Who is team #1?

[haywirerobotics]

I was just curious who happens to be team #1?

[Brandon Holley]

i believe their team name is the "juggernauts"

[haywirerobotics]

Where are they from? How did they recieve the honor of being called #1?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by haywirerobotics

Where are they from? How did they recieve the honor of being called #1?

When FIRST gave teams permanent numbers in 1998 they were assigned in alphabetical order using the team's sponsor's name.

So Team 1 had a sponsor with either a number, or "a" as the first letter, and thus received #1.

[haywirerobotics]

Do you know more about the #1?

[Brandon Martus]

Here is their website: http://www.juggernauts.org/

[Swan217]

Originally Posted by Cory

When FIRST gave teams permanent numbers in 1998 they were assigned in alphabetical order using the team's sponsor's name.

So Team 1 had a sponsor with either a number, or "a" as the first letter, and thus received #1.

The Juggies sponsor until only a few years ago was 3-Dimensional Services. 3DS does rapid prototyping, which resulted in some VERY nice designs for the Juggernauts. Unfortunately, they stopped sponsoring the team during the recent recession .

Incedently, if you look at the teams from 1-200, you can see a general progression of Alphabetical Sponsors. All of the General Motors teams are grouped in the 60's, the Delphi teams are in the 40's, and the Xerox X-Cats are number 191. In 1999, the teams started being numbered first-come, first serve.

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

Incidently, if you look at the teams from 1-200, you can see a general progression of Alphabetical Sponsors.

Hence the clump of UTC-sponsored teams in the 170s.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

Incedently, if you look at the teams from 1-200, you can see a general progression of Alphabetical Sponsors. All of the General Motors teams are grouped in the 60's, the Delphi teams are in the 40's, and the Xerox X-Cats are number 191. In 1999, the teams started being numbered first-come, first serve.

Until the revival of some of the older team numbers this year mainly for teams that "split" in half or reform.

Also note the NASA teams in the 110-120s.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Until the revival of some of the older team numbers this year mainly for teams that "split" in half or reform.

Also note the NASA teams in the 110-120s.

Did I hear the story right that someone's typo made 121 get wedged in with the NASA teams? (121 is the Rhode Warriors, sponsored by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and 122 is the NASA Knights, sponsored by...well, guess.)

[kenz9000]

Muahahahaha

Im a Juggernaut! 2005 Team Captain.

We are based out of Pontiac, Michigan. Students on this team attend a Technical School, Oakland Schools Technical Campus, NE.

The reason we are team #1 is, we had a sponsor, 3D Services, and in 1998 when they redrew the numbers, they started in numeric-alpha order, and 3D happened to be first!

WHO'S HOT! JUGGERNAUTS! WHO'S HOT! JUGGERNAUTS!

[Stephen P]

You guys should play that nelly song when you bring the robot out.

[Mark Pierce]

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

Incedently, if you look at the teams from 1-200, you can see a general progression of Alphabetical Sponsors

Actually, I think the Teams in 1999 season went to 292 or something, hence the Grandville RoboDawgs are number 288 since at the time they were sponsored by X-Rite.

The Juggernauts were amazing in 1999 and have done well several other times over the years.

[Justin Howard]

It is a great thing having team #1. In the back of your mind each year you go in trying to prove it but with all the talent in the FIRST world now it makes it extremely difficult. But the on thing about being #1 is the number of great teams that come to your pit just to see who has #1 as a team number, and for those that want to it's the JUGGERNAUTS!!

[Ellery]

Just looking back at some of the old videos Dean mentions that Paul Allaire (past CEO of Xerox) was the first person to sign up to the program back in 1991. So if they never went alphabetical we may have been #1. Oh well they never foresaw how big this would get back then.

Ellery