Here’s the placements 1) Crossmen 2) Colts 3) Blue Stars 4) Troopers 5) Cavaliers 6) Mandarins 7) SCV 8) Phantom Regiment 9) Boston Crusaders 10) Carolina Crown 11) Bluecoats 12) Blue Devils A couple of hot takes for sure. Blue Devils barely squeaking into finals this year.
I really liked your approach, very logical criteria for the rankings. Hope to see these kinds of predictions for the indoor guard/drumline/winds seasons 😁
I hope that PC makes it into finals, they've been one of the single most underrated corps of the past decade and they had a great trajectory since bringing it back in 2023 (Also honestly Into the Void was mostly held back by having so many holes, they did amazing in 2022 with their multiple setbacks and I will not hear otherwise)
Thanks! This was fun to watch. And even though I would love to see The Cadets’ name in this lineup (RIP), I would enjoy another BLOO win and seeing Pacific Crest crack the top 12! Look forward to your updates throughout the season
I think I 100% agree with this entire list. No issue. I think all the points made were also very informative. Thank you for this video! So excited for this season! The only thing I am intrigued on is Crossmen not in the top 15. Thats interesting.
@@brianjungen4059 the best corps won last night (no surprise there) and bow down to them (Bluecoats). The challenge is now to defend their title (2 titles). Other than Concord Blue Devils (21 titles), the last corps to defend their title is The Cavaliers (7 titles) who successfully defended their title but that was back in 2001 2002 seasons.
PC was so close last year and even came out of San Antonio in 12th place. My son is in the front ensemble and going into his third year. He wants to stay with PC until they make finals. The show so far looks great and they're definitely a much stronger brass this year.
Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, The Cavaliers, and Phantom Regiment have made Finals 48 or 49 times out of the 50 years of DCI's existence (excluding 2020-2021 due to COVID-19 cancellations). The Blue Devils have been particularly dominant: They have won 21 DCI World Championships, the most of any corps. They achieved their first "three-peat" (three consecutive championships) in 2023. Since 2008, they have won 6 out of 10 championships and have the highest average score (98.369)
I just left Crown's practice at Ball State and I will say this loudly: they will not lose to BAC at the Muncie show and I highly doubt anytime this season. Holy Smokes, they might even win guard and sweep all captions tomorrow.
I was there as well they didn’t let anything slide at practice. And after the main event when it was all said and done crowns show was the one stuck in my head.
Spirit is going to disrupt this list. They will battle someone higher ranked than Pacific. Their design is solid, entertaining and their talent level is on fire. They have paid their dues and they will be back in this year!
as much as it may sound mean-spirited to say, I do have hopes that BD dont win this year, or maybe better, I hope that they dont even get silver medal their performances are phenomenal in execution, and their show themes are interesting(if you understand it lol), but it feels like they very strictly adhere to a certain formula where they have their show formatted one way, and then slightly change it off the last show each year, so watching them sequentially viewers just see the same show twice whilst theres vague resemblance for shows from multiple seasons ago, with them all kind of blending together at least thats how it feels for me when comparing their shows, and honestly I feel like theyre doing this each year because it works; players have fun, they get gold medals, and the DCI fanbase is still bitter, but I think itd just be more interesting if they did something much different and I feel like losing is the only way to make that happen
You not counting BD having a 3-peat is actually more indicative of your bias. So, your “gut feeling” is really just that. DCI calls it a 3-peat so it’s a 3-peat. Case closed. I still feel that Cavies will place above the Troopers. Fun list though.
I believe it will be the Blue Devils followed by the Carolina Crown because Carolina Crown’s show looks very good so far. The Bluecoats will be number 3. It’s going to end up really close in score I think. We all shall see how things turn out at the season.
Boston’s top Color Guard performer was going to take the year off but decided to return and will be back on Monday.That could be the difference between Boston and Crown . Boston also had very good visual scores and their percussion is looking strong. I’m saying top 3 while being contenders for the Zingale and Sanford.
