rudi man Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'd say this is the wrong time to call the line lineup of finals week , maybe the last week of July . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hostrauser Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'd say this is the wrong time to call the line lineup of finals week , maybe the last week of July . I'd disagree. I'd say 11 of the 12 Finals spots are all but guaranteed already. In my opinion... 100% LOCKS FOR FINALS The Cadets Blue Devils Carolina Crown Bluecoats Santa Clara Vanguard Cavaliers Phantom Regiment Madison Scouts Boston Crusaders 99.5% LOCKS FOR FINALS Blue Knights Blue Stars The 12th and final spot in Finals is shaping up to be a dog-fight between Spirit, Troopers, and Crossmen. Too early to call that race. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 You jest, but maybe there's some truth to your variation there. Amazingly, my wife and I just celebrated the 12th anniversary or when we met, and we've been married over eight years. I know! I don't know how she does it, either. Because I've always been like this. I was just joshin' ya. Had to work Jane Austen in there somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peel Paint Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) At first read this looked like sarcasm so I checked his first week rankings last year: HOSTRAUSER'S DCI RANKINGS - Week 1 (6/24-6/30) 98.30 Carolina Crown 98.15 Blue Devils 98.10 The Cadets 95.45 Santa Clara Vanguard 93.85 Phantom Regiment 92.80 Bluecoats 91.05 Madison Scouts 89.75 Blue Knights 89.35 The Cavaliers 87.80 Boston Crusaders 86.95 Spirit of Atlanta 84.25 Pacific Crest ------------ Finals Cut-line ---------------- 83.50 Blue Stars 83.20 Crossmen 82.50 Troopers . . . hmmmmm . . . Not all that far off from finals results as far as E vs. W goes, except for the unfortunate Pacific Crest, . . . and Blue Knights if you consider Colorado part of the West Coast. Carolina Crown 98.300 Blue Devils 98.050 The Cadets 96.950 Santa Clara Vanguard 96.850 Bluecoats 93.350 Phantom Regiment 93.250 The Cavaliers 90.500 Boston Crusaders 90.400 Madison Scouts 90.100 Blue Knights 87.750 Spirit of Atlanta 86.400 Blue Stars 85.450 Oh sure, inflate his ego some more. I miss the old days when in the face of half a dozen other people who had been posting rankings for years, Host started posting his to crickets and brickbats. HOW COULD U PUT <my favorite corps> TWVO SLOTS BELOW <some other corps> WHVO THEY BEAT BY THREE POINTS <even though they weren't in the same stadium on the same nights>. I'd say this is the wrong time to call the line lineup of finals week , maybe the last week of July . And the run of the season may prove you correct, as Host would likely agree. Some years have more movement in the standings than usual, but they are outliers. Most years, finals week is more predictable than not from early in the season, because most corps overall improve at similar rates because they're all working equally hard to equal scoring effect. There will be movement among the captions, there will be movement during the season, but it all tends to even out as the total scores and standings are usually predictable, within a point or a slot in the standings, as you saw in the post about Host's 2013 predictions vs. 2013 quarters scores. Edited July 1, 2014 by Peel Paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleran Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I predict that at least one of the teams in the 25-29 range will NOT wind up in the position predicted. - Eleran the Prophet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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