As Cochran is talking to Coach and the rest of the Upolu tribe, he surely makes it seem like he’s going to jump ship and flip sides and vote out one of his Savaii tribe mates. I don’t blame him for doing it, either. I wouldn’t want it to come down to picking rocks out of a bag, either. He talks to Dawn about flipping with him, and then we get into a scene that irked me to no end.
I have no problem with Dawn being upset about the way Cochran has been treated and her being upset at herself for “allowing” it to go on and not sticking up for him. That’s fine, cry away on that. But, please, do not talk about how you want to change how those things are happening, even if it means throwing away your chances at winning the game! Everyone talks about character and morals and all this mumbo jumbo bullsh*t when they’re playing a cutthroat game to win $1 million!! Everyone is their own person. If Cochran can’t stand up for himself and the way he’s being treated, all you need to do is NOT take part in it. That’s your only duty to live up to your character build. Why on earth would you come on a show to win $1 million and then throw it away because someone is being bullied and doesn’t want to stand up for himself? I know that I sound harsh now, but I’m just sick and tired of these people coming on shows like this and acting like these shows are the basis of their existence. No, you’re just trying to win $1 million. This isn’t Bible Camp. There are ways to play the game immorally and still come out smelling like roses. The American public isn’t going to remember you worth sh*t unless you do something so completely horrible while on the show, so do whatever you need to do to win that money and stop worrying about the other people there. Rant over.
Say Tuna, what?!? Did they really just name their tribe “Say Tuna?” I’m sure it’s not spelled that way, but this is what they came up with? Where was Coach on this decision? I’m sure he played a big part in such a ridiculous name, but whatever. Tribe name doesn’t really matter, but I would have rather gone with Merged Tribe than Say Tuna!
Anyway, it’s time for the Immunity Challenge and Probst lets everyone know that there will be two immunity necklaces given out. One for men and one for women. And, of course, the challenge played out right away with who we knew wouldn’t win; seeing as how The Coch and Edna both went out within seconds of the start. The rest of the challenge didn’t supply much to talk about since nothing was going on other than a bunch of people holding their balls. The girls all went out quickly (that includes Cochran) and Dawn came out on top. I’m sure she was proud of winning, but she kind of won by default on this one, but I still think it was a confidence boost for her in this game. Don’t look now, but I think Dawn may be someone to look out for since she’ll probably be overlooked the rest of the way. She could sneak her way into the Final 3 as someone they know won’t win, but you never know how that final vote will go.
And, after the men all burnt out their forearms tugging on the ropes, Ozzy came out on top and put the necklace around his neck. Congratulations. I might think differently about it had what happened later in this episode not happened, but you should really hope you win every challenge from here on out, dipdick.
What I don’t understand is why in the hell would Ozzy go to Redemption Island willingly anyway???? Nobody on that tribe wants Cochran to be there, and Christine would NEVER go back to the other tribe (I guess nobody has paid any attention at the RI challenges to the way Christine treats her Upolu). They should have sent Cochran to RI so that Christine could kick his butt in the challenge and send him home, then they would have been able to get Christine to replace Cochran in their alliance. Would have made for a much better/stronger team. I’ve always liked Ozzy on past seasons but he’s an idiot this season and everyone seems to just follow the fool. Love your comments! Great job!!
I think he gave the II to Whitney because he thought the other team would assume he had given it to Keith since he would be the logical choice to vote out. It bothered me at first – I was thinking WTF? Whitney?” and I have spent way too much time thinking about it and that ‘s the best I can come up with. Also don’t understand at all why you would choose to be 7th on a new tribe instead of 6th on your original tribe. Coach’s team is tight. I have really wanted to like Cochran this season but just can’t. Love your blog! Look forward to reading every week.
I think the reason they gave whitney the idol has to do with the fact that if they have to draw rocks, whoever is voted for is safe. So assuming upolu thought they were going into a deadlock, they would have voted for the weakest player to keep the strongest ones pulling for rocks to go home. But of course none of that mattered with cochran flipping. Love your column, keep up the good work!
Agreed that Ozzy is crazy for his giving Whitney the idol – Although the only logical reason would be the idea the previous poster had but still….
Anyway on Cochran: Probably it does not make a difference in where he finishes unless he pulls the wrong rock if it got to that. My reasoning (and probably his) – once he made it to the merge the strategy is to vote off the strongest players first so whatever tribe he is with he will still be one of the last to go before the final 3. And being such a huge fan of the game:
1. He is not going to go out by chance after surviving to the merge and
2. If he can become one of the “famous” survivors by making a huge move he would love it especially as one of the least likely players to make a big move. Jeff Probst even tweeted last night it will be one of 5 biggest moves in survivor history (better get the book Scott) – can you think of anything Jeff could have said that could make him feel any better?
From here I bet Ozzy is out first time he does not get immunity and they will run through the Savii tribe so Cochran will probably survive longer then any one else on his former tribe and he will be happy with that result. Do I think Cochran makes the final 3 – not a chance in H-E-double hockey sticks but he gets at least as far and maybe farther and most likely survives past all those tribe members that were trying to vote him out. Time will tell…
I agree that Cochran is kind of stupid but how stupid was it for his team to let him know he was not included in the alliance, they thought he was useless and should lose his man-card but still excepted him to follow their orders so they could get further in the game. The whole lot of them were stupid, not just Cochran. In fact Cochran looked looked like the smartest one there last night…well, except when he talked.
I’ll say this as a way to blow these arguments out of the water. If they were assuming it would be a 6-6 tie then why would it have mattered who they would have voted for? In a tie vote, the two people voted for are up for vote the second time, so why wouldn’t the other team take a chance and vote out a stronger player in case one person decided to flip on the second vote? Make sense yet?
Next, if it ends up a tie and goes to rocks, the people who have Immunity are now safe, so if you’re expecting that to happen, why make Whitney safe and leave Keith and Jim up for elimination? How does it make any sense to try and save your weakest player and leave your stronger ones vulnerable? Makes sense still?
Third, if they’re thinking the other tribe is going after their weakest, why then would they vote for Rick? What does voting for Rick do? Why not Edna then? If you’re going for weakest, you vote out the weakest, right? Then, that way she is safe from the rock portion of Tribal and all their men/strong competitors are available to be “voted” out.
No way you look at it does this move make sense. The only thing you can chalk it up to is stupidity. I won’t even give the overthinking it a thought…