Diary Room: Adam Poch’s Player Rankings: Big Brother 17 – Week 9

Steve Moses – 3 strips of Tofu – Oh Steve, you are a horrible liar. Yes, that’s a good thing in the real world, but inside the Big Brother House, it’s bad and it could be the reason you are sent packing soon. If you are going to deny something that is common knowledge, deny it with conviction. Steve got caught with his hand in the cookie jar when Vanessa called him out for knowing about the plan to back door her. When he did come clean, he still got the facts distorted, and ended up looking like a fool. He should luck out this week and stay, but for how much longer?

Meg Maley – 4 strips of Tofu – the most memorable part of Meg’s week was getting hit in the face with chocolate. Oh and she also came up with a new game called Sling Band. I know that non-threatening HGs usually get pretty far so expect her to be in the F4.

That brings us to the Tofurkey of the Week – and this week it is the current HoH Austin Matelson. If for nothing else, his nomination speech alone was probably the worst thing we have seen all season. Ok, maybe second worst (Jace belittling Steve week 1). Austin’s lack of balls to put up Vanessa directly because he was afraid of how she would react. If anything, I think that may have razzled her a bit going into the Veto competition. But who knows, maybe she would have still won.

Also, he was so worried about keeping James & Meg safe he is actually going to end up with ether Johnny Mac or Steve’s blood on his hands. Those are 2 players that are/were working with him. I am still not totally sure why he was so worried about keeping Meg & James safe. If he got one of them out, that would only be 1 person coming after him. He should know by now, James will go against his word at the drop of a hat. Depending on who comes back in, Austin may be safe for now, but the guy in the Showmance couples always (usually) gets voted out first.

OK – there we have it, another week in the books and one week closer to the crowning of a new Big Brother champion. I am hoping that Jackie comes back this week and her, James, or Meg can win HoH and shake things up again. I would love to see Austin & the twins finally feel the wrath of the block.

Let me know what you think of my rankings this week – who do you think deserved bacon / tofu? Also, who are you rooting for to come back into the house? Please respond in the comment section below.

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  1. “I would love to see Austin & the twins finally feel the wrath of the block.” …..YYYYEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. Always enjoy reading this every week, Adam. I was surprised to see an HOH win the tofurkey of the week, but I think it was well deserved. I think he got hit in the head too many times in the wrestling ring.

  3. My concern about Jackie coming back is that she is a lot of bark with very little bite, I just fear that she lets herself get pulled back into that cocoon that Meg and James set up and miss out on the action. And they wouldn’t have a Becky propelling them anymore.

    Listening to Austin, okay, remember in the early part of the season he was seeming to be on the Bachelor then he was almost backdoored and he was playing for awhile? I swear, he is now acting like he is on a couples’ vacation and prefers Meg and James as fun people to hang out with. Its a silly reason to have protected them this week, he could have gotten rid of one of them, the jury would have shrugged okay. Now sending either of the boys back, you are sending two people capable of bringing people together who also know most of your game play. And you actually better hope Shelly comes back because you take away the corroborating witness.

    It is so funny, as early as Saturday morning, Vanessa was enemy number one, she might right now be the actual swing vote (and it seems like she is trying to find a way to keep JMac), and she is almost no one’s target. I might suspect Meg or James but I don’t think they hold the same loyalty to the Austwins.

    • It surprises me that Austin has never been nominated. He’s terrible. Maybe that’s why. I’m ready for him to go. I really hope it’s Vanessa that plans his demise.

      • It happens. But I think Vanessa has been trying to set things up by keeping Jmac or at least setting him up for a return.

  4. Meg is on vacation but what’s wrong with that? She’s always smiling never uses the knee as an excuse. Took a shot in the eye with no apology from 250 pound Austin and laughed it off. She’s the anti Vanessa. I’d cook her bacon

  5. I disagree…. It was wise of Austin to not put up Vanessa as the initial nominee, no need to get her to gun for you if she wins veto.
    If she had not won veto, he very well could have decided to backdoor her.

    I think that is a far stronger move than putting her up initially, and blowing up any chance you have of working with one of your closes ‘allies’.

    I do agree that he should have went after Goblins….. James has made it clear he’s not afraid of getting his hands dirty, and everyone in that house knows the Austwins need to be taken out before it’s too late.

    • Oh please, Austin wasn’t ever going to put up Vanessa. He’s all talk. He was so relieved when she won veto, because he didn’t have to come up with an excuse not to renom her.

  6. This is the first season that I actually don’t care who comes back. I like them all. (the jurors not current house guests) Becky or Jackie would be the most interesting though.

    • If Jackie comes back, she may try to convince James and Meg not to trust Austin and the twins. I am sure that all 3 girls are talking about everything that happened in the house.

      • But since James and Meg have agreed that if Jackie comes back, they want to vote her out immediately, they may not listen to a word she has to say.

      • That is because they know that they are alone, but if a new member comes back it will be better for them to get together and get rid of Austin. He made the deal with him so just get him out.

