As someone who actively roots against the “dynasties” of sports, from the Pats, to the Warriors(Bay Area, wooo!), to Real Madrid, to the Yankees, even the most unabashed of haters have a begrudging respect for them. It’s no different in DCI, and I do definitely respect what Blue Devils do over the years as all of us BD hater’s fandom starts to mature, I am unsure how I can really feel an impact from their show this year more than finding their musical selection cool and intriguing, it’s just tough for me to get into their shows oftentimes. But of course, like all the dynasties named, they endure. And everyone wants to spell doom and gloom for them when it’s far too early to do so, they will do great this season competitively, and for many to come. I am rooting for other corps to beat them, but hey we’re all glad to have them all coming back in what is going to be, more than likely, an insane season to watch and follow👀👀👀
Edit: For actual predictions in captions, visual, guard, and GE are top 3 minimum, people’s eyes turn when they’re not either 1st in both ‘cause that might mean they lose the title that year, but I’m just going on what I think the worst case scenario might be and going from there
Music: the analysis category is one they kinda struggle the most with usually, so maybe they sink to 4th at their lowest possible placing caption probably of their finals run with so many corps wanting to come out swinging in that respect, along with brass. Percussion should be top 3 minimum, that’s such a strength of theirs👀