2011 Galileo Division

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by jblay

Does anyone know who the MC and announcers are for Galileo this year? I hope its Blair and Andy Grady like in the last few years, they are both so good.

Maybe. Maybe not. Everything is still being finalized.

I did order my annual "Galileo Volunteer Game" pieces today. Last year, the ball return was a great volleyball net, but this year took some creativity.

[V_Chip]

Buzz will be in attendance. Change of scenery from Curie.

Looks fun.

[JackN]

Wow, what an awesome division. I will be down there on Galileo helping Team 70 with scouting and strategy and needless to say I pumped to work with all of these great teams.

A little scene setting for what we can look forward to out on the Galileo field next weekend. Starting off we have Hall of Fame teams like 254, 175, 341 and 111. In addition to the Hall of Famers we have two different two-time world champions 111 and 294. Four one time world champions in 1114, 469, 48, 173 and six other previous Einstein Competitors 254, 341, 292, 175, 1218, and 195 help comprise what is one of the most experienced and decorated divisions in FIRST history. Throw in teams like 40, 359, 1771, 70, 548, 2337, 1985, 399 and 2137 all with blue banners this year and looking to prove themselves among the FIRST elite with an Einstein birth and you have a division that will be filled with tense and hard fought matches from all 8 of the alliances Saturday.

Needless to say the world champs are coming out of Galileo and hopefully team 70 will get a chance to play with some of the awesome teams.

[JesseK]

Scouting this division will be like a dream. I seriously doubt we'll have 2 dull matches in a row. Not only do we all get a front seat to watching THE top-notch teams compete, we get to compete among them!

Hopefully the upgrades we're making will take the bot from a slow, reliable tube scorer to a more robust bot so we can be closer to the level of the power houses in this division.

Good luck to all!

[ks_mumupsi]

Originally Posted by JackN

Needless to say the world champs are coming out of Galileo

Last year reminds us all of a stark reminder on this statement.. I think some of the best teams from this years competitions are in galileo and im going to try and watch some matches but einstein is a whole different ball game

only one week to go!!!

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by JackN

Needless to say the world champs are coming out of Galileo...

And I would wager the Chairman's Award Winner as well.

[Mike Soukup]

Originally Posted by jblay

Does anyone know who the MC and announcers are for Galileo this year? I hope its Blair and Andy Grady like in the last few years, they are both so good.

Since Andy's one of my favorite announcers, I would really like to have him on Galileo, but it probably won't happen. For as long as he's been announcing at Championship, Dan Green has been on our field.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Mike Soukup

Since Andy's one of my favorite announcers, I would really like to have him on Galileo, but it probably won't happen. For as long as he's been announcing at Championship, Dan Green has been on our field.

Last year Mark Leon switched from his normal field (Curie) to be on Archimedes with us. I would not be surprised if he ended up on Galileo this year in addition to Dan.

[Boydean]

Super excited to be volunteering this year on Galileo again. Last year was awesome, and it looks like the teams will prove that this year is going to be a joy to watch the field.

[SGK]

Originally Posted by V_Chip

Buzz will be in attendance. Change of scenery from Curie.

Looks fun.

We just cancelled your plane ticket. Found a better human player to go!!

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Boydean

Super excited to be volunteering this year on Galileo again. Last year was awesome, and it looks like the teams will prove that this year is going to be a joy to watch the field.

Did I see a few weeks ago on Twitter that you're also on field reset? Regardless, it'll be nice to finally get to meet you!


Geez, this thread is quiet. GALI-

[remulasce]

LEO!

[jblay]

Originally Posted by Karibou

Geez, this thread is quiet. GALI-

LEO!!!

That's as load as I can be

[remulasce]

Man, I got shown up.

[Bjenks548]

From the latest Bill's Blog post. I think Galileo also has the best pit area! Not as far as Archenemies but not in the middle of the pit fields like Newton and Curie. We also have the Pit Admin right in the middle! Should be a great division, looking forward to sharing a pit with our sister team Thunder Down Under! Good luck to all teams!