I think that there were a lot of corps that stepped it up in '07 compared to '06.
As far as being shafted, I know how amazing the Bloo hornline is, heck, we did win brass at every show we attended for about a month, if not a little longer, up until semis. When we dropped to 4th, it was kind of a shock, I'm not gonna lie.
But i wont say more on that, there's nothing I can do about it anyways, except work harder and put even more heart into every future performance.