Old School FRC Match Videos - Who Has Them?

[Ryan Dognaux]

After seeing the thread that Cory started on 71's 2001 and 2002 robots, it got me thinking - we really don't have very much video of matches before 2007 available anywhere online. The best resource I've found is the FIRST Video Archive and even that gets pretty sparse around 2005 as you go back through each season.

I always remember people hooking up VCR's & DVD players to record the raw match feeds at regional events while I was in high school (02-05 seasons). I have to believe that people still have these tapes & discs, probably gathering dust somewhere on a shelf. Unfortunately, it usually takes time to capture this footage & post it on YouTube / The Blue Alliance, especially if it's on a VHS tape.

So here's my request - if you have match footage that isn't on FIRST Video Archive or The Blue Alliance, post what you have here. I know I would gladly spend the time to capture this footage & post it online and I'm sure others would be up to the challenge as well.

Maybe some of the guys affiliated with 108 have some of the old SOAP footage laying around somewhere? You guys were the go to source for match footage 10 years ago, was any of that footage archived?