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I think it's a great moment and very fun! Probably my favorite moment of the show.

Lucas Oil stadium with its nearby convention center is a far superior site to host a competition than anything Texas has to offer.

Feels like there should be more Oklahoma bands that come down to San Antonio than there is. I think their state contest usually coincides with it.

I'd be pretty skeptical about The Woodlands placing that well too. Amazing band, their track record in BOA speaks for itself, but historically they don't do quite as well at State.

Oh right that was the old system. Thank you

I believe this rule applies for State Finals for anointing champion as well.

Reagan gonna be "fallen" asleep with that performance time, yeesh

Easily would have been my favorite show of all time if they did.

Hmmm some of these rankings lol

Let's gooooo Region 18 my goat. I love intense competition but there's definitely at least 5 state worthy bands here that deserve to advance.

Yeah the Class 4A announcement made no sense. There should be a tie breaker between Bowie and Dripping Springs, so one of them got 2nd and the other got 3rd. And if they were perfectly tied some how, why wouldn't you announce 3rd place?

A sure finalist unless another band comes up and stabs them in the back.

Disappointing but makes sense. Still an amazing accomplishment and season for those young marchers!

Typical for central Texas bands at San Antonio

Is this schedule in reverse prelims results order? I'm not too familiar with how TMC does their finals schedule.

Dang taking music over a group like Marcus is no easy feat. Congrats to our out of town visitors!

The funny thing is there's actually tons of evidence against this reputation bias theory. So much so I probably couldn't even fit all the examples in a single post here. But if anyone who thinks otherwise wants to start naming some "overrated" programs in this state or any other, go on ahead. Just don't be surprised when you (rightfully) get flamed for it.

Agreed. Seeing one of their first games I really liked the show but they seemed a bit behind on learning and cleaning in general. This isn't exactly foreign territory for them though.

Blue Springs 2013 is one I can think of.

These are the situations where schools that have a capable JV band can really take advantage of it.

At the end of the day judges are human too. Even if their assignment is just analyzing effect, if a moment is dirty or poorly performed it's not going to be as effective as it could have been.

After BOA Austin I thought Vandegrift was going to go unchallenged protecting their San Antonio/ State title. I'm...not so sure about that now. Wow Hebron.

You can build up the programs you think should have made finals without tearing down the ones who did.

Eh I'll trust educators in marching band for decade+ years watching in person over random band parents/kids over a stream.

The predictions posted on this site are always bad though lol