One of the big questions of this season has been answered; Was Kat destined to become the next Fabio? Thankfully for hardcore Survivor fans, who appreciate great game play, the answer is an emphatic NO!

I did like Kat. She was amusing television. I will never forget the constant farting or the confused looks. So while I am glad she didn’t win. I will miss her. I guess we will always have the memory of her discovering what an appendix is. (The above picture is her worried expression when she realized that an appendix can burst.) Priceless.

We were also given, possibly, the greatest blindside in the history of blindsides. Kat was convinced she was in control of the game with Kim and Alicia (shows how naive she is). Kat was even more convinced that Sabrina was about to be blindsided. Her explanation to Jeff Probst about how “fun and exciting” someone getting blindsided is will likely be one of the most memorable moments of the season. Well Kat, blindsides are fun and exciting….except when they happen to you.

I have a couple other thoughts from tonight’s episode.

Did anyone else find Kat’s relationship with her cousin a bit creepy?

Chelsea was the major cause of this vote. Kim wanted to get rid of Sabrina. Chelsea wanted Kat gone. The fact that Kat ended up getting voted out 6 to 1 shows how much influence Chelsea has.

All that to say, Kim is a really impressive player. Since I am a Survivor fanatic I listen to podcasts and read lots of blogs. The guys, in particular Troyzan, don’t give her a ton of credit. She is surprisingly not getting a lot of credit from former Survivors. Pretty amazing to me. She is an awesome player. She wins challenges. She has, possibly, the best social game we have ever seen on Survivor. She is a brilliant strategist that is focused on the end game, which is winning a jury vote. Kim is already evaluating her final 3 and is doing it without emotion. She has serious game. If she wins, which I think is very likely, she is a top five player of all time.

Next week I predict we say good bye to Tarzan.

Lets be honest, as much as we couldn’t stand Colton once he was medi-vaced this season got very predictable. I haven’t had much to say. Like most of America I have been annoyed watching the women systematically dismantle all the male alliances. Like America I had pinned my hopes on a Troyzan immunity run. Reality has now set it. Troyzan unceremoniously gets ousted from the immunity challenge by…..Tarzan.

I am now viewing this season as objectively as I can. I need to start off by saying Kim might be playing the best game of Survivor since Boston Rob on Redemption Island. If everything goes according to plan and Kim and Chelsea and either Tarzan or Kat make it to the final three, Kim will win in a landslide. She is a strategic mastermind. She is masterful manipulator. She is a challenge dominator. Oh, and everyone LOVES HER! I am sure Kim is already imagining what she will be spending her inevitable million dollars on.

As predictable as the last few episodes have been and the next few are sure to be also, you must stop and realize this has all been orchestrated by one of the greatest contestants in Survivor history. Kim is totally dominant. She should win this in a landslide.

The real question is, will she gain the recognition that she deserves as a great player. Or will they quickly explain away the season as a few good players but mostly followers. Kim had no real competition. From where I am sitting, Kim played the game she had to play. She was fortunate that the hardcore players all got voted out early. It has left her as the main alpha female. She is running the show in a very impressive manner. So barring a miracle, Kim wins this in a landslide jury vote.

The real question will be, where will she rank in the list of all-time Survivors. I would like to suggest the Kim game can be mentioned along with some of the best ever. Brian Heidik’s dominance in Survivor Thailand. Boston Rob’s reign during Redemption Island. Parvati’s manipulation genius in Fans vs Favorites. Russell Hantz total domination over his first south pacific season. Kim is up there with the big boys. If she cruises all the way to victory, I will have to say she is a top 5 player and maybe a top 2.

So though the next several episodes are going to be very predictable and boring don’t miss them. You will be given the opportunity to watch the brilliance of Kim’s play. I am know all team Kim!

It seems like we have been talking about this fight card forever. Finally Jon Jones faces his ex-best friend Rashad Evans. Read on to find out who I think wins. The Fight Pastor’s fearless predictions.

