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4. Mona & Beth: Our Sock ‘er Moms are out to prove me wrong for thinking so highly of them in the beginning. I had higher hopes and a final three showing for them in my initial predictions but that assumed potential has either not been lived up to yet or never existed in the first place. Speaking of first place, our roller derby moms haven’t captured first or second at all so far. I am keeping the faith that they will whip themselves into position and avoid elimination in the near future. But that goodwill has to be validated at some point to remain this highly ranked.

5. Joey & Meghan: Team YouTube made up a bit of ground from their sixth place finish the week before on the inconsequential leg when David & Connor withdrew from the Race. Even with that slight rebound, these friends have epitomized middle-of-the-pack performance. For two people whose jobs is to stand out on a Web medium with millions of other contributors, Joey & Meghan haven’t done much to make themselves stand out in a crowd of 22 people from 11 teams. What they lack in experience and confidence during challenges (they invariably seemed downright frightened or timid at tasks), they make up for in enthusiasm, which is admirable. But ultimately, being enthusiastic won’t win the Race by itself but it will get me to rank them better than…

6. Caroline & Jen: While Team YouTube is middle-of-the-pack, Cowboy Royalty here is pure back-of-the-pack material. Even in instances where they have been in the front with the objects of their flirting (i.e. Bates & Anthony), they manage to slowly slip back to the not-so-great comfort zone. A couple of other problems with these girls: They seem to have the super power to pick the wrong person for a Roadblock AND then, one or both of them lament the choice and start sobbing. Unless Bates & Anthony carry them to the end (and I am talking physically throwing them over their shoulders and carrying them), I think their Race days are few.

7. Chuck & Wynona: The Mullets should send David & Connor a fruit basket because if not for David’s Race-ending injury, this married couple would be on a plane back to Alabama. Last week’s third place finish was an anomaly with Chuck’s trap-building expertise that made short work of the Fowl Detour. But their fish-out-of-water reality will eventually bring their Race glory days to a halt. The only saving grace would be all the challenges being taxidermy or hunting related, so Chuck could keep this team going. I highly doubt the producers would make a Chuck-bias that transparent.

For the seventh leg, let’s get out of Africa (Streep- and Redford-style) and see where the Race takes our teams next.

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