behold888 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) Much love to ALL of the top 5 corps, but doesn't it seem a little premature for 95's to be thrown around? In my day (2 years ago), we started seeing those numbers THE WEEK before finals. Looks like this year might be another one of those high 98 or low 99 years for the champ. Think about it, though: Blue Devils 95.250 The Cavaliers 93.450 Carolina Crown 92.600 Holy Name Cadets 92.550 Santa Clara Vanguard 92.000 5th place getting a 92? FIFTH PLACE? What is this, Quarterfinals? Edited July 27, 2009 by behold888 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Last year's Atlanta show (also 2 weeks before finals), the Cadets were 5ht and received a 91.375. So a 92 is not too far off of that. And I think most would agree that SCV this year is better than Cadets last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I play the baritone good Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Saturday July 26, 2008 Atlanta GA DCI Southeastern Championship - Evening STADIUM: Georgia Dome DCI Position Corps Score 1 Blue Devils 94.525 2 The Cavaliers 93.775 3 Phantom Regiment 93.375 4 Carolina Crown 92.625 5 The Cadets 91.375 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behold888 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Last year's Atlanta show (also 2 weeks before finals), the Cadets were 5ht and received a 91.375. So a 92 is not too far off of that. And I think most would agree that SCV this year is better than Cadets last year. Yeah, def. Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behold888 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Saturday July 26, 2008Atlanta GA DCI Southeastern Championship - Evening STADIUM: Georgia Dome DCI Position Corps Score 1 Blue Devils 94.525 2 The Cavaliers 93.775 3 Phantom Regiment 93.375 4 Carolina Crown 92.625 5 The Cadets 91.375 Thanks. Look at the spread between 2 and 3.... shoulda known then!!! It should be interesting for finals week with two judging panels. Then again, the current standings seem to be unanimous... But it'll nail down places 2-5!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Saturday July 26, 2008Atlanta GA DCI Southeastern Championship - Evening STADIUM: Georgia Dome DCI Position Corps Score 1 Blue Devils 94.525 2 The Cavaliers 93.775 3 Phantom Regiment 93.375 4 Carolina Crown 92.625 5 The Cadets 91.375 The OP does have a point there... if we look back just one more year to 2007, 2 weeks before finals there were two mini-regionals. Look how much lower the top corps were then: Indianapolis - July 28, 2007 DIVISION I 1 Blue Devils 92.550 2 The Cavaliers 91.950 3 Phantom Regiment 89.950 4 Boston Crusaders 85.600 5 Colts 82.650 6 Spirit from JSU 81.300 7 Blue Stars 79.450 8 Madison Scouts 78.600 9 Southwind 76.100 10 Pioneer 72.250 Denver - July 28, 2007 DIVISION I 1 The Cadets 91.675 2 Bluecoats 89.750 3 Carolina Crown 89.250 4 Santa Clara Vanguard 88.425 5 Blue Knights 86.000 6 Glassmen 81.400 7 The Academy 80.425 8 Crossmen 78.500 9 Pacific Crest 76.250 10 Cascades 75.550 11 Troopers 73.575 12 Mandarins 73.150 I wonder why we are having such high scores these past two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjordansc Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I wonder why we are having such high scores these past two years. Because the corps are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) Back in '85 the Cadets and Santa Clara tied at 97.1 with one week to go in the season. That is the only time in DCI history that ANYBODY hit the 97 point mark during the "regular" season. The next highest "regular" season score was in 2005, when the Cadets hit a 96.85, 6 days prior to DCI finals. We'll see if there are two corps over 97 this weekend. Edited July 27, 2009 by Northern Thunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behold888 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 Back in '85 the Cadets and Santa Clara tied at 97.1 with one week to go in the season.That is the only time in DCI history that ANYBODY hit the 97 point mark during the "regular" season. The next highest "regular" season score was in 2005, when the Cadets hit a 96.85, 6 days prior to DCI finals. We'll see if there are two corps over 97 this weekend. Very interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 While the scores seem a tad high this year, they don't mean much as it's impossible to gauge these with prior years. The judges just started at a higher number to begin the scoring, and that starts with the LOWER placing Corps in competition usually. This is where there has been the biggest improvement over previous years in my opinion. That might account for this. But who knows. That said, it's the SPREAD between Corps that really matters as we get into the last 2 weeks, and that's where the focus should be as we try to look at what may or may not occur from show to show down the stretch here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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