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Well after being out of town for the past 5 days and catching up on all the posts - here are my thoughts. (and there are a lot of them as I try to absorb everyhting I have just read.)

There was the early promo/TV guide preview where it states that two people are left scrambling (after the Tyson boot) and then turn against each other. This was spec'ed to be Coach and Debbi but I guess it could also be Erinn and Sierra. I really don't think that Coach and Debbi would turn against each other at this point. So I am going with Erinn and Sierra both try to convince JT/Stephen/Taj that they are with "them" and try to throw the other person under the bus.

Apparently Coach told someone that he couldn't vote agains "those boys", meaning JT/Stephen. I would take this to mean that JT/Stephen have placated Coach and he is back on with the warrior and wizard.

You have the argument at camp where Sierra is telling (or at least appears to be telling) Coach/Debbi that they are both lyers. It isn't clear whether Stephen/Taj are privy to this argument or not but if they are they are getting info on the dynamics of Coach and Debbi's game plan. (And I am sure are filing it away for future reference.) I am speculating that it is Sierra who is the "truth teller" who gets "into trouble" with everyone. After that outburst, I am sure that Coach/Debbi will be lobbying hard for Sierra's boot. But I also see Sierra spilling enough during this argument to raise some red flags about Coach and Debbi's gameplay. Perhaps this is where Stephen/JT get the information to conclude that "Coach lied" which was a conversation also shown in a promo.

So we know that JT/Taj are safe from the pics of the final four challenge.

Sierra is disliked by everyone but at least she is (finally) showing some backbone and is done trying to suck up to Coach/Debbi. That is definately contrary to the "first impression" people had of Sierra and goes with the seasons theme. The mouse has finally developed a roar which (I think) bodes well for her staying this week.

The JT/Taj/Stephen alliance still hasn't reached their goal of removing all the obstacles to getting to the end. Not as long as the Coach/Debbi alliance is intact and they are trying to pull Erinn and Sierra back into the alliance. Since that appears to be a dead end as far as Sierra goes, Coach/Debbi will look to Erinn. I see Erinn (who hates Sierra) going to JT/Stephen/Taj and talking up a Sierra boot which they will appear to agree to. (Coach and Debbi are already on board with that) She will think that Sierra is the boot.... for the second week in a row and Erinn will think that she is in the catbirds seat. But then JP's comment about being "cocky" comes into play.

JT/Stephen/Taj have always seemed to be able to separate "personal" from the game. Although they may not like Sierra (for reasons not really known) they know that she can be their pawn. They will pull her in and proceed to blindside the strongest player which would be either Debbi or Erinn. Now Debbi is strong and aligned with Coach but Erinn has shown that she is playing the game and can't be trusted. I can see reasons for each of them being targeted but once Erinn is exposed as not being trustworthy she loses her whatever advantage she had. So after a long rambling post, I am seeing a Debbi boot in another blindside tonight. That's my story and I'm sticking with it. (until I change it....LOL)