"No corps in the history of DCI ever won a caption and failed to make finals."
Not completely true... In 2004, the Lehigh Valley Knights missed II/III Grand Finals, but still had the high color guard score of the week. I'm not sure if it's ever happened in another division w/ another caption before, but Oakland Crusaders percussion was not the only DCI corps to win a caption and miss finals, but I'm pretty sure they were the only Open Class/Div. I(now world class) corps to win drums and miss finals. Regardless, still quite an incredible feat.