Official 2006 Championship Divisions

[Barry Bonzack]

GALI --- LEO

I jumped up and yelled when I saw both my teams in the same division. Less running for me in the pits. Thank you, Great Homie in the Sky!

[Joe J.]

Archimedes for 862 again, seems like it will be a good division, Chief, Killer Bees, Element, Beach Bots, X-Cats, and Gale Force.

[JJG13]

Now that we have the final division list from FIRST and the data gleaned from the Offensive Rating thread, I can update the division offensive rating lists.

The four attached text files contain the offensive ratings for all the teams in each division sorted by team number and by rating.

For all those people saying that Newton is toughest division, the divisions in order from highest average offensive rating to lowest is Curie, Galileo, then Newton, then Archimedes. Newton is the strongest division based on my own personal (and purely arbitrary) rubric because it has the most (5) teams with a rating over 40.

Check it out:

[randomness2289]

Originally Posted by JJG13

Now that we have the final division list from FIRST and the data gleaned from the Offensive Rating thread, I can update the division offensive rating lists.

The four attached text files contain the offensive ratings for all the teams in each division sorted by team number and by rating.

For all those people saying that Newton is toughest division, the divisions in order from highest average offensive rating to lowest is Curie, Galileo, then Newton, then Archimedes. Newton is the strongest division based on my own personal (and purely arbitrary) rubric because it has the most (5) teams with a rating over 40.

Check it out:

hey you said team 22 didnt attend a regional and we attended southern california but we didnt do that well at all....but we did go i just wanted to let you know ....and i looked at team 38 and they attended utc

[Jherbie53]

I am personally not going to Nationals, but from the looks of it team 85 is going to have some fun. Newton looks awesome! The other divisions are just as good, so just don't forget that. I will also be looking for team 1272 in any matches I see.

[Jaine Perotti]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

GALI --- LEO

I jumped up and yelled when I saw both my teams in the same division. Less running for me in the pits. Thank you, Great Homie in the Sky!

Yes! This was one of the first things I noticed. Both of Barry's teams are in the same division. Better yet, they are both in MY division!

I am very excited for this year's championships. Team 716 will be in the Galileo division for the first time. Finally, we will get to participate in the GALI-LEO chant!

Some of the top teams in Galileo which I noticed were:

16
27
74
86 - I think I have heard that they are strong shooters
118
135
173
177 - after they beat us a SECOND time in Philadelphia, we told them that we would pick them in Atlanta even if they were broken!
231
237 - our awesome alliance partners in Hartford
291
341 - great shooters at Philly
365 - our amazing partners in Philadelphia. Simply incredible.
399
494 - always have a strong robot
830
852
1038
1276
1625
1784 - a very promising rookie team

These are just a few which I have noticed through some preliminary scouting. You bet that we will be watching these great teams on Galileo. Good luck everyone! It's going to be a very exciting event.

-- Jaine

[Barry Bonzack]

Originally Posted by BurningQuestion

Yes! This was one of the first things I noticed. Both of Barry's teams are in the same division. Better yet, they are both in MY division!

Some of the top teams in Galileo which I noticed were:

16
27
74
86 - I think I have heard that they are strong shooters
118
135
173
177 - after they beat us a SECOND time in Philadelphia, we told them that we would pick them in Atlanta even if they were broken!
231
237 - our awesome alliance partners in Hartford
291
341 - great shooters at Philly
365 - our amazing partners in Philadelphia. Simply incredible.
399
494 - always have a strong robot
830
852
1038
1276
1625
1784 - a very promising rookie team

-- Jaine

Yeah, 86 is incredible at rapidfire and picks up multiple balls extremely quickly.


Just by record alone I wouldn't count out 45, 67, 190, or 1403 either. geeeeeeeeeze.

[Andy Grady]

Does anyone else look at that Newton division and shudder at the thought of 25 and 111 teaming up? The good side to that is that there are a load of teams in that division that would actually have a shot at de-railing that runaway train.

And of course, I may be showing New England Favoritism, but how about that New England Division called Gallileo. Envisioning the crazy New England offensive/defensive powerhouse that would be 177, 237, and 1276...orrr you could plug in just about any other one of the new england teams there with the Bobcats and Tribe. Could this be the year of the NERD?

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by Andy Grady

Does anyone else look at that Newton division and shudder at the thought of 25 and 111 teaming up? ... Could this be the year of the NERD?

Or we can wait and see how the MAVERICKS fare this year at Championships...

[Joe J.]

Because I was board and curious here is a break down of the Archimedes Division teams by state or Province:

By State/Province:
MI: 14
CA: 9
NY: 9
NJ: 8
FL: 6
PA: 5
MD: 5
TX: 3
AZ: 2
MA: 2
IN: 2
VA: 2
GA: 2
WI: 2
NH: 1
CO: 1
SC: 1
AL: 1
CT: 1
RI: 1
WA: 1
MO: 1
IL: 1
MN: 1
QC: 1
RS: 1

I might do the other three later tonight.

[Josh Hambright]

Well i am definately excited about being part of the mighty Newton devision. Just looking at all the powerhouse teams, my old team, our aliance partner from Boilermaker regional.... The list of reasons why i'm excited about being in newton could go on and on... But they all look like they are great divisions. Guesse we will all just have to wait and see what happens in ATL.

Good luck to everyone and I'll see you all soon.