i think if anyone of the sheeps wins they are automatically going to put up rachel and howie. no question about it. that is what they have been talking about this week. to a point--it makes sense but it really isn't the best strategy in my opinion because the sheep have not considered they need to start breaking down their own alliance and need support to do that. but whatever---they don't think all that strategically so hands down that is who is going up.
if any of the members of the wolves win most likely either jen and maggie are going up or jen and ivette, which is their best move. personally i think it should be jen and ivette because that would definately split the group and my inclination would be to take out ivette because of her bond with james. however, taking out maggie is also a good move because without her the cement between a/j and b/i really will not be there. if maggie goes i think we will see b/iv/james team up, j/r/h stick together and a/j right back in the middle floating. which really makes me think it should be ivette that goes for the wolves because james will have to stick with them.
now the interesting thing would be if james wins and has to make an instant decision. he would NOT put up ivette or beau. and i think rachel has done a good job in him the past couple of days. if he is in it for the money, which i think he is, he will put up maggie and jen or jen and april. but how will he defend that to ivette?? the best way to keep ivette ok with him would be to put up april and jen and justify it by saying it really was them with the backdoor ivette plan all along and he is trying to protect her. she would probably eat that up. BUT this would all be done really quickly and who knows what decision he would jump to.
ideally i want rachel to get it--because she seems like the only want smart enough not to nominate james and realizes that there is an end game here. but jame's decision would be very interesting and revealing as well. it would let us know where he really stands in this game right now, which is something no one knows.