Idk man, The Mandarins do have that great momentum on their side, I don't think they would just drop that momentum just after jumping 4 places between 2022 and 2023. Then Spirit of Atlanta, i heard their corps was mainly rookies or something and still managed to get 15th. Now heres the opinion that people will likely agree with. I dont know if Bloo is beating the Blue Devils. Im sorry.
If the judging wasn’t so political I would think Bluecoats would be able to pull out the win but I doubt they will be allowed to let BD not get their 4 peat.
Edit: Nevermind, SCV is gonna get greased. Love the west coast team but dang! Lucky if they get 6th... Mandies is taking captions off them! Brass, guard, and GE... Almost can't believe that lmao, but it's real
I truly hope they place better than 6th, and their music and performance level is likely going to be top notch. But... they're going to struggle to have the same kinds of strong GE that the other top corps have. And I even love the no-prop idea. It's just... Those unis just don't work at the distance the field is from the crowd. In all of the wide shots, that blue is totally unimpressive and they look so small. Every close-up shot? Badasses and looks amazing. But from far away, they're just dark blue smudges. I just don't think it works, and the guard doesn't make up for it (again, from a GE perspective).
Right now the Blue Devils are up 2 hundredths of a point over Carolina Crown so far. We shall see how the rest of the season goes and see how things turn out the rest of the season.
Let me tell you, there's no way in hell Pacific Crest is making finals. I saw their show, not nearly as good as Goddess. I absolutely adore all the people in PC and I found their show this season to be pretty interesting, but it is absolutely not where it needs to be
I 100% think Carolina Crown will beat Boston. Also, no one is beating Blue Devils this year. Honestly, I think it will end up like this: 1)Blue Devils 2)Crown 3)Boston 4)Bluecoats 5)Vanguard 6)Phantom 7)Mandarins
I too did NOT like the glitch performance. It just felt all over the place. The costumes, the disjointed music selection, the digital scratching. I get what they are going for. It just doesn’t work for me. That being said their execution was super tight for a first show!
1. I hope Mandarins break top 5. I think their momentum will continue and they have a super intriguing show. 2. Cavies shows are meh. Haven’t been excited about any of their concepts in years. Drums sound good, I think Boston’s is better. Horn line is rough though. 3. Troopers will make finals again. And I think break top 10 4. Phantom sounds great but man.. after seeing them.. they stand and play A LOT. Like a majority of the show they stand and play. I personally don’t like this and feel it’s a trend that needs to go away. 5. Carolina Crown play well but man they struggle to have that magic they had 2011-2016. Don’t see them in top 3 6. SCV could go either way. The social media has been kind of all over the place. Uniforms look cool. 7. Boston’s drumline is smoking right now. Guard is the strongest this early from the groups I have seen (surprise surprise), and they sound great. Uniforms don’t add to the show in my opinion until the ballad, so not sure if they GE will be up there enough to help them compete. 8. Bloo win. I can’t wait to see what they have going on. When I saw they were playing Foreplay Long Time I about lost it. I’ve heard they are going to dominate this year so fingers crossed.
I don’t disagree with this but I truly think crown will get 3rd and blue coats will win. I also think spirit of Atlanta will beat pacific crest but personal opinion.
So we see the top 12 and 13 to 18 but we used to note 1 to 25 wonder why it's no longer done? Damn to build this kind of talent nationwide even from around the world we should see expansion not deterioration to total decimation. It's a damn mockery.
The biggest disappointment this year is Cavaliers. This marks the 3rd year that the show design is not up to par. I see them around 11th or 12th spot. I also have Bluecoats taking it this year. From the very first note of the show I was hooked. It's Crossmen's 50th anniversary so they are my sentimental choice for 12th with Spirit battling them for the last spot in finals. Troopers have been in my top 3 fav shows the last 2 years and I'd love to see them make a big push up the ranks.
You are absolutely wrong about Bluecoats. Blue Devils will be the first corps to have a 4-peat. Bluecoats show does not even come close to BD. Also Mandarins will place much higher. Their visuals are incredible. They are on a roll. Nice try though.
