Ghost Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 4 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: Anyway, for those who didn't have a chance to look up "blatherskite" . I first heard that word on O'Reilly's show. They had some interesting ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 21 hours ago, 84BDsop said: 27th in 84 was similar...11th place corps, 2nd place drum line. I'd also go with 84 Cadets...1st place corps, 7th place drums (the lowest placing caption for a championship corps). and lord knows Crown tried in 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: and lord knows Crown tried in 13 Too true!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad_MMA Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) Then there is the other way 'round: in 1981, SCV won DCI over BD by 0.3 (w/ a 0.2 penalty). BD's comparisons: BRASS: +.65 G.E. : +.5 VISUAL: -.05 DRUMS: -1.6 <--- yikes Edited October 29, 2019 by Tad_MMA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamMan Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 10/28/2019 at 1:10 PM, Ghost said: I miss Bill O'Reilly. He's now on Newsmax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamMan Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 13 hours ago, Tad_MMA said: Then there is the other way 'round: in 1981, SCV won DCI over BD by 0.3 (w/ a 0.2 penalty). BD's comparisons: BRASS: +.65 G.E. : +.5 VISUAL: -.05 DRUMS: -1.6 <--- yikes BD 1981 drum line finished 9th. The next year Tom Float was BD's drum guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 10/27/2019 at 8:18 AM, Jurassic Lancer said: 1977 Oakland Crusaders had top drums but placed 15th in DCI prelims. Tom Float was the caption head for the Oak. Crusaders. Didn't know that until recently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 19 hours ago, FlamMan said: BD 1981 drum line finished 9th. The next year Tom Float was BD's drum guy. Yeah...Actually they didn't seem that terrible at 9th. It was a huge line but maybe that was the culprit. Sometime size means "nothing". 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucbari Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 This is really back in the day, but IIRC Boston Crusaders came in 11th in horns at the VFW Nationals in Phillie and 2nd overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 On 10/29/2019 at 6:46 PM, FlamMan said: He's now on Newsmax Don't know if it was Newsmax, but saw some short show where a guy introduced Bill with a question or two. It wasn't for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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