2015 Chairman's Predictions

[MooreteP]

987 may be a lock, but 1868 is a dark horse.

[JB987]

Good gosh...no such thing as a lock when there are so many awesome, deserving teams fulfilling FIRST's mission. On the other hand, if you were one of the Chairman's judges...

[Pauline Tasci]

really hoping for 987! they have an amazing program with some of the most humble people and competitive robots.

[dodar]

Gotta root for 1902. Bacon has to win it sooner or later.

[Rachel Lim]

I'd say 604 Quixilver will be the next California HOF team. With 8 RCA wins, a 6 year streak, and an amazing program it's just a matter of time. If 1538 wasn't also from CA I'd be saying it's them for sure, but even now they have a great chance at setting the record for a state's most frequent win (with the exception of 191).

Outside of CA, 987, 1540, 503, 1511, 2486 and 1902 are teams I'd expect to see win soon. I think 2468, 1983, 340, 1241, and 2056 will be very strong contenders in the next few years.

I just realized how many teams that was...

[Link07]

Just for fun (Not sure how the geography plays out):

2015: 987
2016: 1311
2017: 604 + 503
2018: 1540 + 1902
2019: 2486 + 1511
2020: 1710 + 2056

[Bryce Paputa]

Originally Posted by Link07

Just for fun (Not sure how the geography plays out):

2015: 987
2016: 1311
2017: 604 + 503
2018: 1540 + 1902
2019: 2486 + 1511
2020: 1710 + 2056

And I thought predicting one week in advance was crazy...

[kristinweiss]

I am rooting for 1311! I would love to see a Georgia team win and 1311 is very under rated considering everything they do to further the ideals of FIRST!

[1629GaCo]

1629 GaCo, but I am bias!!!

[Wendy Holladay]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

I'd love to see 1311 win it, they are very underrated in my opinion.

The video series they did with some of the top mentors in FIRST was just awesome. Here is the link to the youtube playlist for people that never saw it.

987 and 503, like others have said are both very deserving and will win the big trophy very shortly if not this year.

allen,

you're always right. i also think 1311 is amazing and extremely deserving.