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[ quote name="Brassman82" post="90190" timestamp="1414505801]Has anybody seen Duncanville's show? How are they compared to other top bands in the state?Sounds like you already know

Despite their draw I still expect CTJ to be on the rise. Even though they still seem to be more a BOA band, they continue to improve and should no doubt be good enough to make finals, where draw won't be as important.

Whoops haha add FloMo to the list then

If I'm correct, the differences between UIL and BOA judging in terms if what they are told to evaluate are quite extensive. I know UIL doesn't have any sort of GE, and I'm pretty sure they take difficulty less into account and it's more just straight up how well you do what you do. Just look at bands like CTJ, who always contends at BOA but just made state finals for the first time (and finished 10th) in 2012, and Coppell, who is a consistent state finalist but just made BOA SA finals for I believe the first time (and finished 12th) last year. On top of that, the fact that the UIL scoring system is simply rankings means we have no real way of knowing how the top bands from different areas will stack up at state until they actually get there. No particular order. Marcus Hebron The Woodlands Bowie LD Bell Bowie Coppell CTJ Reagan Round Rock

If I'm correct, the differences between UIL and BOA judging are quite extensive. I know UIL doesn't have any sort of GE, and I'm pretty sure they take difficulty less into account and it's more just straight up how well you do what you do. Also, the implication of the simple rankings system means we have no real way of knowing how the top bands from different areas will stack up at state until they actually get there. (Just look at the differences between BOA SA in 2012 and 5A finals just two days later in the same venue)

Coppell went at around 11 AM I believe due to their BOA prelims time. I find it hard to sweep when your competition is going on so long after you.

Sheesh that vis judge is probably what opened the spread between Coppell and Bell in finals.