I agree with most of your rankings. I think Carolina Crown is going to be higher than 4, and I love your Bluecoats pick. My jaw dropped when the Blue Devils made #1 last year. The only thing good about that show was the Cowboy Bebop theme. Here's my hope for this season - less dancing and prancing - more marching...please! And stop letting crazy instruments like keytars, recorded soundtracks, and amplification in shows. C'mon! I know -wishful thinking. Trombones are awesome, though. 🤣
My hot take this year is that crown gets their first percussion award (probably wrong but a fun prediction) and brass, while taking bronze, boston gets ge with silver and bd gets visual and guard for that real 3-peat. And that mandarins arent as good as everyone on the internet wants them to be
Okay having watched Bluecoats premier, none of this is valid and I agree that they're gonna get a gold this year. And I'm not actually mad about it, due to the lack of "hippie" in their show
So EVERYONE's uniforms look like cheap screen printed flat stuff. Blue Stars being the biggest offender of this - but even to Blue Devils - the looks seems like a downgrade. Colts and Phantom probably have the least cheap look to them. The Cavaliers putting their entire corps in flowing green gowns - what the hell man. From what I've seen: I don't see Blue Stars making finals. I don't know what that product is and plenty of design choices if not changed make me question what they are doing. The Cavaliers just seems like a mishmash of things with no real theme. I don't dig the selections. Boston while the best Wednesday night - here they present us with an amazing GE monster of a theme and it feels very underwhelming and less than what they could do with the visual aspect. That's it for my OVERreactions to the first day of the 2024 season. May you take them with a grain of salt.
I really hope BD falls below top 3, below top 5 would be gas, and out of top 12 even better. But there’s better chance drumcorps becoming free than that😮💨
Here’s the placements
1) Crossmen
2) Colts
3) Blue Stars
4) Troopers
5) Cavaliers
6) Mandarins
7) SCV
8) Phantom Regiment
9) Boston Crusaders
10) Carolina Crown
11) Bluecoats
12) Blue Devils
A couple of hot takes for sure. Blue Devils barely squeaking into finals this year.
😂😂
As WONKA would say: Wait a minute…strike this…reverse it…on we go!
@@garylagstrom3864 I’m a WONKA impersonator
I think cadets will get second this year
@RefleXive wait BD in 12th and Crossman in First what kind of weed are you smoking 🚬 give me a hit pass it around
IDK man, blue devils have stairs in their show. IYKYK
Hey 2023 was a decade since the curse started I think. Now’s the time to break it!!!
@@thebaileynewtonhopefully
@@narrowbeatle1176 stairs = championship. 🤦♂️
The way the scores are looking this list look promising
I really liked your approach, very logical criteria for the rankings. Hope to see these kinds of predictions for the indoor guard/drumline/winds seasons 😁
I hope that PC makes it into finals, they've been one of the single most underrated corps of the past decade and they had a great trajectory since bringing it back in 2023 (Also honestly Into the Void was mostly held back by having so many holes, they did amazing in 2022 with their multiple setbacks and I will not hear otherwise)
yea, marched that 2022 season. It was a rough one with the amount challenges we faced that season, but we pushed thru
First-time viewer! Really enjoyed it! I look forward to following!
A really fun video powered by facts and intuition. I do this in my head every year! Go Troopers.
I have not seen all the previews but I have a strong feeling SoA will surprise a lot of folks this year.
Wow this was a great video can't wait to see how this season turns out now!
Thanks! This was fun to watch. And even though I would love to see The Cadets’ name in this lineup (RIP), I would enjoy another BLOO win and seeing Pacific Crest crack the top 12!
Look forward to your updates throughout the season
ive heard bk ‘24; trust me, they’re SO back.
@@ryanford9161 aged like sushi
I think I 100% agree with this entire list. No issue. I think all the points made were also very informative. Thank you for this video! So excited for this season!
The only thing I am intrigued on is Crossmen not in the top 15. Thats interesting.
I sure hope you're right about Bluecoats!
Nah BD winning sorry bro
@@jeremiahsilva6438 You got that right.
