, so in my opinion, they got caught up in the excitement. Thrust was & is a formidable robot, no question about it. Rosie was just trying to defend the goal. I saw other robots get shoved into the goals, it's just that Thrust's design denies them the ability to reverse out. As for the ripped carpet, this happens. The only penalties were called if a robot was spinning it's wheels intentionally & burning up the carpet. This happened at the Suffield Shakedwon & resulted in going through the carpet, plastic tarp & slightly scoring the gym floor.

All in all, I thought CT was a great competition. Rosie has built a robot that can go far in the competition.

To all teams headed to Atlanta, good luck!