Teams to Watch

[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

Einsteins finals will include at least one of the following teams from Arch: 2056, 1114, 67. That division is favored.
Galileo will see close competition but in the long run will be the underdog division.
Curie looks very strong but I cant help but believe the curse will persist.
I cant say too much about Newton, but I dont expect to see them make finals on Einstein.

Are you joking? 469 and 1717 are the two strongest shooters in FIRST (based on Teleop OPR and most division wins), and are both on Newton. That said, I don't know how good of an alliance they make together. I wouldn't be surprised to see them battling for Newton Champions. Newton has a deeper field than the other divisions (higher avg OPR) so the third robot on the alliance should be a bit better. When you've got the number one and two robots battling the three and four, there isn't much variance. But effect of that third robot could be everything on Einstein.