@@eleventhrunner8778 or did he…..
@@brianjungen4059 the best corps won last night (no surprise there) and bow down to them (Bluecoats). The challenge is now to defend their title (2 titles). Other than Concord Blue Devils (21 titles), the last corps to defend their title is The Cavaliers (7 titles) who successfully defended their title but that was back in 2001 2002 seasons.
PC was so close last year and even came out of San Antonio in 12th place. My son is in the front ensemble and going into his third year. He wants to stay with PC until they make finals. The show so far looks great and they're definitely a much stronger brass this year.
Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, The Cavaliers, and Phantom Regiment have made Finals 48 or 49 times out of the 50 years of DCI's existence (excluding 2020-2021 due to COVID-19 cancellations). The Blue Devils have been particularly dominant:
They have won 21 DCI World Championships, the most of any corps.
They achieved their first "three-peat" (three consecutive championships) in 2023.
Since 2008, they have won 6 out of 10 championships and have the highest average score (98.369)
Not mad at this list at all. Hope you are right about Bluecoats and I agree, love Phantom Regiment’s show and SCV is coming back strong as well.
I just left Crown's practice at Ball State and I will say this loudly: they will not lose to BAC at the Muncie show and I highly doubt anytime this season. Holy Smokes, they might even win guard and sweep all captions tomorrow.
Boston and Blue Devils will beat Crown at finals.
I was there as well they didn’t let anything slide at practice. And after the main event when it was all said and done crowns show was the one stuck in my head.
This comment aged well lol
@@RatSlayerGaming hahaha. Crown 4th at finals.
That didn't take long to burst that bubble. Summer Music Games in Cincinnati. BAC 78.450 Crown 77.950
I think Splanta will make finals. Although there is not much content out, I got o watch them rehearse and WOW do they sound solid
Second this-
I saw a full run of the show the other night and the entire show is solid
Thank u my boi
Spirit is going to disrupt this list. They will battle someone higher ranked than Pacific. Their design is solid, entertaining and their talent level is on fire. They have paid their dues and they will be back in this year!
1st. Carolina Crown
2nd Blue Devils
3rd 4th Blue coats or Boston
4th 5th Phantom or SCV
Crown will be lucky to make top 3 this year.
as much as it may sound mean-spirited to say, I do have hopes that BD dont win this year, or maybe better, I hope that they dont even get silver medal
their performances are phenomenal in execution, and their show themes are interesting(if you understand it lol), but it feels like they very strictly adhere to a certain formula where they have their show formatted one way, and then slightly change it off the last show each year, so watching them sequentially viewers just see the same show twice whilst theres vague resemblance for shows from multiple seasons ago, with them all kind of blending together
at least thats how it feels for me when comparing their shows, and honestly I feel like theyre doing this each year because it works; players have fun, they get gold medals, and the DCI fanbase is still bitter, but I think itd just be more interesting if they did something much different and I feel like losing is the only way to make that happen
You not counting BD having a 3-peat is actually more indicative of your bias. So, your “gut feeling” is really just that. DCI calls it a 3-peat so it’s a 3-peat. Case closed.
I still feel that Cavies will place above the Troopers. Fun list though.
People like to move goalposts.
I believe it will be the Blue Devils followed by the Carolina Crown because Carolina Crown’s show looks very good so far. The Bluecoats will be number 3. It’s going to end up really close in score I think. We all shall see how things turn out at the season.
@@totesgeneAllentown being one show not two actually supports the three-peat argument. Go back to school son.
Mandarins had a 4 peat. Granted it was in a lower class but they are still the only corps with it.
don’t sleep on bk 🙏🙏
Please let them sleep on BK, it’s much more satisfying when you do better than they expected.
@@jakeandhenryvideosthey’re not even in finals💀
I want Boston to win because corps that play Zappa always get the 4th place curse. (even though they are ruinging GST with the DJ garbage).
Boston’s top Color Guard performer was going to take the year off but decided to return and will be back on Monday.That could be the difference between Boston and Crown . Boston also had very good visual scores and their percussion is looking strong. I’m saying top 3 while being contenders for the Zingale and Sanford.
