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9 minutes ago, drumcorpsfever said:

If Crown’s percussion has the cleanest run of the season next Saturday (and judges give them credit for it), and brass continues its dominance with The Ott, and guard is super… and can stay within a hair of top GE, then don’t count out Crown for #1.
 

It’s a lot if “ifs”, but Crown does have a path to the gold. This didn’t seem possible only 1 week ago, but it is now - in my opinion.  
 

IF EVERYTHING BREAKS CROWN’S WAY:

1. Crown

2. BD

3. BAC

4. Bluecoats

 

Realistically, it probably won’t happen. 
Then:
 

1. BD

2. Crown

3. BAC

4. Bloo

Is Crown placement above BAC based on an assumption that BAC has already reached their pinnacle of cleanliness and add-ons?

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17 minutes ago, 90svet said:

Is Crown placement above BAC based on an assumption that BAC has already reached their pinnacle of cleanliness and add-ons?

It’s just a feeling. Crown has really cleaned up their changes within the past week. You can see the beautiful pageantry of the show. To BAC’s credit, they’ve cleaned as well but seems to have done so earlier than Crown. I’m not saying BAC is maxed out, but my sense is there’s a few more drops in Crown’s tank compared to the rest of their competitors. 
 

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These are my predictions from June 27th. Other than mandarins and Blue Stars being quite off, not too shabby 

1. Blue Devils

2. Carolina Crown

3. Bluecoats

4. Boston Crusaders

5. Phantom Regiment

6. Cadets

7. Cavaliers

8. Blue Stars

9. Troopers

10. Mandarins

11. Colts

12. Blue Knights 

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1. BD

2. Boston

3. Bloo

4. Crown

Would not be surprised to see a tie for second or third.

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2 hours ago, corps8294 said:

Heading into finals week...here we go! 
1. Blue Devils
2. Boston Crusaders
3. Carolina Crown
4. Bluecoats
5. Cadets
6. Mandarins
7. Phantom Regiment
8. Cavaliers
9. Troopers/Colts
10. Troopers/Colts
11. Blue Stars
12. Crossmen

This is pretty much the correct answer. I might swap BK in for Crossmen at #12 and Crown over BAC at #2, but it's solid.

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28 minutes ago, dciguy01 said:

This is pretty much the correct answer. I might swap BK in for Crossmen at #12 and Crown over BAC at #2, but it's solid.

The thing is… nothing is solid.  1-4 or 5-8 or 9-12.  So many changes of positions all season except BD, then their world really tightened up this week.

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After seeing everyone this weekend in A-town my predictions:

1st BD by .3

2nd Tie BC, BAC, Crown

5th Tie Phantom, Mandarins

7th Tie Cadets, Cavies

9th Tie Troop, Colts, Stars

12th -15th  4 way tie in semi's with BK, X men, PC, Spirit

                 12th Tie BK, PC

                 14th Tie Spirit, X Men

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28 minutes ago, fsthnds said:

After seeing everyone this weekend in A-town my predictions:

1st BD by .3

2nd Tie BC, BAC, Crown

5th Tie Phantom, Mandarins

7th Tie Cadets, Cavies

9th Tie Troop, Colts, Stars

12th -15th  4 way tie in semi's with BK, X men, PC, Spirit

                 12th Tie BK, PC

                 14th Tie Spirit, X Men

The lead for 12th last year at this time was over 1.3...don't sleep on any of the 4 fighting for the last spot.  We have seen GE captions flip 1.5 and more overnight amongst those 3 now 4.  Good luck to all and it would be glorious to have a 12th place tie as that would be how this year has gone and would only make finals night that much better!

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3 hours ago, drumcorpsfever said:

If Crown’s percussion has the cleanest run of the season next Saturday (and judges give them credit for it), and brass continues its dominance with The Ott, and guard is super… and can stay within a hair of top GE, then don’t count out Crown for #1.
 

It’s a lot if “ifs”, but Crown does have a path to the gold. This didn’t seem possible only 1 week ago, but it is now - in my opinion.  
 

IF EVERYTHING BREAKS CROWN’S WAY:

1. Crown

2. BD

3. BAC

4. Bluecoats

 

Realistically, it probably won’t happen. 
Then:
 

1. BD

2. Crown

3. BAC

4. Bloo

Honestly, I don’t know how anyone would want to put odds on any of these four.  One can legitimately argue for any of the four.

My humble observations going into finals? 

At this point, Crown and Coats have more upside and cleaning to achieve heading into Indy. More ceiling.  I see it shaking out this way for the top four on Saturday.

Crown, Coats, BD and BAC

All the four are fabulous in their own right.  Collectively, again in my humble opinion the best top four during the same season in our activities history

Best Top 12?  Yes!  
Best season ever? Maybe?
 

To take a trip down a 35 year memory lane is a tall order. It is for me anyway 

 

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