SaxmanSilver Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the Blue Devils have ever hit 94 by this point in the season. Will we see a new high score at the end of this season? Edited July 25, 2014 by SaxmanSilver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeutralNovice Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 You're assuming BD will win, esp. with a score at or above 99.15. Cadets, Bluecoats, and SCV might have something to say about that. Also, with a score above 99.15, the Blue Devils will likely have to win nearly every single caption and subcaption. They probably won't take brass and percussion is too competitive to guarantee anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR_Ohiobando Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) The high 99 scores usually only happen when the top corps is pretty far ahead of their competition. Specifically, they usually end up running away with most every caption. This season doesn't seem to want that to happen for Blue Devils. Bluecoats, SCV, and especially Cadets seem like they're close enough to BD to take some captions away, or at the very least make it close. Percussion is a key area. I could see BD breaking 99, but definitely not the 99.15. Edited July 25, 2014 by NR_Ohiobando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris ncsu Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Without controlling for when the season starts/ends, BD hit 95+ on 7/25/2009 (OK, 2 days later than this year), 94+ on 7/25/2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevillemurphy Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Who says BD will win... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortAndFast Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 How many captions do you think they are going to take? In 2009 they won 6 to get 99.05. In 2005 Cadets won 8 to get 99.15. In 2002 Cavaliers won 7 to get 99.15. I think BD is likely to win this year, but I don't think they will take more than 6 captions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Who says BD will win... Every judging panel this summer so far, it seems. Mike 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slingerland Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Percussion is too iffy. If Vanguard, Bluecoats, Cadets, and Cavaliers all go in with rock star performances, and BD's line has an ok, but not great run, whoever's on Percussion will be hard pressed to find room for them in the high 19s, which would make it hard to pop that score ceiling. Edited July 25, 2014 by Slingerland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mboogey73 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Also, with a score above 99.15, the Blue Devils will likely have to win nearly every single caption and subcaption. They probably won't take brass and percussion is too competitive to guarantee anything. This. They'd have to get a handful of 20's to score that high without winning some captions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Another year where scoring is out of control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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