Michigan State Championship

[cbale2000]

Someone care to explain the "team 10" thing for those of us who were not there?

[Mike Schreiber]

The Fox Sports Detroit girls were introducing the teams for a match and were reading from the numbers above the teams. Not being familiar with the game clock in the middle of the alliance station wall they announced team 10 and were rather embarrassed when they realized their mistake.

[Josh Fox]

Thank you to everyone for the kind words. Team RUSH has been fortunate to come away with a lot of silver recently, but this gold is something else. I woke up this morning still not entirely sure it had happened.

To all teams that played at MSC, whether it was in qualifications or the elims, thanks for putting on a great show.

To 1023, 3539, and 573, it was great playing against you. Congrats to 3539 on the KPCB Entrepreneurship award as well. Despite being a "low seed," this alliance had contender written all over it. And let's be real, any time you're going up against an alliance featuring one of the Copiolis behind the glass you'd be foolish not to be nervous.

2337, 469, and 2834, between 2337's great driving, finishing and trussing, 469's nearly unstoppable truss shots and finishing, and 2834's inbounding, you guys were a terrifying alliance to face.

Teams 1718, 67, and 74, looking at the opposite end of the field and seeing your three teams lined up against us had us all on the edge of their seats. Seeding number 1 at MSC was an insane challenge, and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who thought 1718 didn't thoroughly earn it, and THEN you selected arguably the best finishing robot in FIRST in 67. The fact that a team the caliber of 74 was the final pick speaks to the tremendous depth of the competition.

Last but not least, thank you to our partners 33 and 314. 33 proved that you don't have to muscle your way through scrums to be successful, and played some of the best defense I've seen with 4 omnis on the ground. 314, you NEVER should've fallen to us, but I couldn't have been happier you did. Our data had you going in the first round, if not to the 7th or 8th seed on the way back. Put simply, you guys were a tank and wreaked havoc on our opponents, all while inbounding and passing masterfully and running picks for 33 and ourselves. We took our play to a whole new level in the finals, and executed with incredible precision.

I'm incredibly proud of both our drive team and team as a whole for our performance on and off the field, leading to a championship and state Engineering Inspiration award. This was arguably the best weekend for our team in our history, and we could not be more excited to head to St. Louis in 2 weeks alongside many of you.

Thanks you, and good luck to everyone.

[Craig Roys]

What a weekend...congratulations to 27, 33, and 314. I was prepared to face defense in the elimination rounds at MSC (especially as the number 1 alliance), but your alliance put a whole new definition to defense.

Thank you to our alliance partners 67 and 74 for playing with us. It was great to finally get a chance to play with 67 in eliminations instead of having to go against you! You guys have a tremendous machine. It goes to show the depth of MSC that we were able to get a team the caliber of 74 as a 24th pick. You guys did a great job for us. I wish we could have had that little extra push to get through the finals.

Congratulations to 33, 68, and 503 on your Chairman's Awards and to 27 for EI...I'm in awe of what your teams are able to accomplish. Also congratulations to 3539 for your Entrepreneurship Award - it's so great to see a team we helped start see success. I'm amazed at what your team has been able to accomplish in such a short period of time.

Lastly, thanks to the FTA's for their work in trying to fix a difficult situation with the field faults in the quarterfinals...I know you guys were as frustrated as we were with what was happening. I appreciate that you took the time to explain to us what was going on (or at least as much as you knew).

[Christopher149]

I think my favorite thing about MSC (2014's, since the thread title doesn't mention the year) was that 3 of the 4 UP teams there have qualified for St. Louis.

Good luck 857, 3602, and 4391!

<joking slightly>And since 2246 was no longer in the way, 1711 could finally win their imagery award!</joking>

[RonnieS]

Originally Posted by Josh Fox

Thank you to everyone for the kind words. Team RUSH has been fortunate to come away with a lot of silver recently, but this gold is something else. I woke up this morning still not entirely sure it had happened.

To all teams that played at MSC, whether it was in qualifications or the elims, thanks for putting on a great show.

To 1023, 3539, and 573, it was great playing against you. Congrats to 3539 on the KPCB Entrepreneurship award as well. Despite being a "low seed," this alliance had contender written all over it. And let's be real, any time you're going up against an alliance featuring one of the Copiolis behind the glass you'd be foolish not to be nervous.

2337, 469, and 2834, between 2337's great driving, finishing and trussing, 469's nearly unstoppable truss shots and finishing, and 2834's inbounding, you guys were a terrifying alliance to face.

