Dawn thinks Cochran was treated poorly by her tribe. She was there. You weren't. I don't doubt for a minute that he was treated badly. And no one deserves that. If he sucks at challenges, vote him out, but don't keep him around and berate him for it. (And of course, Brownroach provided some great evidence of that bullying too.)

I don't have a pro-Cochran bias. I think he's a kind of pathetic in a lot of ways, but at the same time I do think he's making some good moves to get to the end. I don't think he's a journey player because he's not going to get redeemed. He's either going to win, get to the final and lose (most likely in my opinion), or get revenged upon by those he betrayed.

I do not understand the hatred for Cochran by some people on this board. It's over the top in my opinion and I'm really shocked by it. Didn't we all know a Cochran in high school - the nerdy kid who always got picked last? Maybe some of us were Cochran. Maybe some of us have a kid who's like Cochran. I realize he's not a kid anymore, but how about some empathy for a guy who almost certainly went through that and may be acting the way he is because of those experiences?