Predictions Week 5: On the Bubble

[akoscielski3]

Originally Posted by Looking Forward

[*]Don't expect other teams to play quietly in Toronto. 188 would love to upgrade from their pair of silvers they've earned at GTR-East and Buckeye. 772 was the class of Smokey Mountain, and is 14-0-1 on the season. Those two will be the top candidates to dethrone Canada's kings, but teams like 1241 and 3161 will be factors as well.

GTR - West Is gonna be soooooo Fun this Year

[Eric Kosek]

1718 and 27 actually have both secured bids to MSC already. Both were district chairman winners which is an automatic bid to states.

[dag0620]

Originally Posted by Looking Forward

[*]A number of exciting offensive machines are looking to punch thru to gold at Connecticut after falling short at prior events. 177 lost to the #8 seed in the quarters at WPI. 195, 228, 118, and 176 each took home silver at their previous event. 2168 and 176 were bested in the semis in New York and BAE respectively. Each of these teams should factor into the elimination rounds heavily at this highly competitive event, but obviously it's going to come down to alliance structure and scouting to get the edge. If an alliance can triple balance, expect them to be the favorite. Otherwise, a slight advantage towards the Robonauts and GUS as potential champions.

The dynamics of several of these team's is going to make an interesting competition. There's some potential rematches from earlier this season I'd love to see happen. All I can say is this is probably going to be one of the most interesting Alliance selections I've seen in a while. I truly believe that this year more than ever, the pairings is going to make a huge impact at this event.

[lynca]

Dallas West is poised to have a relatively level field of competition, with no team capable of absolutely dominating. 935 does appear to have an edge over most of the other competitors, but 1421, 1296, and 2468 should be able to keep it very interesting.

Fair prediction, however I am going to give props to the Houston teams, and say 441, 3847 and 1429 will keep it more interesting than 1421,1296 and 2468.

Houston is the original home of FIRST in Texas (despite what Dallas thinks) and Houston teams will take home the big awards !