I see Ian as the one that made the biggest moves this season. He actually has done what he said he was going to do. He might waver and feel bad, yes. But I think that kid has got game.
I will miss Brit and I think Dan's move was genius and Frank is a powerhouse in comps.....but go Ian!!
Jen and Joe are just wasted space. Floaters get your life vests.
What has Ian done? He won an HOH, targeted Frank, Frank won the veto, and nominated Joe as a replacement nominee. He got out Ashley during his HOH, thats a negative thing. Plus, he sat behind his alliances and got exposed because he played both sides really poorly. If he had any brains, he would have voted for Boogie to stay. He knew that there was no chance for Boogie to stay, at least give him your vote to make Frank think you have his back. Plus, wouldn't his alliance have wanted to keep getting info from Frank? He was stupid thinking that Joe would vote to keep Boogie and then he could say that was his vote. That didn't happen, and he got exposed.
Then he panicked when Britney got back doored. He tried to play it off as he was upset that a friend was nominated, but everyone in the house knew that he was crushed that his only real alliance member was going home. You see, Frank never hid the fact that he had a huge alliance with Boogie. Ian tried to hide his alliance with Britney and he did it very poorly evident by how he acted after Britney was nominated. If he had any brains, he would have stayed calm and not got into a big argument with Frank. That just screams that he is desperate to keep Britney because of how strong their alliance was. If he was actually trying to play it off as Britney just being a friend, he would have not made a big deal about it. You didn't see Shane getting in Frank's face over it.
This kid really has no chance to win. He doesn't have the ability to win more than a few competitions in a season, and if Frank goes, he and Dan are the two targets for everyone in the house. Lets say Frank goes, everyone would probably target Dan first, but then its Ian. And lets say that Frank and Dan go the next two weeks, Ian is EVERYONE's main target. Joe HATES him and wants him out and Shane and Danielle would want their only real competition left out. He has no chance to win this game. He is in a very bad position now that Dan outed him. He is a big target and will definitely now be targeted over Shane, Danielle, Jenn and Joe. Plus, whichever one of Frank or Dan that stays is clearly gunning for him even if he puts up a pawn against Frank on the block to save his ass with Dan. And if he puts Frank and Jenn up, and Frank wins POV, and he puts up Joe, that will automatically lose him any chance at winning the game since no one would give someone the money who chose to get out two of the three worst players in the season with his HOH when there were much bigger targets to get out.
This kid really has no chance to win. I am sorry, but he just doesn't have the friendship votes in the jury house and he doesn't have the gameplay votes unless he goes against Jenn or Joe which won't happen. Heck, I think Jenn might even have the gameplay votes on Ian right now.
He just hasn't played a good game. You might like him because he is the nerdy virgin who is socially awkward, but he has had a chance to get out a big player with his HOH and got out the worst player in the history of the game and he got outed for playing both sides because he had an inability to keep his emotions in check which further exposed his lie of his alliance with Britney.
If he would have kept his mouth shut, explained to his alliance that he has to vote with Frank to have Frank trust him and throw every competition, he would have been in the Final Three by default. No one was going to ever target him or even have suspicion that he was actually really playing the game instead of just taking a vacation. Instead, he tried to lie to Mike and Frank too many times, he got outed for it, and now he is a HUGE target in the game whether he is HOH this week or not. If he doesn't play this week correctly, he will be out the door next week.
I saw an interview on RTVZone.com with Dr. Will last week and he made a great point. Everyone in the house has a certain role that they are casted for. Ian was casted as the socially awkward nerd that is not playing the game to win but to have the experience. He tried to play way too hard for someone in his role and he doesn't have the skills to back it up. You see, someone like Frank can play a big aggressive game because he is a great competitor in every kind of competition and his social game isn't that bad. Ian doesn't have that type of game. If he was on the block as many times as Frank, he would have already been gone. He doesn't have the type of game where he can reel off multiple competitions in a row. He can only win certain types of competitions, the question one's and the endurance HOH's that favor the smaller people. He didn't play his role and now he is a huge target without yet making any big moves.