You need more than one performer to make a great ensemble
@@joelee3076 They have a great Guard already he will make it better
Boston’s Amazing this year !! The cg is fantastic BAC
I actually don’t disagree with this lolll
Crown has the Ott down, Fraternity on the move is insane
Idk man, The Mandarins do have that great momentum on their side, I don't think they would just drop that momentum just after jumping 4 places between 2022 and 2023. Then Spirit of Atlanta, i heard their corps was mainly rookies or something and still managed to get 15th.
Now heres the opinion that people will likely agree with. I dont know if Bloo is beating the Blue Devils. Im sorry.
If the judging wasn’t so political I would think Bluecoats would be able to pull out the win but I doubt they will be allowed to let BD not get their 4 peat.
Crossmen that far down huh!?!?!?
Yeah- I was thinking that too.
Prove him wrong!
Dark Horse
SCV at 6th is wild.....diabolic even. SCV not placing lower than 3rd. quote me and come see the comment after finals ❤💚
I wish you were right❤
Edit: Nevermind, SCV is gonna get greased. Love the west coast team but dang! Lucky if they get 6th... Mandies is taking captions off them! Brass, guard, and GE... Almost can't believe that lmao, but it's real
Must not have seen their show this year. They will be lucky if they get 4th
I truly hope they place better than 6th, and their music and performance level is likely going to be top notch. But... they're going to struggle to have the same kinds of strong GE that the other top corps have. And I even love the no-prop idea. It's just...
Those unis just don't work at the distance the field is from the crowd. In all of the wide shots, that blue is totally unimpressive and they look so small. Every close-up shot? Badasses and looks amazing. But from far away, they're just dark blue smudges. I just don't think it works, and the guard doesn't make up for it (again, from a GE perspective).
There’s still time to delete this homie 😭
Right now the Blue Devils are up 2 hundredths of a point over Carolina Crown so far. We shall see how the rest of the season goes and see how things turn out the rest of the season.
Let me tell you, there's no way in hell Pacific Crest is making finals. I saw their show, not nearly as good as Goddess. I absolutely adore all the people in PC and I found their show this season to be pretty interesting, but it is absolutely not where it needs to be
I 100% think Carolina Crown will beat Boston. Also, no one is beating Blue Devils this year.
Honestly, I think it will end up like this:
1)Blue Devils
2)Crown
3)Boston
4)Bluecoats
5)Vanguard
6)Phantom
7)Mandarins
I too did NOT like the glitch performance. It just felt all over the place. The costumes, the disjointed music selection, the digital scratching. I get what they are going for. It just doesn’t work for me. That being said their execution was super tight for a first show!
1. I hope Mandarins break top 5. I think their momentum will continue and they have a super intriguing show.
2. Cavies shows are meh. Haven’t been excited about any of their concepts in years. Drums sound good, I think Boston’s is better. Horn line is rough though.
3. Troopers will make finals again. And I think break top 10
4. Phantom sounds great but man.. after seeing them.. they stand and play A LOT. Like a majority of the show they stand and play. I personally don’t like this and feel it’s a trend that needs to go away.
5. Carolina Crown play well but man they struggle to have that magic they had 2011-2016. Don’t see them in top 3
6. SCV could go either way. The social media has been kind of all over the place. Uniforms look cool.
7. Boston’s drumline is smoking right now. Guard is the strongest this early from the groups I have seen (surprise surprise), and they sound great. Uniforms don’t add to the show in my opinion until the ballad, so not sure if they GE will be up there enough to help them compete.
8. Bloo win. I can’t wait to see what they have going on. When I saw they were playing Foreplay Long Time I about lost it. I’ve heard they are going to dominate this year so fingers crossed.
I was STUNNED by the Mandarins preview at Family Day, and they weren’t even in costume yet.
I hope you're right!
No Crossmen?
What's crazy is pacific crest over crossmen in finals
BD wins with the same show they’ve done for 7 straight years while hearing how innovative they are with a .01 percent audience approval rating….