  7. Austin is a below average player, with some knowledge of the game, who has the twins to back him up. Won some comps. That’s about it. Peaked too early. I don’t expect him to win this game….I think an Austin nomination is coming soon.

    • Disagree, people don’t give Austin the credit he deserves because they don’t like him personally or are frustrated when he doesn’t target people they want out personally. You don’t play the game as aggressively as Austin at his size and stature and get to the final 8 without ever being nommed with being at least somewhat good at the game, besides an early hiccup with Jace he’s managed to pick good allies that have all been at one point or another as big of a target as he is incase he needed cover, if he gets nommed next week he has vannessa and a twin he can throw in front of himself as an out and the guy has a underrated social game, he’s good at schmoozing people, he talked liz off the block in the early game and he managed to convince clay/shelly not to backdoor him when they were dead set on it, which in hindsight im sure they regret. This week he’s going to take out Jmac, who’s the austwins biggest threat and he’s kept his word to the goblins which may buy him some goodwill on there part whether in the game or if there on the jury and he needs votes. unlike ability does not translate into bad player.

    • Hopefully, but Austin is playing everyone in the house without their knowledge and Vanessa does it even though the house knows about it and don’t vote her out.
      Austin has three different alliances and they all trust he will stick with them.
      If james wins and he continues with his Austin alliance, then I hope he gets voted out soon for being an idiot.

      • Austin kept saying Vanessa was not running his HOH this week and then he would yell at her and say “Tell me what to do!” Austin has no spine!!!! And if you believe Liz that she like Austin now you are easliy fooled. She recoils every time he touches her or tries to kiss her. I think its funny. He is cheating on his gf on Naional TV and the girl of his dreams is using him.

  8. Adam you must have missed when Austin said he wanted James and Meg to stay because he had fun with them. Stupi reason to keep someone.

  9. Might as well give Vanessa the whole smokehouse full of bacon as much as
    everybody else is giving the googly-eyed maniac everything… She’s
    lucky on top of everything else, but as for me, I have zero respect for
    people who don’t own their game when confiding in the DR. She is truly
    delusional and seems to believe her own lies. I think her strategy is a
    sawed-off shotgun burst designed to take out a room full of nitwits.
    Confusing people with her erractic behavior may be working, but it’s not
    by design ergo I can’t even. The only good reason to not take Vanessa
    down this week is that she will be at the point of no return. If these
    people can’t take her out after that, they might as well just give her
    their jury votes, the mouth-breathing invertebrates.

  10. Off topic but Vanessa’s hands are so ugly. The fingers must be a foot long! Anybody else notice her long fingers?

  11. I think you are spot on with the Bacon/tofu. If Jmac leaves, are all the deals he made null and void? If so I hope he come back in wins HOH, puts up Austin/Liz, then if one of them wins POV and comes down then replace with Vanessa, it a win win for whomever is HOH, if not then James maybe or Jackie I think these are the only ones that have the guts to do it.

  12. Once again Adam, it’s a joy reading what you write. I have to disagree with one thing though: NO ONE has had the courage to get blood on their hands…especially Austin. Although, when he has to face his real life girlfriend, he may have blood all over him! Hey, I’ve been meaning to ask this for a long time: is that a pipe in your mouth? Just curious…:)

      • Oh, OK! I thought it was a pipe…couldn’t tell it was tin foil. And, yeah—it does add some class! lol…

  13. I am getting soooooo tired of hearing those nasty twins cutting down John and oh my gosh, gross Austin, won’t stop with the “John is the guy in Taxi” crap. John is NOT the Taxi guy, Austin, and you are not clever or cool or liked/admired by those of us watching you on the feeds or After Dark. Austin honestly seemed puzzled by the comments that Zingbot directed at him. I don’t think he gets how gross everyone really thinks he is. He clearly has a very unrealistic view of how he appears to others. Nothing cool about him. The fact that he quickly abandoned a nine month relationship outside of the house in order to poke Liz says enough about his character that I need not elaborate. The twins – hah, Liz apologized for trashing John the other day (after apparent advice by production) because she is worried about how she will be perceived by viewers. Apparently she is not worried enough because she immediately started trash talking about him again behind closed doors with her allies. Does she not realize how petty and small minded she is coming off? Very unlikable. There is another one – well, two, add her sister to this – who has a distorted image of what others see when they look at her/them. I think it’s hilarious that these twins think they are so doggoned hot. They are – at best – very average looking and their voices are worse than nails on a chalkboard. Their personalities? God awful. If Liz hadn’t prostituted (her word early on, not mine) herself to Austin, those twins wouldn’t even be there at this point. PLEASE, Karma, knock out Austin and the twins. I can’t stand Vanessa either but I would rather she win than one of those three. As for the rest, I am fine with any of the rest of them winning although my personal favorite is Johnny Mac. For me, it won’t be worth watching if John goes unless he comes back the next week. James is my number two pick because he makes gutsy moves and is fun to watch. However, if it comes down to it, I won’t bother to watch After Dark or the show anymore if John goes. I will just keep up with what’s happening by reading these posts because it is too agonizing to listen to Liz, Julia, Austin and Vanessa without John around to lighten it up.

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