Maximo Blanco by decision over Marcus Brimage

Keith Wisniewski by 2nd round submission over Chris Clements

Mac Danzig by decision over Efrain Escudero

Anthony Njokuani by decision over John Makdessi

Stephen Thompson by 2nd round KO over Matt Brown

Travis Browne by 2nd round KO over Chad Griggs

Mark Bocek by 3rd round submission over John Alessio

Mark Hominick by decision over Eddie Yagin

Michael McDonald by decision over Miguel Torres

Brendan Schaub by 2nd round TKO over Ben Rothwell

Rory MacDonald by decision over Che Mills

Jon Jones by 3rd round TKO over Rashad Evans

Troyzan was my preseason pick to win the whole thing. If this, fairly boring, episode proved anything it proved Troyzan is a force to be reckoned with. His team won the reward challenge, he found a hidden immunity idol, and he won individual immunity. Not a bad episodes work.

My final three still stands at Chelsea, Kim, and Troyzan. I think Kat has a chance to sneak in too. I am also a little nervous Tarzan, like Philip Shepard, could possibly get dragged to the end because he has zero chance of winning a jury vote. While we are on the subject of Tarzan…. Since Philip Shepard amazed us with his psychosis during the Redemption Island season,  Survivor producers are now infatuated with finding one crazy person for each season. Enter Tarzan.

The first few episodes he was an amusing sideshow. My opinion started to change with his odd defense of all of Colton’s deplorable actions. Now I just find him annoying. But probably not as annoying as Chelsea does! Poor Chelsea. She spends all this time meticulously cleaning her clothes in the ocean. She heads back to camp to boil them clean. Then crazy Tarzan tosses his poop stained underwear on top of hers.

Tarzan became synonymous with poop during this episode. First he told Leif that he was probably going to poop sand. Then his poop stained underwear became the talk of the tribe. Tarzan claimed it was sand. Sabrina pointed out that the sand was strangely located exactly where a poop streak would be. Tarzan then demonstrated how he sits causing sand to form in that specific area. Like the rest of his tribe, I’m not buying it. If it smells like poop, looks like poop, it is poop!

Back to Tarzan tossing his poopy pants onto Chelsea’s clean pants. Chelsea was mortified. Just like ANY person would have been. Tarzan, insulted, gave her a quick lecture in microbiology. (Ever have that annoying friend that loves to explain away their behavior with long patronizing explanations? If not, I have someone I want to introduce you to.) Tarzan continued to explain how microbes die in boiling water. This is somehow suppose to make Chelsea feel better about her clothes soaking in water with Tarzan’s poop. Lets pause here. I highly doubt she was worried about MICROBES. She was worried about the stench!

Tarzan and his engaging personality also had an episode long run in with the nicest guy on the entire season, Jonas. Jonas is such a sweet guy that everyone (besides Tarzan) on his tribe went on and on about how much they liked him and how nice he was. (Of course they then voted him out.) Tarzan, just like he informed Christina the week before, very clearly (What am I saying, nothing Tarzan says is clear.) let him know how much he disliked him.

My final thought about Tarzan is that I wouldn’t take him with me to the end. Unlike Philip Shepard, who was blindly loyal to Boston Rob, Tarzan is an emotional basketcase. He is such a crazy x-factor I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near him during the final tribal council. Get him out now before he does something irrational again and thwarts your entire game.

Not much else happened during the episode. This is going to start a string of fairly predictable episodes that producers will try to convince us otherwise by their “next week on Survivor” promos. The next four weeks will be Leif, Christina, Tarzan and Alicia voted out in no particular order.

The highlights will be comments like Jeff Probst’s, “Leif looks like a turtle birthing out of the sand.” Once those four are voted out, it should get interesting.

By the way, what happened to Troyzan’s face?

I am a bit jet lagged after a flying to Houston to speak at my buddy’s church and then immediately flying back so I am going to hit the high points on this Survivor Recap. I really only have two things to comment on and this is a warning that this my seem like a Tarzanesque incoherent ramble.

