Your 2009 National Steel Bridge Competitors

University of Akron (The Zips with a nice fully tied truss, lots of members there.)

University of Alabama

Arkansas State University

University of California Berkeley (The Bears have been officially inserted as the favorites to win it all, I'm laying 2:1 odds. We are doing this thing in Vegas after all. I wonder if Imperial Palace will have NSSBC odds up for play?).

University of California Davis (With Chrome Ollie and the Cal Bears it will be tough for anyone to unseat Mid-Pac as the strongest steel bridge conference.)

California Poly State University - SLO (These guys and gal have got a nice website up as well.)

University of California - San Diego

University of Central Florida

Clemson – (It’s an old picture I know. Update that website Tigers!)

University of Colorado - Denver (Nice action shot.)

Drexel University (The Dragons go with a throwback design, a stacked beam straight very similar to something you might have seen in the early 2000's.)

Geneva College (The Golden Tornadoes will be Beaming it in Sin City.)

University of Hawaii - Manoa (They're in there somewhere, maybe or maybe not, it's 50:50)

University of Idaho

Illinois Institute of Technology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kansas State University (Simple design, but too many bolts???)

Lafayette College (The Lafayette signature round-tube bridge.)

Lakehead University

Lawrence Technological University

Louisiana State University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Check out the MIT Blog)

University of Michigan (The return of a former powerhouse to the National Competition.)

University of Missouri-Kansas City (Another Steel-Roo trip to nationals, this time with far less alcohol consumption. Not sure if that's good or bad?)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Making their first ever trip to nationals!)

University of New Orleans (UNO will bring an elegant arch design. Might be the only curved structure in the field.)

North Dakota State University (Competing in the Featherweight Division. The Bison might be able to stow their bridge in the overhead.)

Old Dominion University

Seattle University (A simple truss design for the Redhawks, who continue to impress with their second Nationals appearance in their second year as a team.)

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

University of South Florida

Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville

SUNY Canton (This blogs second favorite school with a kangaroo for a mascot. Expect these Roos to be lightning fast as always.)

Texas A&M University

University of Texas - San Antonio

Texas Tech University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Washington State University

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Youngstown State University

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