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[Tim Arnold]

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[Rich Ross]

BOOOM! Great job guys. I predicted you guys to go far in Galileo, but you surpassed every expectation! COngrats on einstien

[Ben Martin]

You guys were a great scorer on Einstein. Great job on getting there! Your arm is outstanding.

[Alex Cormier]

Great picture and even better robot!

Looks like it should be the cover of an album.

[JaneYoung]

1902 is good people.
I've had the privilege of sharing in some of their competitive adventures and endeavors for a year now and it's always the same: they are gracious, playful, easy to work with, and they never sleep. Ever.

- and the team shaved George's head...he should share that.

[Andy Baker]

I've been a fan of Exploding Bacon for a long time. It's not because they have a cool name, either.

Their mentors are special people. I don't know all of the mentors on 1902, but it has been neat to see George, Dan, Mike and Andrew grow from being FIRST students on ComBBAT, Heat Wave and SPAM to being mentors on 1083 and 1902. The kids on the TechnoKats have looked up to these guys for a few years, and now the rest of FIRST is taking notice.

OINK OINK BOOM,
Andy Baker

[Adare180]

boom! insane machine, and even cooler team! congrats, and i hope to be joining you all in orlando soon! bacon for breakfast?

[Justin]

Just want to agree with Mr. Baker you guys have a great looking team out there I had the privilege of watching Bacon on Galileo and Einstein and they were a joy to watch and a solid, enthusiastic, fun team throughout the entire competition. One of the teams that makes FIRST so much fun to watch we'll expect great things from Bacon in the years ahead ;-)

Congratulations guys,

Justin

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

Thank you everyone for the kind words!

I have to echo what Andy said about how special the mentors really are. As a first year mentor they taught me so many things that at times I felt like I was still a student. One of the best parts about having mentors come from all different teams is that they use them to gain new friendships. Coming over from 108, they took the opportunity to get to know the team better, even getting the chance to have a barbeque together in Las Vegas.

[RogerR]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I've been a fan of Exploding Bacon for a long time. It's not because they have a cool name, either.

Their mentors are special people. I don't know all of the mentors on 1902, but it has been neat to see George, Dan, Mike and Andrew grow from being FIRST students on ComBBAT, Heat Wave and SPAM to being mentors on 1083 and 1902. The kids on the TechnoKats have looked up to these guys for a few years, and now the rest of FIRST is taking notice.

OINK OINK BOOM,
Andy Baker

actually, if i remember correctly, Dan and Andrew come from the now defunct teams of PAW (710), and RACE (212) (or was it the flashbacks (168)?), respectively. so far, the only active 312 alumni mentoring teams (that i know of) are me and steve (1369), and mario (312).

...but if you want to group us in with them boys from o'lando, i'm sure i speak for all of us when i say we'd be honored.

[David Brinza]

There was a terrific article in the Orlando Sentinel by Jake Vest last year (June 7, 2006):
"Our geeks beat most of world's geeks in competition"

I've got the story posted on my office door at JPL - it does get some attention.

If you search Orlando Sentinel Archives for "geek responsibly", you'll get 2 hits. It'll cost you $3.95 to get the article (I'm not about to violate their copyright). I assure you, the story is very well-written and worth putting on your door. Jake Vest "gets FIRST" and 1902 deserves yet another round of applause for making that happen.

Congratulations on an outstanding year, Exploding Bacon! You're a first-class FIRST team.

[Qbranch]

Hey... I was up in the stands yelling OINK OINK BOOM! and proud to say it

sweet robot guys, awesome to watch you all play out there and can't wait to see what you dream up next season....

by the way are you guys (1902) coming to IRI?

-q

[lil_ruber_duky]

Your team is awsome!!!!

congrats

haha, since the Las Vegas Regional to Championships in ATL, I have been trying to get a close up of the little pig stuffed animal on your robot!

[Kyle Love]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

All I can say is, GREAT job and I hope to see this bot at IRI!

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by lil_ruber_duky

haha, since the Las Vegas Regional to Championships in ATL, I have been trying to get a close up of the little pig stuffed animal on your robot!

Try this one on for size:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24247