Yes, like the rest of America I am glad Colton is gone. He was such a despicable person that I actually think it was a shame he got medi vacced out. Not because I felt bad he was injured but because if any Survivor contestant deserved to be unmercifully voted out it was Colton. I have heard many people say it is karma. In fact, Jonas, a member of his own alliance stated that. I don’t believe in karma but I did find it ironic!

Colton began the episode continuing his disgusting antics. He is like a virus and had infected Alicia. Both he and Alicia tormented Christina. It was difficult to watch how badly they were bullying her. They ridiculed her at camp. Colton screamed at her during the reward challenge. (Did anyone else notice how bad he performed at the challenge? Or how about how bad Alicia performed? She was so pathetic that even Jeff Probst said so! The first hint of irony.) Colton’s tormenting of Christina reached a peak with his, “You can get voted off, quit, or fall into the fire and get medi vacced, I don’t care.” Than the ironic happened….

Or the curse of episode six struck. Did you know that Mike Skupin fell into the fire during episode six? That Russell Swan passed out during episode six? Or that Jonathan Penner almost lost his leg on episode six? If you ever compete on Survivor, just pray like crazy that you make it to the seventh episode. Colton’s stomach ache makes him the 4th contestant to bow out because of the dreaded curse of episode six.

In case you haven’t heard, Colton didn’t have an appendicitis as Tarzan diagnosed. He actually had a bacterial infection in the lining of his stomach and his intestines. (Also ironic that Colton, the infection, would have an infection.)

So good riddance Colton. I am glad you are OK but happy I won’t have to hear from you again until the finale. Of course, it is inevitable that you will be back on another season of Survivor.

While Colton leaving was definitely a bonus, the highlight of the episode was all about my new favorite Survivor contestant Kat. First, I can’t believe that CBS wanted us to vote on whether Colton, Alicia, or Christina was the Survivor of the week! Colton did nothing but make America dislike him more. Alicia didn’t do anything other than make herself a close second to Colton as the most despised player in Survivor history. And Christina, I felt bad that she was belittled so badly, but what did she do?

Kat should have won Survivor of the week! I know she isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed but she is so amusing! Kat’s episode highlights:

She has a nightmare that she was at the mall shopping and Alicia tried to kill her. When I have a bad dream like that I blame it on what I ate for dinner the night before. Kat wondered if it was a sign. To Kat’s credit, Alicia has threatened to hit people. Kat hadn’t yet had the luxury of seeing how weakly Alicia throws because the reward challenge hadn’t happened yet.

Kat knocked out two of the targets during the reward challenge. Studly Mike didn’t hit any. Amazing to think Kat was called one of the weakest on her tribe after the very first episode due to her performance in challenges.

Kat then enjoys the fruits of her labor by gorging herself with ice cream. As the episode panned away from the Survivors enjoying their reward Kat belches leading us into a commercial break. Classy.

Finally, my favorite Kat moment and the high point of the entire season for me. Both tribes are at tribal council while Jeff explains that Colton had to be removed from the game. The look of confusion on Kat’s face when Jeff says they think it might be his appendix. Her expression was similar to my wife’s every time I tell her I found a mouse in the garage. Leif than shares that he too had a problem with his appendix and had to have it removed. Kat looks at Leif with utter fear in her eyes. She then jerks her head in the other direction as Kim shares that she, too, has had an appendicitis and has had her appendix removed.

Alicia tells Sabrina that Colton kept the hidden immunity idol. Jeff Probst, in typical Probst fashion, plays it up as possibly a ploy to trick the other tribe. The tribes banter back and forth over whether the idol is still around or not. Jeff stops and asks Kat if she is worried about the possibility of the hidden idol.

Kat says NO! She is worried about possibly getting “this appendix thing.”

Fortunately, like Leif and Kim, I no longer have my appendix so I don’t have to worry about the appendix thing.

My question is: Should Kat worry more about her appendix rupturing or Alicia killing her?