Peel Paint Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) Three words for you: Nineteen Ninety Six. Or for that matter... Nineteen Ninety Nine, Two Thousand... Of course BD can't be complacent and they must perform their show as well tonight as they have up to now, but if they do that, it's delusional to think it's not over, even if Crown or Cadets do their best shows of the year. It would be the biggest upset since DCI began using build-up scoring for Blue Devils to not win, at this point. Don't just look at the score or at the narrower spread between 1st and 2nd going from quarters to semis to judge this. You have to look at who's ranked where on all the judges' sheets. And even though BD wasn't quite as dominant in semis as in quarters, they still won GE (which is the best predictor of the winner because of the way scores get weighted) and still have no weak captions (with only one 3rd place on only one judge's sheet), unlike all their competitors who placed 5th with at least one judge. If you are consistently at or very near the top in all DCI captions, you will win. That kind of caption rank strength was not seen in the semifinal winners in [1992, EDIT corrected, see below: 1999], 1996, 2000, or 2008, four recent years in which the semifinal winner went on to be tied or beaten in finals. In those years, the semifinals winner was ranked first in fewer than half the captions, and typically had a weak caption. http://www.fromthepressbox.com/dci.html Edited August 8, 2009 by Peel Paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swine Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 That kind of caption rank strength was not seen in the semifinal winners in 1992, 1996, 2000, or 2008, four recent years in which the semifinal winner went on to be tied or beaten in finals. In those years, the semifinals winner was ranked first in fewer than half the captions, and typically had a weak caption.http://www.fromthepressbox.com/dci.html Cavies won semis in 1992 and then finals. Did u mean 1999? BD was 0.9 ahead that year going into finals, and SCV caught up to them. Crown will have to be completely, utterly on their game tonight, and BD will have to tick badly. (HNC has crappy GE Music. No chance.) (Not to mention, the GE judges should be on the same bus---unlike last night.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azscvfan Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 ...EightBD's not going to let Crown pull a Spartacus on them! If you are trying to say the tie happened in 98, not 99, you are sadly mistaken as I marched in both years. 98 Cadets won, BD took second with that Tony meets Juliet show and SCV took third with Copland. 99 SCV caught up to BD and tied for the championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peel Paint Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Cavies won semis in 1992 and then finals. Did u mean 1999? Yes, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsplash Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 If you are trying to say the tie happened in 98, not 99, you are sadly mistaken as I marched in both years. 98 Cadets won, BD took second with that Tony meets Juliet show and SCV took third with Copland. 99 SCV caught up to BD and tied for the championship. scv got 2nd in 98.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azscvfan Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) scv got 2nd in 98.... Yes, you're right! I should remember that! It was 3rd in 97... Thanks! *Edit* I was trying to make a point in my response to correct someone that I needed correcting! Go figure! Edited August 8, 2009 by azscvfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymello Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 And in third place... pause... BLUE DEVILS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calistar Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Of course BD can't be complacent and they must perform their show as well tonight as they have up to now, but if they do that, it's delusional to think it's not over, even if Crown or Cadets do their best shows of the year. It would be the biggest upset since DCI began using build-up scoring for Blue Devils to not win, at this point.Don't just look at the score or at the narrower spread between 1st and 2nd going from quarters to semis to judge this. You have to look at who's ranked where on all the judges' sheets. And even though BD wasn't quite as dominant in semis as in quarters, they still won GE (which is the best predictor of the winner because of the way scores get weighted) and still have no weak captions (with only one 3rd place on only one judge's sheet), unlike all their competitors who placed 5th with at least one judge. If you are consistently at or very near the top in all DCI captions, you will win. That kind of caption rank strength was not seen in the semifinal winners in [1992, EDIT corrected, see below: 1999], 1996, 2000, or 2008, four recent years in which the semifinal winner went on to be tied or beaten in finals. In those years, the semifinals winner was ranked first in fewer than half the captions, and typically had a weak caption. http://www.fromthepressbox.com/dci.html Hey, stop it...too much sense being made here. look, every year people trot out '1996' as some sort of hopeful savior...and that is fine, I guess, but comebacks like that are soooo rare that it probably won't happen again for a long long time. And if someone wants to pin their hopes on a "hole in one"...a "gut-shot inside straight flush on the river"...on a "4 homer night"...then so be it. But the reality is that its not 1996.....its 1930. Cali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsplash Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 But the reality is that its not 1996.....its 1930. haha i may not be the biggest fan of that show, but that was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan9 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 And in third place... pause... BLUE DEVILS! "You've been listen to Bizarro World radio" Stay tuned for more of our afternoon program...Fantasies & Fiction with your host CrazyMello! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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