The most CONTROVERSIAL second place show ever…

[DCP NewsFeed]

Let’s go back to 2015 to watch one of the most controversial second place shows in DCI history, Carolina Crown 2015 Inferno!

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[Jeff Ream]

78, 87, 89, 93, 19 would all like to join the conversation

[contraguard05]

19 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:

78, 87, 89, 93, 19 would all like to join the conversation

No 88?

[Lance]

I'd put 93 well above it.  I would've felt the same if the Cadets had gotten 2nd.  

Infreno was my favorite show of that year by a wide margin, but they left their best performance on Friday instead of Saturday, imo.  

[Tim K]

2 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:

78, 87, 89, 93, 19 would all like to join the conversation

78 Phantom is often at the top of the list for controversial finishes, and while it is not on the Legacy DVD, Pete Emmons who had to spend what must have been a tortuous night with Gene Rayburn and his lovely wife Helen broadcasting the show, was shocked when SCV won. I sat near some PR folks who marched those years and as they reminisced, 78 was the heart breaker but 79 where they were only a tenth away from Blue Devils after prelims was the year they were robbed.

Regarding 89, two of my favorite shows of all time are 89 SCV (over the 88 version) and 89 Phantom, so I go back and forth all the time.

If not controversial with judges, 2012 Blue Devils over Crown was controversial with fans. In some sections of LOS it sounded as if a riot was about to start.

2019 Blue Devils over Bluecoats was quite controversial as well. I can remember the next day at the airport kids wearing Bluecoats jackets were so dejected.

[Jeff Ream]

5 hours ago, contraguard05 said:

No 88?

it didn't say 2nd and 3rd place, just second.

[Jurassic Lancer]

5 hours ago, Jeff Ream said:

78, 87, 89, 93, 19 would all like to join the conversation

And 1980 would like a word

[Jeff Ream]

Just now, Jurassic Lancer said:

And 1980 would like a word

ooooooh yeah

[supersop]

He did it for the clicks lol

I kind of do and don't blame modern age-outs and fans for not knowing history back to 72 in this activity.  
I'm sure my fellow alums that went all the way back to '34 think the same way about my generation.

Drum corps has been around a very long time.  There's been plenty of controversy in her time.  2015 was a great year .. but I don't think any decision made by the judges that year was wrong.  The top corps were all superb and deserving of winning a title.  

[OldSnareDrummer]

2 hours ago, Jurassic Lancer said:

And 1980 would like a word

That word is screw-job.