2014 Predictions!

[How_Will_It_End?]

1. Blue Devils

2. Cadets

3. Carolina Crown

4. Bluecoats

5. Santa Clara Vanguard

6. Phantom Regiment

7. Cavaliers

8. Boston Crusaders

9. Blue Knights

10. Madison Scouts

11. Blue Stars

12. Crossmen

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13. Spirit of Atlanta

14. Troopers

15. Colts

16. Oregon Crusaders

17. Pacific Crest

Mine aren't updated, just wanted to point out how good my predictions were :P

[Lincoln]

12. Blue Knights

Edit: forgot Blue Knights, but honestly it's hard to say who will be in or out of the top 12 currently. Wouldn't shock me if they were that group come August.

12th place for them would be quite surprising. Once they perform the final part of their show, it will be interesting to see where they land. What they have so far is great!

[3rd&10]

1. Blue Devils

2. Crown

3. Bluecoats

4. Cadets

5. SCV

6. Cavaliers

7. Phantom

8. Scouts

9. Crusaders

10. Blue Stars

11. Blue Knights

12. Crossmen

13. Spirit

14. Troopers

15. Oregon

16. Colts

17. Academy

18. Mandarins

19. Pacific Crest

20. OPEN CLASS #1

21. OPEN CLASS #2

22. Surf

23. OPEN CLASS #3

24. OPEN CLASS #4

25 OPEN CLASS #5

[Gloryah]

12th place for them would be quite surprising. Once they perform the final part of their show, it will be interesting to see where they land. What they have so far is great!

They performed their closer last night in Renton. My son says they "tore really bad in the finale"...whatever that means. But they scored 76.1...a 1.5 point gain over their previous show in Portland.

[Lincoln]

They performed their closer last night in Renton. My son says they "tore really bad in the finale"...whatever that means. But they scored 76.1...a 1.5 point gain over their previous show in Portland.

It's great to hear they have their closer on the field.

[mcjordansc]

It's great to hear they have their closer on the field.

Why did it take them until July 5?

[BoyWonder1911]

1) Blue Devils are going to win this year by a landslide Possibly by 1.5 pts.

I just hope that their show will be enjoyable. I have heard that the visual drill will be a little more accessible than the last few years. I hope so.

2) Cadets got 3rd last year with a boring, hard to understand abstract show, with no emotion. This year, their show will have emotion. And they will win drums.

Silver medal for The Cadets.

3) Bluecoats - it's about time they go back to something like 2010, with a powerful, in your face show.

4) Crown. Sequels don't work in DCI very well, except for 1989.

5) SCV. Traditional worked well for them last year, but this year there will be less emotion. I can't see this show medaling.

6) Cavaliers. A show back to their roots, they've hit rock bottom and they are going to climb back into elite status starting this year.

7) Blue Knights - new uniforms, drum looks, emotional theme, The staff here has been really trying hard to find that one moment in a show that makes people say "wow, this corps has it going on". This show will be dynamic and powerful, and they will deserve every bit of the 7th place they get.

8-10 BCrusaders. Sorry, I just don't think Animal Farm is going to work out in a marching music medium. This music and drill won't work well. They could even end up in 9th.

Phantom. They're doing another ballet-opera-storybook type thing, and it's getting old now. It's not going to work this time around.

Spirit. Going back to roots, this show is going to melt your face off, and it will probably be a crowd favorite. They're going to have it going on, and they could even pass up Boston and/or Phantom.

11) Blue Stars. They are bringing some minimalism, positive feelings, and raw emotion back into their program. It's going to work, and it's going to propel them into the future.

12) Scouts. Same show, same music, 5 years running. They are going to get punished for not doing something new, and will get jumped.

Just checking out my earlier predictions and comparing to now.

Looks like my top 6 are holding. :)

Scouts are ahead of my predictions, so is Phantom, and Spirit is way behind. :(

Blue Knights almost look a long shot for 7th. :(

Also not sure about Boston. I had them 8-10, and after seeing their show, I think they could get 6-7 if they really, really clean.

[tim_brandt]

Still sticking w/ Bloo for the Gold, all the way.

If I had to this today, I would have Cavaliers higher in 5th, then SCV in 6th, PR in 7th, Boston in 8th, Scouts 9th, & a toss-up for 2-4, lol.

Ok, I'll try :

1. Bluecoats

2. BD

3. Crown

4. Cadets

5. PR

6. Cavaliers

7. SCV

8. Scouts

9. Boston

10. Blue Knights

11. Crossmen

12. Spirit

[MotorCityMusician]

Still sticking w/ Bloo for the Gold, all the way.

If I had to this today, I would have Cavaliers higher in 5th, then SCV in 6th, PR in 7th, Boston in 8th, Scouts 9th, & a toss-up for 2-4, lol.

so Blue Stars still dont make finals?

[Anstig]

I don't think some realize just how hard cavies are going all in. The difference between the cavs score and BD in lisle honestly doesn't seem too large (though even as much of a homer as I am, I realize it would be a gigantic stretch even to get second). What I'm really saying is that the cavies are in a position to stir the pot in places 2-5 or 3-5.