“Oh, Mom… it was wonderful… the absolute best time ever!”
“Let me get this straight… you drove 1,500 miles, slept 3 hours a night on the floor of a motel room, spent 3 days in a high school gym, ate cafeteria food, messed with robots all weekend, and came home with this silly mess of metal and plastic. That’s a good time to you?”
“yeah!”
Come and get your IRI trophy!
That IRI trophy is…
Bodaciously Awesome! 
That is the coolest trophy I have ever seen. Too bad my team’s not going… 
That trophy is sah-weet!!
I can’t wait to see who gets one!
Me…?
Raises Hand
Team RUSH is hoping for a slightly better run than last year, which shouldn’t be too hard considering we lost every qualification match.:yikes:
Best of luck to all the teams going, and I can’t wait for these next seven days to pass!
Thanks!!
This trophy was made by AndyMark, Inc. The design concept was made by TechnoKats students (FRC team 45) in coordination with AndyMark staff. Nick Boyce and I did the detailed design.
There are 29 other trophies just like it, except that the runner-up trophies are red anodized and the rest are gold anodized.
The anodization was done at Colors, Inc. in Indianapolis. One of the managers at Colors, Inc. will be a judge at IRI.
Andy B.
[jokingly] Too bad my team isn’t going, one of those trophies would look pretty good in our trophy case :ahh:
This trophy violates the “no metal on carpet” rule. :yikes:
That being said - who cares!
Awesome design!
Might I ask if alliance captain representatives will have anything special given to them to commemorate the honor in 2008, like ye old bucket hats of 2007?
Where did you get the FIRST logo flags?
Any chance of any extras flags left over for… oh… idk… IRI souvenirs for the general public? 
I would give up my 2008 Championship Finalist Medal for a 2008 IRI Championship Trophy.
Nice Work!
Hey Andy,
My home address is sitting in your email. Please ship one to my house. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Arefin Bari.
I bought the flags here, and then had a local print shop (Premier Printing, of Kokomo) put the logo on.
AB
So what are the list of awards given out at IRI this year?
2008 IRI Awards
a. TechnoKats Spirit of Indiana Award
b. Most Awesome Drive-train
c. Outstanding Quality
d. Leadership IN Control
e. Imagery and Design
f. Driving Tomorrow’s Technology
g. Best Hurdler
h. Best Lapper
i. Team Spirit
j. Judges Award
k. Winning Alliance (4)
l. Runner-Up Alliance (4)
m.Mentor of the Year
n. Volunteer of the Year
o. Scholarships (6)
p. Indiana FIRST Foundations Award
Andy
Raises hand
Best Lapper? Hopefully with the driver practice this weekend, 1646 will get their lap average back up to where it was at the end of the year.
Andy,
this trophy is pure Epic Win. Beautiful. Please just make sure that the shipping box for Arefin has lots of foam and bubblewrap.
Have fun at IRI everyone. I’ll be watching.
we thought we would just put a tie strap around one of the trophies, and let them wear it on their heads…
or, maybe something like a bucket hat … 
That is amazing. But I just gotta know, who is sallie?
