The real reason why no teams could score in the blue goal during practice: it was rigged so they couldn’t. Here we see the field crew fixing it after somebody “fixed” it. Who remains a mystery, though the FIRST Field Police suspect an inside job based on this photo.
In an unrelated note, nobody has yet been able to translate the message seen in the window. It is widely supposed that it contains the identity of the person responsible for the field scoring system for the 2006 game, and has been scrambled to protect his or her identity.
“Shhhhhh! We will tell him in a while that he is putting the chains in backwards! It is payback for all the trouble he gave us in committee meetings. In the meantime just smile and nod.”
FTA hollering down from the ladder:
Ok guys - quit messing around and get back to work. I mean it.
FTA mumbling to himself:
Orifice, schmorifice - why does the field crew always link everything I’m doing to bad puns? This is just a really big hole. Seriously.
You put your right hand in,
you put your right hand out,
your put your right hand in and you shake it all about,
you score a few points and practice G-P,
'cause that’s what it’s all about!
Photographer; “Do you think Billfred will use this picture in the “Caption the Photo” contest?”
FTA: “I don’t think so. It doesn’t show anything.”
Student on right: “Well it has me looking up for no reason.”
Student on left: “Well there’s Billfred. Let’s ask him.”
