Re: Dick and Janelle Live Chat

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> "Brian Smith" <dcg_brian@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> You seem to be saying because Ryan and Baller won questioned-based
comps 
>> that they are better at such comps than Sharon. I disagree because her 
>> overall record on number of questions answered is much better.
>
> I'm not saying that Ryan and Baller are better at question comps. I
think 
> question comps are really toss ups. I'm just making the point that her 
> track record doesn't justify an assumption that she would beat them.

Given some of the guess type questions they ask, I agree that those comps 
are toss ups. But on questions dealing with events in the house, 
relation****ps, etc. Sharon had a much better record which is why I would 
favor her to win.

>>Baller's win came on the comp where BB paired them off and we were told 
>>that they had preselected who would go first conveniently having two 
>>people from Sharon's side go first since it was in BB's interest for
them 
>>to lose that comp.
>
> Baller also won the "more or less" competition and at the end Sharon 
> berated herself for missing an answer when she knew better. She also 
> claimed to misinterpret the tiebreaker question in the F4 HOH comp. Her 
> good but not great track record in comps may be due to choking under the

> pressure.

No idea why she misinterpreted that tiebreaker question. Julie was very 
clear on that one. Ryan panicked as well when he changed his answer and I 
wonder what he was thinking. That was actually an easy question and when 
that question was asked I answered 550 almost immediately.

>> but Sheila won and we saw no signs all season that she is strong. Why 
>> Sharon decided not to try in that comp is something I don't understand.

>> It might have cost her the game.
>
> Sheila's win goes back to what I was saying about having heart. She was 
> desperate to win that competition and she was not going to deliberately 
> drop no matter what. It was the same thing with James in the disco ball 
> competition. Natalie, Janelle and Dani are some players who come to mind

> for always showing a lot of heart in competitions but I never saw that 
> same determination from Sharon.

Other than the glass houses comp I'm not sure we can say Sharon showed no 
determination. Maybe we'll find out later if she was throwing comps or
just 
didn't have what it takes to win. Of all the HGs this year I expect we'll 
get the most straightforward answers from her.

>> As for the final endurance comp you are discounting Sharon's size too 
>> much. Baller and Ryan might be a lot stronger than her but they both
also 
>> weigh more than double what she does. In the hamster wheel comp I say 
>> Sharon would have done well based on her balancing skills. She looks
more 
>> coordinated than Baller and she's smart enough to have figured out that

>> comp just as fast he did.
>
> I'd guess she'd do better than Sheila did and better than Ryan could do.

> And prior to the competition I might have predicted she'd perform better

> than Baller but his time ended up being incredibly fast.  He even 
> commented that he thought his weight helped him somewhat, which I can
see 
> because a heavier person won't have to use as much momentum to move the 
> wheel and can therefore be more precise.

That might be true. Knowing the order of events was also key in that comp 
and that might have helped her out. Hard to say because I don't recall
them 
showing us Baller going through the entire process of getting a ball down 
from start to finish.

>> If I wasn't open-minded I wouldn't respond to many of the responses I 
>> read in this forum. I realize you are just disagreeing with me
concerning 
>> how Sharon would have done in the final F3 and I'm simply saying I
think 
>> she would have done better than you think.
>
>
> I was mostly disagreeing with your comment that she definitely would
have 
> won two of the rounds. I do think her chances in round three would have 
> been quite good but assuming she would have been in the F3 with Ryan and

> Baller, I think she would have had to pull out something we've never
seen 
> from her before in order to win either of the first two rounds.

How she would have handled the cold water in the first comp would have
been 
key. When the season first started and it was cold out Baller and Ryan
were 
constantly *****ing about the cold. I don't recall Sharon ever
complaining. 
Her light weight also would have helped her a lot. I can remember a lot of

strength type comps on Fear Factor where a girl with Sharon's build and 
strength level would go up against a big guy with tons of muscles and the 
vast majority of time the girl would win. If Sheila had dressed more 
appropriately for that comp she would have lasted a lot longer.

Since BB has often had endurance comps involving cold water it makes me 
wonder why no one has ever brought a dry suit with them into the house. If

Baller could pack a season's worth of cigarettes I'm sure a dry suit would

be doable.

Brian