Reply #9: As far as talking to Jeff goes [View All]

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Jeff is certainly outspoken about how he feels the game "should" be played, and no surprise, he feels that it should come down to alliances and ability to win competitions. Jeff's strengths are . . . his alliances and his ability to win competitions. While Porsche didn't approach His Jeffness to talk game, Jeff likewise didn't go to Porsche. I got the feeling that Porsche didn't think chatting with Jeff would be very worthwhile. As I recall, Porsche did make a tentative alliance with the veterans early on when she was up for eviction with her partner Keith. She fell out of favor, as many do when Jeff is in the picture, because he perceived some disloyalty from her, real or imagined. Jeff never went to Porsche to tell her that she was on the outs with the veterans, she just suddenly was. From there, she had to forge her own way, and I thought did a pretty good job both strategically and competitively.

Rachel won, and probably deserved it, but I think a case could be made for Porsche as well. That's certainly reflected in the 4-3 vote. I did rather resent Jordan parroting the "you gotta be a player" line that Jeff harped on, when she won exactly one competition (the second HOH), and that was handed to her. Jordan, a sweetie and a superb social player, had virtually no competitive game and absolutely no strategic game. When she was talking about who "deserved" to be in the house after Jeff's ouster, I thought she should have been looking in a mirror. Porsche's mistake at the round of 4 was voting out Jordan when she probably should have voted out Rachel.