Best Team by State

[Lee Reid 3136]

For Virginia, I'd have to give it to either 1086 or 1522, probably with 1086 edging out 1522 by stint of being a bit more consistent. I think their both great teams, but they may have to start worrying about 3136 in the next year or two, if we can keep competing as well as we did this year.

[AcesJames]

Originally Posted by smurfgirl

Maybe I missed this, but I'm surprised no one has nominated 175 for CT... so I'm going to nominate 175 for CT. They're consistently high-performing all-around, and they live up to their HOF status always.

I think they often get overlooked because they haven't had anything as *glorious* as an Einstein appearance since their three-peat in 03, 04, and 05. However, they are definitely one of the top CT teams not only for their robots, but for their commitment to inspiring others.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by smurfgirl

I agree with you that there's no way my team is the "best" team in CT. However, I take issue with the fact that you said the team's successes this season are mostly attributable to our driver. All of the students on the team worked extremely hard this season in a variety of roles to make both big and small successes possible, and I don't want their contributions to be downplayed, though I'm sure you didn't mean it that way. Ethan was indeed a fantastic driver, but the robot he was working with, the strategy behind what he did with the robot, etc. were all based off of the hard work of all of the students on the team over the course of many months, and they all deserve credit.

Of course, but that would have made my post very long.

The reason I say the wins were attributed more to the driving than otherwise was because the robot was not used as originally intended (after WPI), when kicking was abandoned in favor of a jam-em-in-the-goals striker role, and at Beantown with a new driver the robot did not perform at the high level it did in CT and Archimedes.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

For Wisconsin if you look at recent history it would go to probably 1714, but overall history has to go to 269 or 93, i think 269 has like 3 or 4 regional wins at least and 1 or 2 regional chairmans. 93 has 2 regional wins, a division finalist and several regional finalists as well ad many other awards, they lack in the chairmans area though. I know more about 93 seeing i am an alumni but 269 always found themselves at the right place every year i was in high school.

as for what Chris said i believe that 1732 is from Illinois not Wisconsin

I agree that 93 should be in the consideration for best robots. It is easy to forget about them after two down years, but they won Minnesota in 2008, finalist in Wisconsin in '08, first pick in Wisconsin in 2007 and have another regional win, regional finalist and Einstien finalist.

269 has 3 regional wins but the last one came back in 2005. They do have a regional chairman's since then, but I'm not sure I would consider them dominate in any year since 2006 (when I joined FIRST).

I also think 537 should be in the conversation for Wisconsin. 537 has won regionals in 07, 06, 05, 04. They also have a divisional finalist (05) and a regional chairmans ('10).

Like I said before, Wisconsin is wide open.

Also, 1732 is from Wisconsin.

[TPNigl]

For MA at least, I agree that it's probably 88. But teams such as 126, 155, and 69 all have done fairly well.

88 - They just seem to always build a great bot and be able to maneuver it effectively
126 - They're always a powerhouse and make a strong showing
155 - They've won the RCA a few times and always do well in competition
69 - We've built some pretty innovative robots, and it's true we don't go to the championships as much. Hopefully we can change that a bit

[penguinfrk]

I want to nominate 1983 for Washington. Statistically, they've gotten a blue banner every year, including their rookie year, and are just as competitive as 488. I haven't interacted with Xbot much, but I know that 1983 has extremely helpful team members and mentors (and not just at the competition; year-round!)

[Yoel2630]

Originally Posted by gyaniv

they even got once to SF in a division at Atlanta (at 2008 if i am not wrong).

1574 got to finals of newton devision in 2008(no doubt), and were number 2 seeded alliance(they finished 3rd, and 1st and 2nd were in number 1 alliance, pretty sure about this, but yet again, this is from my memory)

Originally Posted by sammyjalex

Funny you should say that. I actually originally put MisCar for Israel because I was with them in Newton in 2008, made some friends on the team and was in awe with the professionalism displayed through their robot, but when I looked for them on the FIRST website, I could not find them and I hadn't heard anything about them with this year's Israel regional. I was afraid they had disappeared or something to that regard, so I picked another team from Israel with which I was somewhat familiar. I am, honestly and happily, a member of the MisCar fan club. I'm glad to hear they're still alive and well.

They had a rough year. They had a good bot(didn't get to see it in action, but it was well designed, so it might of been a great bot and not only good) but tough luck, the didn't play a single game due to communication problems.
I can assure you they haven't disappeared, and I hope they come back next year with yet another awesome robot.

[sgreco]

AL-34
AK-1548
AZ-39
AR-16
CA-254
CO-159
CT-175
DE-365
FL-233
GA-1771
HI-359
ID-2122
IL-111
IN-71
IA-525
KS-935
KY-2856
LA-1912
ME-58
MD-2377
MA-126
MI-67
MN-1816
MS-1421
MO-1806
MN-473
NE-(are there any teams? I'm not sure)
NV-987
NH-40
NJ-25
NM-2196
NY-20
NC-587
ND-876
OH-48
OK-476
OR-1540
PA-103
RI-78
SC-343
SD- (no teams)
TN-547
TX-148
UT-2993
VT-2370
VA-1086
WA-488
WV-337
WI-1714
WY-1303
Brazil-383
Canada-1114
Israel-1690

[Travis Hoffman]

Ohio should be 1038, especially if you include their kinda sorta former number 144.... Even without it, they'd stand alone as an awesome team and program.

[Lee Reid 3136]

Originally Posted by sgreco

VI-1086

The abbreviation for Virginia is VA. That confused me greatly. You probably have the right team in the Virginia spot but with 1522 in close second.

[EricDrost]

It's funny how there's no debate that 25 is the best of NJ. We have one of the largest pools of excellent veteran teams (not as large as Michigan, but you get the picture). Many of the other states are debatable but nobody has questioned 25's dominance of NJ. They're just very very good.

[AcesJames]

Originally Posted by Purple

It's funny how there's no debate that 25 is the best of NJ. We have one of the largest pools of excellent veteran teams (not as large as Michigan, but you get the picture). Many of the other states are debatable but nobody has questioned 25's dominance of NJ. They're just very very good.

I think 25 is the choice as of right now, but considering the way 1676 played this year, and the way 2753 has played since it's inception, we may have a few more apparent contenders very soon, if they can keep it up.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Purple

It's funny how there's no debate that 25 is the best of NJ. We have one of the largest pools of excellent veteran teams (not as large as Michigan, but you get the picture). Many of the other states are debatable but nobody has questioned 25's dominance of NJ. They're just very very good.

For many years 25 was the biggest contender against 56. Its debateable, but I still think that both teams' history earns them a title as the top of the NJ food chain.

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by bassoondude

My nominations for SC after 1 season in FRC:
1102
1398

Not a chance, good teams, but 343 is the bar in SC period

after that there are a many teams vying for #2 (342, 1102, 1398, etc)

[Wayne C.]

Originally Posted by AcesJames

I think 25 is the choice as of right now, but considering the way 1676 played this year, and they way 2753 has played since it's inception, we may have a few more apparent contenders very soon, if they can keep it up.

Thanks for the wonderful endorsements guys but there are a lot of great teams in NJ and every one has their time. We had a good year this year as did 1676. 2753 and 1923 blew us all away last year. 56 is always a beast. I think the competition between good teams is what drives us all to work harder and go further. That's why my team tries to travel to new regions and play different competitors each season. And having lots of local off season events to train at isn't bad either.

Just imagine what we could accomplish if all these great teams got together to work on a common cause. Hmmm- now there's an idea.........

WC