Reply #2: Actually, the Brigade pursued a terrific strategy

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Face it, three out of their four members are the final three players, and the "brains" of the outfit was eliminated weeks ago. The brilliance of their play was two-fold: keeping their four-person alliance a secret until the very end, which enabled individual members of the alliance to form relationships with other folks in the house and keep tabs on everything that was going on.

Brendan and Rachel didn't need to be infiltrated; their game was obvious for everyone to see. But the nuances of what was going on with Britney, Ragan, Kristin and the others was common knowledge among the Brigade all along. Even at the end, when they were telling Britney she was going to finish fourth, she didn't really grasp it until they told her straight out that it was her to be evicted.

I thought Britney played a whale of a game. After Monet was eliminated, she could have melted down, but she kept it together, ingratiated herself with both the Braden/Rachel axis and the Brigade (though unwittingly), and stayed out of harm's way. She could have made a great case for herself in the final, but it was not to be.

As for the remaining three, Hayden is my odds-on favorite to win it all, followed by Enzo, then Lane. If Lane somehow pulls through to win the last HOH competition, I think his only chance of winning is to take Enzo with him. Enzo has not played a very competitive game, but he has played a very good social game. Lane has alienated some people, and my reading is that the jury will turn on him. If Hayden is in the final two, I think he wins, no matter who's sitting next to him. Hayden has won all kinds of competitions and been just about everybody's friend.