>Cochran- By making his statement
>that he brings nothing to
>the table he can only
>go up from there instead
>of last time he started
>off thinking he was this
>big fan call me Cochran
>and went down from there.
> I think he is
>smart enough to change his
>game and play better this
>time.

I see that as a strategic move to convince the others that he's not a threat and will be worth keeping around as a voting chip while the alphas go at it early in the game. Meanwhile, Cochran could use that to his advantage to figure out who he should be allying with and try to get something set into place if he makes the merge. I believe that Cochran won't be as much "in your face" about his scheming and will try to be more low-key, so repeating to himself "I bring nothing to the table" is a good way to convince the others that he's not doing anything when he actually is beneath the surface.

He's smart enough to do it - just read his Dalton Ross interview and he's more savvy about the game than you'd think from looking at his South Pacific performance.