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Caramella
Member
07-20-2002
| Monday, August 03, 2009 - 1:16 am
Russell really does needs to relax. I believe his role as HOH will go as planned, and the right person will be walking out the door on Thursday. Overall, I think he's got good enough game to make it til the end....he just needs to chill. I'm so glad him and Jeff finally alligned with each other. They just make a much more sensible team. Now they can work on getting Jessie out, and let his little flunkies scramble for themselves.
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Govols
Member
07-18-2005
| Monday, August 03, 2009 - 5:23 am
OK~now we get to see of the real Russell. I saw snippets before and thought he had it in him. Smart guy. He may dump our Jeff down the road...but, for now he has left the dark side. I bet he will enjoy this side much more than being stuck w/Jessie. Stay away from Chima! My fav from Russell: "Ratty Tat Tat~Ronnie's a rat".
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Monday, August 03, 2009 - 5:24 am
I've said from the start that Russell could win this whole thing if he keeps his temper in check. In fact, on another forum after the first week a poster had written how Russell was just another lunkhead jock, but I replied that Russell was actually quite smart and listed the reasons why I felt that way based on things Russell had said or done. Now that poster thinks that Russell could be the "true" mastermind in this game, much more so than Ronnie. If Russ and Jeff truly stick together, they could do some serious damage. It's a good thing that Michele wants to work with Jeff as I think they need Michele since she is proving to be a player. They also need to pull in Kevin for the numbers. Russ, Jeff, Jordan, Michele and Kevin gives them 5 to Jessie, Nat, Ronnie, and Chima's 4. Lydia doesn't seem to be in favor with neither Russ nor Jessie, and if she or Ronnie goes...all the better for the Russ/Jeff alliance.
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 4:20 pm
Wow! Had to go almost all the way to the bottom to resurrect this thread. It was even below the Jessie Fan Thread. How sad! Anyway, good luck tonight, Russell. Hope they don't give you the boot!
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Caramella
Member
07-20-2002
| Friday, August 21, 2009 - 1:00 am
Well once again....he survived!! I was happy Jordan listened to her partner, and didn't get rid of Russ so soon. As long as he can try to continue to play a strong game without getting overly paranoid...he just might make it to the end.
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Leafsweetie
Member
06-29-2005
| Friday, August 21, 2009 - 4:02 am
Go Russell!! Get that POV!!
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Laneesmom
Member
05-12-2005
| Friday, August 21, 2009 - 5:15 am
Is he in some danger this week?
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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Friday, August 21, 2009 - 5:56 am
Could be. Jeff indicated he would like to back door him if the opportunity arises.
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Catfat
Member
02-27-2002
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 1:45 pm
I am still loving Russell
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 2:49 pm
Wow. I didn't realize that Russell had a fan thread. Oops! Anyway, I like the way Russell remained relatively calm during the meeting with Jeff, Jordan and Michele the other day. It shows that he has learned something about the game. I also enjoyed his HOH letter from home.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 4:43 pm
(((sigh))) 
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 7:50 pm
It will be so great if Russell is still here Thursday and Natalie leaves. There is a way to accomplish that, I hope he finds it.
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Kminfinity
Member
06-29-2005
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 7:53 pm
Stormie...imo, his best chance, if he goes up is to get Nat to join him and Michele in an F3 deal to take out nom J/J and take one of them out next week. If Jeff uses the POV, I'm betting he takes down Nat.
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 8:12 pm
That's true, bc Kevin doesn't like Russell and Natalie was once aligned with him. She still might harbor resentment for Jessie, so it might be beneficial. It certainly would make sense for her to try to go to F2 with Michelle or Russell, bc they are the ones who seem to have been disliked more jury wise. Who's gonna send a note over the fence, lol.
