[Dogma21cw]

Ok, I fixed it. Had to use $post instead of $bbuserinfo. $post made it look at the poster's usergroup, not the viewers.

<vb:if condition="is_member_of($post, 779)">
  <font color=#FF0000 size="2"><B><I>{vb:rawphrase oppdiv}</I></B></font></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="is_member_of($post, 780)">
  <font color=#FF0000 size="2"><B>{vb:rawphrase oppdiv}</B></font></vb:if>
<vb:if condition="is_member_of($post, 778)">
  <font color=#FF0000 size="2">{vb:rawphrase oppdiv}</font></vb:if>

That's for 1/2 of our tournament. oppdiv is the phrase I created for their team. 779 is the top ranks in BOLD & ITALICS. 780 is the mid ranks in BOLD. And 778 is the lowest with nothing special about it.

Thanks for your hard work in showing me the way, I hope this post of mine helps others.