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Texas A&M Football Has No Clue How Survivor Works

I hate to be an annoying bitch about something as trivial and meaningless as a stupid jersey reveal video. But as a standing member Snuffin' Torches, the world's premier Survivor podcast (aside from the "official" Survivor podcast... and any other Survivor podcasts I might not know about)... and as a graduate of Bowling Green State University who has NOT forgotten about how Texas A&M resorted to CHEATING in order to beat last season...

…I feel a responsibly to call out Texas A&M for being big dumb idiots. That video does not represent a Survivor Tribal Council whatsoever. That is simply not how Survivor works, Texas A&M. Not even a little. 

First off, there would never be a final vote between three people. That's ludicrous. The final three Survivor contestants would be in the Survivor Final, and the winner would be voted on by the jury.

Survivor contestants are at no point "working together". Not when it comes down to the final three. They are at odds. Again, at this point, they wouldn't be voting at all. And if they ever did, they surely would not be voting on which of their body parts will combine into one super human that advances to the next round.

And in real Survivor, at the end of the vote, Jeff Probst PUTS OUT the losing contestant's torch. He certainly does not bring his own unlit torch to Tribal Council so that he can have it lit by the contestants (of which none were even eliminated). Jeff Probst doesn't have a torch. That's ridiculous. 

God damn it, Texas A&M. All you needed to do was have your 3 players/contestants show up to Tribal Council, each wearing unique uniform combinations. Then have 8 jury members (other players from your team) vote on which jersey combination wins. You could have shown each jury member voting. They all could have gave their reasoning. You even could have had the final 3 contestants give a little speech to pitch themselves like in real Survivor. It would have made for an equally effective video that maintained Survivor integrity. 

Also… that was just a whole lot of effort for Texas A&M to reveal that they're wearing… maroon. Their primary color. I thought we were at least going to get something unique out of that whole production. That's about as regular of a jersey as Texas A&M could put out.

That is all. Be better Texas A&M. Get your Survivor facts together.