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Chy
Member
07-19-2003
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 9:46 pm
I think Russ is doing the right thing trying to get Jeff to remain loyal. I don't think it'd be so easy for Jeff to just go ahead and use the PoV he earned himself to veto & re-nom. Jeff would have loved it much better if Nat or Kev had the power and he was "forced" to put up one of his allies. I'm still holding out hope that Jeff may not have the guts to play low blow. ~~ Jeff doesn't walk on water for me, but he has the right 100% to play to win by removing Russ when he could!! To me, Russ needs to appeal to Jeff the strategical side of the game. Remind Jeff to think about the end votes. Jury house is going to be mostly Team Jess at this rate, Jeff can not afford to lose vote from his own peeps. Russ should explain the importance of the F2 being two players from their alliance of four. Any combo with Nat or Kev in there would spell disaster for the other in the F2! J&J kept talking about ridding Kevin soon and keeping Nat the weak challenge player. Hopefully Russ & Mich will sit down with J&J and do the Math for them and some one better remember how easy it might be for one of them to sneak in the F2 and TAKE IT ALL!!! I don't know. At this point Jeff is seeing Russ as his most worthy opponent. He doesn't want to lose anything to Russ in that similar situation. I really don't know if Russ will be in the house after Thursday. He better tell Jeff all the game talk he has before Jeff starting to draft his nomination speech using the fact that Russ did give Jessie a vote!
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 10:05 pm
I think that Jeff backdooring Russell would override Russell giving Jessie a vote. It boils down to Russell being loyal, while Jeff was not. I do agree Russell needs to talk to Jeff about keeping his word, not in his face, but in a round about way. All bets are off on Thursday, so I hope Russell is still there. Jeff can play his game to win, including getting anyone out he wants, but the way he has been is worse than Jessie was and it hasn't stopped. I think it might be hard for Russell to look like he's begging, so hopefully he doesn't see it that way, it's more appeasing.
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 10:23 pm
If Jeff takes Natalie down, and puts up Russ, Russell would be free to tell Natalie that he would help to take Jeff out. There would be 4 playing for HOH..Michelle, Russell, Natalie & Jordan. They could have a 3 out of 4 chance of winning HOH, and taking Jeff out. I believe that Russell would like to honor the F4 agreement, but if Jeff puts him up, then I believe that agreement is null and void.
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 11:04 pm
That's true, he could do that. I keep forgetting it's not a live POV, so he has some time to talk to people. Nat seems all ready to get Jeff out, so Russell still has a chance.
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 7:57 am
I agree Keldogg, that could be another move for Russell to stay. However, we are forgetting Natalie doesn't want Russell in there either and wants to make sure Kevin stays. So, no hope in bargaining with Natalie. The only way Russell could prevent going up is to plead again with Jeff and remind him of his request to swear on their families. He should tell Jeff he is not his target and neither is Jordan. There are still two targets: Natalie and Kevin. If Jeff doesn't want to believe him, then Russell will take his revenge in the Jury House.
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 9:19 am
Unfortunately, I don't think that Jeff cares about the swearing on families, since he's ignoring the fact that he swore on his own, plus said he would go after anyone's family who went against the plan. The sad thing is that as of early this morning, Russell still believes that Jeff is a man of his word and still a friend. I'm afraid he's going to be very disappointed.
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 9:25 am
This is why he can't afford to sit on his laurels and come to think of it, I don't understand why Russell hasn't more courage to face him before POV nom. What has he got to lose? If Jeff made up his mind he has to know before POV ceremony not afterwards...
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 9:26 am
I agree that Russell would keep his word to Jeff about final 4, but Jeff has let others convince him that he won't. I can't beleive Jeff would be stupid enough to allign with N/K but from the sounds of it he will. Hopefully the DR will put enough dought in Jeff's mind so he leave the nominations as is, just like Jordan did last week.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 3:56 pm
I'm going to be so upset if Russell goes home this week. If Russell leaves, I guess I'll have to jump on the Michele or Kevin bandwagon.
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Leafsweetie
Member
06-29-2005
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 4:14 pm
If Russell leaves this week, I won't be paying very much attention to the rest of the episodes.
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Stormie
Member
03-01-2007
| Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 4:22 pm
I don't see it as lack of courage, Russell can't afford to confront Jeff before the POV ceremony, he'll give Jeff just the excuse he needs to reason away why he went against his word. I know yesterday Michelle and Russell were "reminding" J/J about Kevin and Natalie's lies, then the comforter incident, but I'm not aware that they reminded Jeff that Natalie still wants revenge for Jessie, which might be something that would sway Jeff from backdooring Russell. Jeff hasn't seemed receptive to anything, though.
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