Hardest Regionals?

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Past success does not guarantee future results....

Agreed, but I think there is a strong correlation between past success and future results. For example, based on what I've seen over the past 7 years, I don't think I'm going out on too much of a limb by saying that Teams 71 and 254 will be pretty good this year.

This by no means precludes any upstart team from entering the class of elite teams. But, I just think that going into the season there's certain teams out there that we know to expect great things from. To me it's sort of like Vegas setting the early lines on who's going to win the 2006 Rose Bowl. There's a good chance that USC, the favourite will come through, but just because they're favoured doesn't mean that Ohio State (Go Bucks!!) won't be in the big dance.

All that being said I think the "tougher" regionals this year will be Boilermaker and Western Michigan But heed Ed's comment, all early lines are subject to change upon the release of robot pictures in weeks 4-6.