@@jeremiahsilva6438 perfectly repetitive and boring, yes.
I loved the Blue Devils show last year
@@dougcosbie5860 good for you.
@@jeremiahsilva6438 perfect score doesn’t necessarily equal “show anyone wants to see”.
@@jeremiahsilva6438 good for you.
Where is this scouts preview???
But what about DCI All Age?!
I don’t disagree with this but I truly think crown will get 3rd and blue coats will win. I also think spirit of Atlanta will beat pacific crest but personal opinion.
So we see the top 12 and 13 to 18 but we used to note 1 to 25 wonder why it's no longer done? Damn to build this kind of talent nationwide even from around the world we should see expansion not deterioration to total decimation. It's a damn mockery.
I bet Bluestar will be above Cavie, troopers, mandarins. anyway, hmm it's interesting with the top 3 here.
Maybe he said it already, IDK, I skipped through the video but... Why did he mention the cadets
The video began with a 2023 finals recap.
The biggest disappointment this year is Cavaliers. This marks the 3rd year that the show design is not up to par. I see them around 11th or 12th spot. I also have Bluecoats taking it this year. From the very first note of the show I was hooked. It's Crossmen's 50th anniversary so they are my sentimental choice for 12th with Spirit battling them for the last spot in finals. Troopers have been in my top 3 fav shows the last 2 years and I'd love to see them make a big push up the ranks.
i agree 100000%
I have less a problem with making predictions than with babbling on for 7 minutes before making the predictions.
🙄
Crossmen 50th Anniversary steamroller incoming
Don’t sleep on Music City y’all just wait
You are absolutely wrong about Bluecoats. Blue Devils will be the first corps to have a 4-peat. Bluecoats show does not even come close to BD. Also Mandarins will place much higher. Their visuals are incredible. They are on a roll. Nice try though.
Mandarins are the only corps in dci history with a 4peat in the 190’s
I agree with most of your rankings. I think Carolina Crown is going to be higher than 4, and I love your Bluecoats pick. My jaw dropped when the Blue Devils made #1 last year. The only thing good about that show was the Cowboy Bebop theme. Here's my hope for this season - less dancing and prancing - more marching...please! And stop letting crazy instruments like keytars, recorded soundtracks, and amplification in shows. C'mon! I know -wishful thinking. Trombones are awesome, though. 🤣
Yall aren’t ready for what Music City has to offer this year. Just wait
dont sleep on splanta
My hot take this year is that crown gets their first percussion award (probably wrong but a fun prediction) and brass, while taking bronze, boston gets ge with silver and bd gets visual and guard for that real 3-peat.
And that mandarins arent as good as everyone on the internet wants them to be
Okay having watched Bluecoats premier, none of this is valid and I agree that they're gonna get a gold this year. And I'm not actually mad about it, due to the lack of "hippie" in their show
Everyone wins....😅
😂😂😂😂 BD 4peat
Takes over 20 minutes to say what he could’ve said in five minutes
So EVERYONE's uniforms look like cheap screen printed flat stuff. Blue Stars being the biggest offender of this - but even to Blue Devils - the looks seems like a downgrade. Colts and Phantom probably have the least cheap look to them. The Cavaliers putting their entire corps in flowing green gowns - what the hell man.
From what I've seen: I don't see Blue Stars making finals. I don't know what that product is and plenty of design choices if not changed make me question what they are doing. The Cavaliers just seems like a mishmash of things with no real theme. I don't dig the selections. Boston while the best Wednesday night - here they present us with an amazing GE monster of a theme and it feels very underwhelming and less than what they could do with the visual aspect.
That's it for my OVERreactions to the first day of the 2024 season. May you take them with a grain of salt.
Idk if the Cavaliers are even making top 12 tbh 🙃
Agree. Hornline is rough.
He talks too much! Just give us fact!
I really hope BD falls below top 3, below top 5 would be gas, and out of top 12 even better. But there’s better chance drumcorps becoming free than that😮💨