Bearckat

Lucky you...... I'm still working on figuring it out

Bump.... am I the only one like this?

For the younger/single people on here, does anyone else just feel that after marching drum corps, the only person you could ever see yourself dating is someone who has marched? It sounds a little dumb that I would feel so selective, but at the same time I feel like I wouldn't want anyone who doesn't understand something that is one of the things that has made the largest impact on my life.

Hmm.... I like the idea of there being a tie between Crown and BD. If that happens they should have them battle it out for who wins by having them both perform their shows simultaneously. I would put my money on BD in that though since Crown would probably run into all of BD's poles all over the place. In reality though: 1. 98.6 Blue Devils 2. 98.5 Carolina Crown 3. 97.1 Cadets 4. 96.9 Santa Clara Vanguard 5. 94.9 Bluecoats 6. 94.5 Phantom Regiment 7. 91.6 Boston Crusaders 8. 91.0 Cavaliers 9. 90.1 Madison Scouts 10. 88.6 Blue Knights 11. 87.4 Blue Stars 12. 87.0 Spirit of Atlanta And to make it more interesting, I say BD wins prelims, Crown wins semis, and this^ happens at finals.

Although the use of performance enhancing drugs is very unlikely in an activity such as this, I do believe something that nobody has brought up yet, blood doping, would be something that actually could have an impact on drum corps. This sort of performance enhancer increases one's aerobic ability and endurance, which we all know is a large part of the drum corps activity. As much as corps already push themselves to the limits at rehearsals physically, imagine if they were able to push themselves further and be able to work a little harder. Although this wouldn't necessarily have an impact on musical ability, it could create even more productive rehearsals and performers with even more endurance, creating shows that would have the possibility to be even more demanding and cleaner in the end due to rehearsal productivity. That being said, I don't think this will ever be an issue. It would almost seem silly to go to an extreme like that.

Okay then, it makes sense if what you were implying related to expectations. The conversation, however, was about right now, and being "rightfully top 5". Your post was just misleading, as it wasn't really discussing the topic at hand. I understand what you're saying though

You obviously don't know college football very well then... Notre Dame has lost 3+ games for all of the years you are talking about, which gives them absolutely no right to claim being in the top 10. I doubt any of their fans thought they were a top ten team when they had seasons like that. Once again, this analogy makes no real point.

One of the Music GE judges had Bluecoats 3rd (tied with BD) and had their Rep score 2nd, only behind Cadets and ahead of both BD and Crown. Hmm....

No, because football is pretty cut and dry as to where you're ranked. Your analogy isn't really relevant.... As I stated earlier, being a blue blood program is not a synonym for being "rightfully top 5" its as simple as that.

I appreciate your college football reference, but it really has nothing to do with the topic at hand. No one denies the fact that the Madison Scouts are a "blue blood" program. The fact is that being one of the blue bloods does not mean you are "rightfully top 5".

I would call your opinions more of conspiracy theories though, which are a little different than just stating a simple opinion.

Please stop calling Madison a "rightful top 5 drum corps". They have an amazing show, yes, but to say they are already deservedly ahead of the two in front of them? That is a bit naive.

Why do you believe they deserve to be in 5th. You're saying that without a doubt that they are better than Bluecoats and Phantom this year?

Would it take another season like 2010 for them to get things stirred up again?

Feel free to dismiss this as just my opinion, but I've been in the activity for a little while now and was just curious of something that I've noticed. While browsing this forum, it seems as though much of what the Bluecoats do goes almost unnoticed, if that is the appropriate word to use for it. Just going through a show thread and seeing the discussion of each corps and their show, especially in the top 8 or so, there seems to always be much less discussion when the Bluecoats go on. I don't know if it is something they do that people just don't seem to care for, or if their fan base isn't as well-represented on here, but it is something I've seen. On a similar topic, when it comes to scoring, the Bluecoats have topped Phantom at two shows this year, yet very few, if any, seem to talk about them being able to rise up to that again, and even more I see actually predict Bluecoats falling in the rankings to Madison, a corps that Bluecoats have not lost to head-to-head since 2005. Just my two cents.