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Episode 143 - Heated Rivalry (AAJ STAC Preview)
Introduction (0:00:00). Follow-up from the Snowstorm and the $h!#-storm in NTC Region 2.
The Break (0:04:12). Results from the largest spring invitational.
AAJ STAC Preview (0:09:38). Spencer and Justin discuss AAJ's huge improvement since 2021 and the biggest storylines in this year's competition.
Conversation with AAJ Leadership (0:16:24). STAC Co-Chairs Rachel Sykes and Domenic Sanginiti, Jr. discuss this year's competition. What's the division of labor among their committee, AAJ staff, and NALAE volunteers? How's judge recruitment? Why did they change the invention rule? Who picked the sprinkler case? And does AAJ feel competitive with TYLA?
STAC Predictions Contest (0:36:05). Three Georgians -- Mercer's Katie Powers, Georgia State's Paige Boorman, and Georgia's Jeremy Dailey -- make their picks. They also talk "gay hockey romance," kissing up for US News votes, who has a "real job, and whether Katie gets a do-over -- before Paige summarizes: "This is getting mean, and I don't care for it."
Mailbag Questions (1:10:03). How do you decide whether to protest?
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By Spencer Pahlke and Justin Bernstein
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Introduction (0:00:00). Follow-up from the Snowstorm and the $h!#-storm in NTC Region 2.
The Break (0:04:12). Results from the largest spring invitational.
AAJ STAC Preview (0:09:38). Spencer and Justin discuss AAJ's huge improvement since 2021 and the biggest storylines in this year's competition.
Conversation with AAJ Leadership (0:16:24). STAC Co-Chairs Rachel Sykes and Domenic Sanginiti, Jr. discuss this year's competition. What's the division of labor among their committee, AAJ staff, and NALAE volunteers? How's judge recruitment? Why did they change the invention rule? Who picked the sprinkler case? And does AAJ feel competitive with TYLA?
STAC Predictions Contest (0:36:05). Three Georgians -- Mercer's Katie Powers, Georgia State's Paige Boorman, and Georgia's Jeremy Dailey -- make their picks. They also talk "gay hockey romance," kissing up for US News votes, who has a "real job, and whether Katie gets a do-over -- before Paige summarizes: "This is getting mean, and I don't care for it."
Mailbag Questions (1:10:03). How do you decide whether to protest?