Nature divided the men's tribe. There were 4 young jock guys and 5 misfits. It is no wild coincidence that they ended up broken up that way.

Really, in forming their alliance of 5, the women divided their tribe even quicker than the Rooster alliance divided the men. The difference was that the women's 5 stuck together; whereas Colton immediately looked to betray his.

Remember Matt said Colton was their 5th. Age-wise, it makes sense.

It was also smart strategy for the young guys to want to stick together: the strong protecting the strong. It also would have been smart for Colton to stick with them. They would have offered him protection until the merge and then afterwards they all would have been bigger targets than him. Get to a jury of a majority of women, and why shouldn't Colton be able to win that?

But Colton was more into power and feeding his ego than he was into sound strategy.

Aruba is correct that by casting Colton in a season of men vs. women, the men were essentially the first tribe in Survivor history to start at a 8-10 disadvantage.

Yes, though Colton proved willing to vote out a woman, ultimately I think it is safe to assume he would have played with the women. Alicia likely informed him that he was doing the women no great disservice by voting out Monica.

Aruba is incorrect to suggest Jonas arguing with Tarzan had anything to do with the men's downfall. Troy and Jay have made it quite clear that their decision was already made. They and Michael were with Salani. The men were already dead. Jonas knew it. Tarzan did not.

It was idiotic for the men to give up immunity. That should be no surprise to anyone.

However, being saddled with Colton and Colton getting the HI are still the biggest factors to their downfall.

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