December Design Competition 2014: Tubular Touchdown

Originally Posted by pabeekm

With 100 footballs at their disposal, it seems very feasible that someone could make a team 71 in 2002 type bot, just pull a goal (or both) up to the feeder station, lock in place, and for the entire time before fourth down just funnel/chuck in balls.

What made 71 so deadly wasn't just the design, but the execution. These days with the added robots and the more powerful drive systems I don't think a 71 style robot would be effective in this game. It was something we all discussed before choosing it. I am in no way saying that it is better to go with a safer design, but a risky design like 71's requires proof of perfect execution to be successful, and that's proof that is hard to conjure in a design competition such as this one.