Dartmouth Recap

I didn't judge or watch any of the debates that took place. I have less to muse about than usual. RR's are funny because there is so much of the tournament you don't have to directly care about on that weekend given the pairings. But here is the story from my point of view.

New Affs went 4-2. Pretty good, but not a blowout. Three treaties, two trade and a deference. If you were sitting on an INF Aff the cat is out of the bag. One T 2NR went Aff. Dartmouth read what one would consider a big treaty Aff. We read "arms control treaties." Emory read just INF. The trade and deference Affs were small. Prep accordingly! With these small ass Affs + the logic of operational changes + the logic behind the sanctions good Affs it is going to be the wild wild west the rest of the semester. 

Politics DA's suck.  No 2NR was an agenda DA. 2020 lost. Court politics went 1-1. Yuck. I am curious to see how Neg teams will innovate given the above trend and how unreliable politics is. 

Old Affs are still pretty good going 3-1 on the weekend. 

Oklahoma had a 1NC that had a Calum, Lundberg and Ben Meiches card in it. That was pretty funny. 

It snowed like a foot It sucked. Hopefully NU avoids such a fate. 

Dartmouth hosts a good event, very enjoyable.