It’s time for The Amazing Race! Speaking of AMAZING, did you see my hometown Patriots this weekend? That’s right, the George Mason Patriots are in the FINAL FOUR! Everywhere you go around here are GMU signs…lots and lots of those highway signs have been set to say “GO GMU!”, and there is confetti all over the median strip near the Patriot Center. But my favorite is a giant banner across the street near campus that reads “Congratulations GMU! Good Luck in the Final Four!”. Except that “Final Four” is in a completely different color on a completely different color background – kudos to whoever realized that they could reuse the Elite Eight sign by pasting over the words “elite eight.” Nice cost cutting Mason fans. But really, go GMU! I’m totally on the bandwagon (but, to be fair, I’ve been on it for a few months…I even went to a game this season…) and they really do have a shot against Florida. Woo hoo!

Anyways, back to The Amazing Race. The frat boys seem to be one of the luckiest team to ever play this game. The only team that I can think of that had the same kind of lucky run were Rob and Amber. The big difference though is that the other teams like Eric and Jeremy – they all sort of ganged up on Rob and Amber. (this being said with the knowledge that I may be the only person outside of their families who loved Boston Rob on each of their shows). Even though they made a mistake at the beginning with booking the flights, they somehow managed to still get on the early flight. Of course, Lake and Michelle couldn’t – they went from being one of the first teams to one of the last. If only Michelle knew how to work that pesky internet.

Once again, a detour with a choice that involves luck. I know that the choice with the bell was hard, but if you’ve watched any of the other seasons, you know that choosing the detour with the finite amount of time is a better choice. And that was true with this one too – a team like Lake and Michelle could have done the physical task much faster than the laundry. Of course, there was the gratuitous shot of Fran and Barry walking past the clue box again. I wonder how many times they’re going to do that. Funny how that never gets old.

So, there’s a yield ahead, but there’s only two on the race. I don’t understand why – having more than two yields means that there’s actually strategy involved. Same with the fast forwards – I loved how in the early seasons they were on every leg. There was a lot of strategy involved with choosing to go for one. It also meant that a team in the back could actually get out of the back pretty quickly. Without it, a team that makes a big mistake early on can get stuck at the back. And with only two yields, I’m a little surprised that a team earlier on didn’t yield one of the stronger teams in the back. And why Lake and Michelle yielded Dani and Danielle is beyond me. They aren’t a threat to them – why do it? Other than the anger issues that Lake has, of course. Seriously, that guy has got some serious issues.

Speaking of issues, why did Lori and Dave have so many problems with the puzzle? It boggles the mind that Lori worked for so long to try to put those random extra pieces into the puzzle. Why didn’t either of them notice that all of the other puzzles had two extra pieces sitting on the ground? For nerds, you’re not as smart as you think.

So, after getting pointlessly yielded, Dani and Danielle came in last and were eliminated. A show of hands of who thinks Eric and Jeremy might yield Lake and Michelle to get back of them? If you don’t have your hand up, maybe it’s time to…