all this emphasis on strength made me wonder if MB was trying to get one tribe down to 4 members so he can do his twist.

could he have ranked the players on their strength and then selected the teams?

my .02:
===========Strongest
Rupert
Osten======Rupert
Shawn
Andrew=====Shawn
Burton
Ryan O=====Burton
Jon
Ryan S.====Jon
Sandra
Tijuana====Sandra
Trish
Lil========Trish
Christa
Nicole=====Christa
Michelle
Darrah=====Michelle

granted my pairs and choices may not 100% accurate, but I heard a comment last night about how Rupert basically won both those challenges. and what help were the others early on the rope? they just gave those 2 15 minutes to get ready.

that looked like it was designed for Rupert v Osten with Rupert the favorite. And who pulled those boats under?... Rupert. Who was the muscle on the cannon?.... Rupert.

Sorry I missed EP2....Damn VCR just stopped!ughhh!
Is Morgan being out Muscled?

Notice how they designed last years challenges to fit the contestants. more mind challanges and less muscle to make it fairer for the women.

Possible? Or maybe I'm wrong.

• RE: Was Morgan Created to Lose?,KeithFan, 09:37 AM, 10-03-03
• RE: Was Morgan Created to Lose?,katethegreat, 10:20 AM, 10-03-03
• RE: Was Morgan Created to Lose?,KooAlla, 03:06 PM, 10-03-03
• RE: Was Morgan Created to Lose?,jsanb, 03:25 PM, 10-03-03

Could be...we'll have to wait to see what the "twist" is going to be. Possibly next week? If memory serves me correctly though the last few Survivors it was telegraphed pretty much so we knew the swap was coming.

I think the bigger factor here is food. If Osten had been eating as well as Rupert I think there would have been a much better chance for Osten to win. Every time we see Rupert he is eating fish or something, and 9 days with little to eat for Osten would much weaken him. I don't think MB could have planned this part.

I had a similar thought earlier in this season. The Morgan tribe seems to have more "non" social people - look how much trouble they've had bonding, socializing, fitting together; whereas the Drake tribe worked together well from the first moment. Did MB PLAN on this? I hadn't worked the strength thing into it before your post, but it just goes to support my idea that MB planned on one tribe dominating a little bit. The competition was kind of unfair in that it wasn't really a TEAM effort, it was more a one on one.

This season does seem to be dominated by stregnth challenges. I'd like to know what MB has up his sleeve. They hyped up this season with the whole "Survivor wrote the book on twists"...but so far...we haven't a clue when they will unleash the first one!

I don't think that Morgan will get their sh** together for the challenges. They are outmuscled by Drake. But from the looks of things...Drake may be throwing one soon. Either way...MB needs to create some excitement.

...It's all a part of me...and that's who I am.--Jessica Andrews

I actually had the same idea as I was watching the IC last night. Throw in that MB puts Sandra on the Drake tribe, who he knows speaks Spanish, then he pretty well knows which tribe will do better at the market also. There has been only one other time when one tribe so dominated the other and look what happen in S4. So I just wanted to add that there is no guarantee that Drake and its members fill the final 4.