Teams 1718, 67, and 74, looking at the opposite end of the field and seeing your three teams lined up against us had us all on the edge of their seats. Seeding number 1 at MSC was an insane challenge, and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who thought 1718 didn't thoroughly earn it, and THEN you selected arguably the best finishing robot in FIRST in 67. The fact that a team the caliber of 74 was the final pick speaks to the tremendous depth of the competition.

Last but not least, thank you to our partners 33 and 314. 33 proved that you don't have to muscle your way through scrums to be successful, and played some of the best defense I've seen with 4 omnis on the ground. 314, you NEVER should've fallen to us, but I couldn't have been happier you did. Our data had you going in the first round, if not to the 7th or 8th seed on the way back. Put simply, you guys were a tank and wreaked havoc on our opponents, all while inbounding and passing masterfully and running picks for 33 and ourselves. We took our play to a whole new level in the finals, and executed with incredible precision.

I'm incredibly proud of both our drive team and team as a whole for our performance on and off the field, leading to a championship and state Engineering Inspiration award. This was arguably the best weekend for our team in our history, and we could not be more excited to head to St. Louis in 2 weeks alongside many of you.

Thanks you, and good luck to everyone.

It was great playing with you guys and 33! We had a blast and couldn't be happier to be a second pick! I couldn't tell you how many people had us going in the first round for sure...I am surprised we didn't but it was worth it to not. Couldn't of ended the Michigan season any better.

[Lisa Perez]

To all of our volunteers - You were amazing this weekend! Thank you for your smiling faces and your unending energy; it was an absolute pleasure to work with you. I hope to see you all at next year's MSC!

[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by Adam Freeman

#team10

https://mobile.twitter.com/FSDetroit...0888449/photos

I see a new button in the future.

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Mike Schreiber

http://www.thebluealliance.com/team/10

They're not around anymore. But I agree it should be a thing.

....

I hear the Red Knights were light on their feet back in the day.


MSC was a great competition. I have had a bit of Love/Hate watching Aerial Assist as qualifying at most Districts has been rather boring. At MSC, most of the qualifying matches felt like elims. Very high quality of play and really exciting to watch. I wasn't sure that there was much headroom for MSC Elims to ramp up too, but boy was I wrong. Between Alliance #1 taking the long way to get to the finals to the exciting defense that lead to the eventual champions, MSC was a real treat to watch.

If anyone is interested in re-watching matches, here is the link to dptv:
http://www.dptv.org/programs/first-robotics/

The "special" will likely be out in a month or so.

[JoeWithTheSpecs]

Originally Posted by IKE

If anyone is interested in re-watching matches, here is the link to dptv:
http://www.dptv.org/programs/first-robotics/

The "special" will likely be out in a month or so.

The special will air on May 13th, according to my sister who was on the crew at the event. From what I hear, it sounds very good!

As a senior my final MSC was an absolute blast, although I sat in our pits all of Friday and Saturday. It was cool meeting some new people from 469 and 308 over the weekend! Even though we were not picked for eliminations (first time since 2010), I loved watching them all, it really showed how exciting Aerial Assist can be.

Congratulations to 27, 33, and 314 on some incredible elimination matches, and a well deserved win! 27 and 33 is an absolutely Killer pair, and 314 brought the whole alliance together!

Also, congratulations to everyone on 68 for your Chairman's Award! You're a team I've always looked up to, with some awesome mentors and students, wish you luck in St. Louis!

Although the whole team isn't going to Worlds this year, I'll be watching from home rooting for all of the awesome and deserving Michigan teams that made it! Let's hope we'll get a third HoF team in Michigan, as well as some teams who come back as World Champions!

[tyronott]

Originally Posted by Craig Roys

Thank you to our alliance partners 67 and 74 for playing with us. It was great to finally get a chance to play with 67 in eliminations instead of having to go against you! You guys have a tremendous machine. It goes to show the depth of MSC that we were able to get a team the caliber of 74 as a 24th pick. You guys did a great job for us. I wish we could have had that little extra push to get through the finals.

Thanks for the shout out! It was an amazing experience working with you guys as well! If we could've had that counter-defense in the finals, we could've pulled it off. Overall it was an amazing weekend that saw many teams not make it to eliminations that i'm sure deserved to be there.

Congrats to 33, 27, and 314 on your win at the state championship! It was definately a hard fought battle to the last second. Congrats to all the teams who made it to world champs, and team 74 hopes to see you there.